John’s father was known as Barry, but was his name was Philip.
Maurine Court, Ringwood North (VIC)
Posted: October 14, 2018 in Sydney StreetsTags: weekend, weekends
Maurine is John’s mother; 88 and still going (fairly) strong.
Her name is spelt unusually, so we were really pleased to find her street in Melbourne’s west.
We walked it with Wendy, Robyn’s aunt.
Nice to see they were tennis courts in Maurine Court. Maurine loved her tennis; I have fond memories of mum enjoying tennis with a group of ladies every Wednesday at Northbridge.
Wendy is Robyn’s aunt, Patricia’s sister.
We were in Melbourne for the weekend visiting Wendy, so after breakfast we went for a drive and walked Wendy Mews, not far from where she lives on Melbourne’s fringe.
Not an overly taxing walk… Wendy Mews is about 30 metres long.
It’s in a brand new estate with many houses yet to finishing their landscaping.
Gorgeous morning for a walk with good company.
Bruce is the husband of my sister, Elizabeth.
Joanne Place, Bilgola Plateau
Posted: October 1, 2018 in Sydney StreetsTags: breakfast, Local, Sydney, walking inner Sydney, walking sydney, weekend, weekends
Behind Newport Beach there’s a considerable hill which rises up to Bilgola Plateau. Over the crest and down the hill towards Pittwater is Joanne Place.
So… after breakfast at Newport, by the time we walked down Joanne Place our legs were feeling it!
Pretty little street in a lovely area of Sydney.
Lynne Place, Hornsby
Posted: September 23, 2018 in Sydney StreetsTags: Sydney Streets, walk, walking sydney
What to do? Go with the given name (Lynne St) or what Lynne is known by (Charlie Close near Wet ‘n Wild, Sydney or Charlie St at Middleton Grange). In the end we settled for Lynne St, Hornsby, which we walked with friends Tracie and Mal.
Like many streets with a given person’s name, Lynne St is pretty short, as evidenced by the panorama I took using the Google St view app.
It’s often not until you walk around streets that you realise where you are in relation to other locations you know well – like the Golf Driving Range at Thorneigh we could see (in the pic below.)
Ronald was Ada’s husband, Robyn’s grandfather from Melbourne who died many years ago.
Beautiful day for a walk with our friends Tracie and Mal.
Margaret St, North Sydney
Posted: September 23, 2018 in Sydney StreetsTags: Sydney, Sydney Harbour, Sydney History, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
My nephew’s gorgeous partner, Gosia, is Polish. Gosia Streets are a bit thin on the ground in Australia! Gosia assures us that the equivalent of Gosia in English is Margaret.
Margaret St in North Sydney is a tiny little street near Kirribilli. At the foot of Margaret St is Anderson Park, where an extraordinary little micro-environment encourages a tine rainforerst-like environment to flourish.
Anderson Park contributes an interesting little anecdote to Sydney and Australia’s history – it’s where thousands gathered in 1934 to watch Charles Kingsford Smith take off for a promotional flight over Sydney.
As Peter Fitzsimons is want to say… “Gotta love this city.”
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