After an early morning airport drop-off, a sunrise walk along part of the Cooks River this morning. Pretty impressive what the councils along this river have done to clean it up and make it somewhere you might want to walk.
By the Cooks River near Dulwich Hill
By the Cooks River near Dulwich Hill
Breakfast at Shenkin at Erskinville. Great Israeli food.
A great walk past the fish markets.
Federal Park, Rozelle Bay
Rozelle Park
Sydney Fish Markets
Sydney Fish Markets
Under the Anzac Bridge
Anzac Bridge
Anzac Bridge
After a couple of weeks off with Robyn overseas, we picked up again this weekend to walk from the end of Darling St west to Birchgrove.
Views across just 500m of harbour to the new Barangaroo site from the southern side of Darling St, beautiful waterfront parkland and renovated historic factory buildings and industrial waterfront.
All in all, a great walk.
The city is just a stone’s throw away across the entrance to Darling Harbour
Barangaroo from East Balmain
Cool. Art on the side of a house at Duke St
The old Colgate Factory, now factory apartments.
Ferry workshops near the Colgate factory
Didn’t know that Mort Bay was named after a person and not anything to do with Death as such. Nor did we know that WWII vessels were manufactured in Balmain.
Australia’s oldest dry dock here at Mort Bay
Mort Bay
Ballast Point Park, Birchgrove. Worth a visit.
Ballast Point Park, Birchgrove.
A beautiful walk from the end of narrow Louisa Rd, west around some gorgeous waterfront past the Dawn Fraser Baths and the site of the old Balmain Power Station, over the Iron Cove bridge, along the front of Birkenhead Factory Outlet Centre to Drummoyne.
Fab!
From Louisa Rd Birchgrove to Drummoyne
Birchgrove Point, end of Louisa Rd. The Coal Loader cafe and Waverton are across the harbour where the orange is
Birchgrove Ferry wharf, Yurulbin Park.
Looking through a carpark over to Cockatoo Island
Hidden garage door. Nice!
Looking across towards Cockatoo Island from Birchgrove
Narrow blocks, still worth a fortune.
Beautiful little park at Balmain Sailing club that leads around west towards Dawn Fraser Baths
Balmain Sailing Club
Elkington Park, Dawn Fraser Baths at left
Looking towards Dawn Fraser Pool. Beautiful fig leaning into the water.
World famous Dawn Fraser Baths at Birchgrove (Balmain)
Elkington Park, Cockatoo Island behind
Elkington Park, Cockatoo Island behind
Marina at Rozelle, in front of the site of the old Balmain Power Station
Pump House, relic from the old Balmain Power Station.
Iron Cove Bridge, walking west towards Birkenhead Factory Outlet Centre
View towards Schnapper Island and North Sydney from Drummoyne
Peppercorn Park, Drummoyne.
Beautiful development at Drummoyne… “Breeze” in St Georges Cres. Could move in tomorrow!
A beautiful afternoon for a bay-side walk.
Today, Easter Friday, we walked from Canada Bay along the waterfont, through Cabarita to Mortlake, near the car ferry across the river to Putney.
We love walking through areas where the home owners don’t own the water; makes for a much nicer walk 🙂
A beautiful path virtually the whole way.
The end of Durham St, Canada Bay. The start of today’s path
Bayview Park, near Massey Park Golf Course
Looking west towards Breakfast Point
We started with breakfast at The Coal Loader Cafe. in Balls Head Rd at Waverton, where we were a few weeks ago. Beautiful spot – have to remember this as a venue for a 60th or similar.
From there we headed west, making our way around Balls Head Bay and Oyster Cove, around Berry Island Reserve and on towards Greenwich above the fuel tanks at Gore Cove, some of which have been removed, but some are still in use today, pumping fuel from here to Clyde near Parramatta.
Coal Loader Cafe to Greenwich Rd
Coal Loader Cafe. Lovely.
