Thanks to my sons for this find.
And well done Inner West Council – Marrickville Golf Club closes the first fairway each Sunday afternoon – beers and dogs on the green. Nice!
This video shows the scene 🙂
Old world charm!
Marrickville Golf Club
Posted: March 15, 2020 in dogsTags: dog, dog friendly, dog parks, Sydney, sydney dogs, Sydney weekends, weekends in sydney with a dog
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Bayview Dog Park
Posted: February 24, 2020 in dogsTags: dog friendly, dog parks, sydney dogs, weekends in sydney with a dog
At Bayview, on Pittwater, is a beach and spit extending towards the Newport Arms Hotel.
On any given sunny weekend day, there you’ll find hundreds of dogs, either on the beach, oval or swimming.
What a sight!
Macquarie University
Posted: February 17, 2020 in dogsTags: dog, dog friendly, dog parks, sydney dogs, weekends in sydney with a dog
This weekend we went for a walk through the grounds of our local uni, where we studied in the late 70s and early 80s.
We went for a walk through the uni itself, as well as a lovely off-leash wander through the carparks out the back.
Ahh, memories!
Just like I remember it. Brutal.
Old meets new.
Reminded me of the Jewish memorial in Berlin.
Ah, the old subterranean pathway to the back of the uni
Memories
Getting ready for O-Week
The old return slots
Sleep pods – they were not here in 1979!
Zzzzzz
Petersham Bowling Club
Posted: February 10, 2020 in dogsTags: dog friendly, dog parks, sydney dogs, weekends in sydney with a dog
What to do with a bowling club when the area changes character and the bowlo is no longer viable? Turn it into a community asset. Barefoot bowls, drinks, families, cricket, balls and dogs and picnics.
Lots of families, with and without their dogs
Petersham Park – gorgeous
Queens Park, Waverley
Posted: February 10, 2020 in dogsTags: dog friendly, dog parks, sydney dogs, weekends in sydney with a dog
Queens Park is enormous, and a generous chunk of the park is an off-leash area.
An adjoining cafe is dog friendly as well.
We didn’t let her off the lead because the park was unfenced and those other dogs 500m away were just too tempting!
Great cafe beside the park
Great cafe beside the park
Nice area for a walk as well
Tuncurry Agility Park
Posted: February 10, 2020 in dogsTags: dog friendly, dog parks, sydney dogs, weekends in sydney with a dog
We were on holiday at Forster, about 4 hours north of Sydney.
Tuncurry is the town across the other side of the lake entrance.
We took Indie to the Beach Street Reserve off-lead area… it has a dog agility area!
Indie isn’t very agile!
The Sackville Hotel
Posted: February 10, 2020 in dogsTags: dog friendly, dog parks, sydney dogs, weekends in sydney with a dog
The Sackville Hotel, on Darling St Rozelle heading towards Balmain peninsula, is very dog friendly.
A great spot to go to escape the rain!
Dogs are welcome in every single area of the pub.
We followed the Centennial Parklands History Walk app. It’s pretty well put together.
We started at the Federation/Paddington Gates, and learnt about… , ,
The Henry Parkes Statue
The Henry Parkes Statue
the Charles Dickens statue
Lachlan swamp, full of bats
Lachlan swamp, full of bats
Lachlan swamp, full of bats
Lachlan swamp, full of bats
The Federation Pavillion
The Federation Pavillion
the duck pond
the duck pond,
The Column and Rose Gardens
The Column and Rose Gardens
and more.
This weekend we went for a walk around Pyrmont.
A fascinating dip back into old Sydney, following The City of Sydney guide found here.
This is the guide we followed
This stunning view from Ways Terrace Flats, built by the City Council in the 1920s as workers’ affordable housing.
You know when you put 2 and 2 together and it clicks? Now we know why there’s a Quarryman Hotel at Pyrmont… we found the old quarry!
The original bit of the Electric Light station that remains near the Star casino.
Someone owns these old sites… yet they sit decrepitly, unused, uninhabitable.
ye olde Sydney Electric Light Company, adjacent to the Star casino
ye olde Sydney Electric Light Company, adjacent to the Star casino
Love the clothesline rope pulleys that come off everyone’s balcony or window at the Ways Terrace Flats.
Castle Hill Heritage Park
Posted: November 4, 2019 in history, Sydney StreetsTags: Sydney, Sydney History, weekend
In 1801, Governor King established government farm at Castle Hill to provide grain for the colony within three years, 700 acres had been cleared.
It didn’t take long for convicts to try and escape and martial law was declared.
I’d heard of Australia’s Battle of Vinegar Hill but didn’t realise that the root of this battle was started here in Castle Hill.
It’s pretty remarkable that such a large tracts of parkland has been preserved for the future. Beautiful park to wander through.
