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.”
Anthony Rd, Castle Hill
Posted: September 9, 2018 in Sydney StreetsTags: Local, Sydney, walk, weekend, weekends, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
A gorgeous early spring day for a walk in Sydney this weekend. Sun’s out, blue sky; just perfect.
Georgia and Anthony are my brother’s children and it was nice to find that Anthony Road in Castle Hill and Georgia Terrace in Kellyville are both fairly close to each other so it made sense to walk the two of them in the one go.
Lots of large McMansions in Kellyville; new houses are are the first ones built on new sub-divisions.
Anthony Rd, though, totally different. Older weatherboards that will not be there for much longer as the suburb changes markedly with the building of the new rail connection.
Georgia Terrace, Kellyville
Posted: September 9, 2018 in Sydney StreetsTags: Local, Sydney, walk, weekend, weekends, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
A gorgeous early spring day for a walk in Sydney this weekend. Sun’s out, blue sky; just perfect.
Georgia and Anthony are my brother’s children and it was nice to find that Anthony Road in Castle Hill and Georgia Terrace in Kellyville are both fairly close to each other so it made sense to walk the two of them in the one go.
Lots of large McMansions in Kellyville; new houses are are the first ones built on new sub-divisions. New parks being built to cater for the increasing number of children who have nowhere to play in their own backyards – a lot of these houses have a huge footprint and sit on smaller blocks.
Very different to Anthony Rd, which has a lot of older weatherboards that will not be there for much longer as the suburb changes markedly with the building of the new rail connection.
Kate St, Turramurra
Posted: September 1, 2018 in Sydney StreetsTags: Local, this weekend in Sydney, walk, weekends, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
Kate Street is near Kissing Point Road and is a dead end street set amongst houses that are very similar to my grandmother’s house, all built probably around the early 1900s. Lots of huge gardens, huge trees, and a distinct lack of lawns owing to the shade and leaf letter.
At the end of Kate Street is Mimosa Oval and National Park or Forest that runs the whole way to Avondale Dam which is near Pymble ladies’ College.
There’s lots of Fox baiting going on in the area so Bailey didn’t do too much exploring.
Trent Road, North Rocks
Posted: August 30, 2018 in Sydney StreetsTags: Sydney Streets, this weekend in Sydney, walk, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
Trent Rd runs into an industrial area at North Rocks. Bailey enjoyed a run through the bush at the end of the street, quiet on a Saturday afternoon.
I think it might be a bit busier on Sunday… the largest church compound we have ever seen is at the end of the road. Saesoon Presbyterian Church is a massive beast… hectares of land, thousands of square metres of buildings and car parks.
Judith St, Seaforth
Posted: August 30, 2018 in Sydney StreetsTags: Sydney, Sydney Streets, this weekend in Sydney, walk, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
Judith St runs east from Wakehurst Parkway.
One of the streets coming off it is Waterview St. We didn’t notice it the first time we passed it, but when we got to the end we saw that some of the residents of Judith St have lovely views out over Manly.
Cameron St Birchgrove
Posted: August 5, 2018 in Sydney StreetsTags: Local, Sydney, walk, walking sydney, weekend, weekends
Cameron is one of nephews who is getting married to Eliza next week, so a good time to walk Cameron St. on a glorious winter morning.
Birchgrove is a fabulous suburb, so close to the city with a wide range of off-leash dog parks with harbour access. We could very easily downsize to here.
As we’ve found in previous years, a great variety of little pubs and cafes too.
Julie is my brother Geoff’s wife.
Some welcome rain over the long weekend didn’t dampen our spirits. We parked the car near Julie St and walked towards Macquarie University along the path that follows Shrimpton Creek.
Breakie at a cafe (who’d have thought a dog would be keen for pickled turnip?!) and we made it back without needing to use the umbrellas.
Keith was Robyn’s father, a great man who I know treated me like his own.
His birthday was last week, and were he still alive he would have been 92.
Clovelly is a small suburb, so like all streets, it’s near the beach.