Coal Loader Cafe
Old wharf fallen into disrepair at Waverton below the Coal Loader Cafe
Old street signs art installation below the Coal Loader Cafe
Looking west towards Wondakiah Dr
Tunnel under the old Coal Loader site
Oyster Cove at the end of Wondakiah Dr at Waverton. Dense housing around, but lots of parkland maintained. Nice!
Remnant of the old gasworks at Oyster Cove at the end of Wondakiah Dr at Waverton. Dense housing around, but lots of parkland maintained
Berry Island – the point where land was filled to connect it to the mainland and make it no longer an island as such,
Berry Island
Berry Island
Looking back towards the Coal Loader
At the point off Berry Island
Along the path between Berry Island and Greenwich
Along the path between Berry Island and Greenwich
Hollaway Park
Hollaway Park, at the end of Vista St. Beautiful little park with a view
Vista St Greenwich
THE spot to watch the fireworks in Sydney! Greenwich Rd, above Gore Cove.
Parts of Longueville are beautiful!
We had a great walk around the streets as close to the waterfront as we possibly could – sadly, the absolute waterfront is owned by the private residences leading down to that water. Beautiful houses on big blocks of land, some nice local parks and walkways too.
Given the the tide was well out, we did try to walk around some of the foreshore, however the mangrove mud was VERY soft!
Northwood appears to be a locality inside Longueville – I only mention it in the title as this is the ferry wharf you would go to to explore this neck of the woods.
Looking forward to exploring a bit more of this area in the weeks ahead.
This week’s progress
Dubois St Longuville. Beautiful homes fronting the river
The sand was a little soft! And got a LOT softer!
Arabella St Longuville. Views to the city 🙂
Arabella St Longuville. Views to the city 🙂
Northwood Road
Looking across the bay to Woolwich (Marist Sisters College)
Lovely park near Kelly’s Esplanade, near Northwood Ferry wharf
Spectacular views to the city from Arabella St (and very cool front and garage doors!)
Spectacular views to the city from Arabella St
The Swans v Giants pre-season footy match was on Friday night so we parked the car near Drummoyne Oval a little beforehand and headed east towards the city. Some beautiful water-front real estate, a few hidden parks. Nice 🙂
Rea Reserve, Drummoyne Ave
Rea Reserve, Drummoyne Ave
Some beautiful waterfront real estate with views east to the harbour bridge. Some places make it easier to sticky-beak than others!
From Drummoyne ferry wharf
Lovely little park at the end of Lyons Rd
Private beach and a dog park opposite Spectacle Island
Private beach and a dog park opposite Spectacle Island
Drummoyne Oval
Drummoyne Oval. Swans | Giants pre-season. Cheap entry 😉
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Our mission to try every single country on the planet’s cuisine over the next few years.
Have to start somewhere! There was an Italian Riviera festival at The Opera House over the weekend.
A break in the weather and we were able to get there without too much trouble.
Just like the Italian Riviera!!
We drove down to Rhodes and parked at the northern end of the path, near the railway bridge to Meadowbank.
We unloaded the bikes and headed off south along a beautiful path beside the river in front of all the new apartments at Rhodes.
As the shopping strip peters out, the path continues along the waterfront, through the Rhodes wetlands, past bird sanctuaries, recreation areas and, once we reached Wentworth Point (close to the Olympic Park), housing.
It was raining this day, so we stopped here and had a coffee before returning back a different way through the various Olympic area paths.
The following week, in bright sunshine, we parked the car and headed out from near the Olympic Archery Centre, heading west along the bike path. We rode past the Armory cafe, but had to cross the river at the bridge at Silverwater road as there’s no path through the oil refinery. The path continued on this other side of the river… we rode till it finished near Western Sydney University.
Here we turned around and rode back to the Armory Cafe for breakie. A nice morning 🙂
Bike paths
Rhodes waterfront
The Armory Cafe
The Armory Cafe
Looking east from near Silverwater Road
Heading west towards The Armory Cafe
Heading west towards The Armory Cafe
Wentworth Point (near Olympic Park) from Rhodes
Historic wrecks at Rhodes
Bird watching refuge at the wetlands area near Wentworth Point
Bird watching refuge at the wetlands area near Wentworth Point
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