Robyn was at a conference on the Gold Coast at Sea World.
I was home alone, but went to the soccer at Gosford (Thanks Matt Clear for the free tickets!)
We’ll make it up in the coming weeks!
Central Coast Mariners V Wellington Pheonix
Threatening skies didn’t deter us from going for a bicycle ride near where we live at Rhodes.
Near where Sydney’s Olympics were staged in 2000, Rhodes was a very industrial area, but proximity to the city, access to trains and being close to the Olympic precinct has seen it undergo a transformation over the past few years into a new urban centre with thousands of people housed in a stack of high rise towers.
Beside the water there’s a terrific wide, flat path for cyclists and walkers alike.
We joined the path at Meadowbank, ride over the old railway bridge down to the Olympic site.
Unfortunately the weather beat us and after sheltering a few times in picnic shelters and under a new pedestrian bridge we made it back to the car without too much drama.
A great ride. We’ll do this again 🙂
Love the way they have kept the old rail bridge over the Parramatta River at Meadowbank and preserved it for cyclists and pedestrians.
Great path beside the river. Don’t drink the water… yet! But it’s getting cleaner.
Waiting out the worst of the downpour.
Q. An excuse to visit a pub starting with Q, and a coffee and cake.
Unfortunately, a bit of a debacle!
The Queen Victoria Hotel, opposite the Enmore Theatre at Enmore was closed for a renovation (well, actually, the gaming room was still open!) so off to Suzie Q cafe near the SCG – closed at 4pm! Grrrr!
Still, a nice walk around the areas 🙂 Think positive!
Such a shame this wasn’t open for a beer… we’ll be back!
Funky artwork in a factory/foundry/art studio behind the Queen Vic.
Silo conversion
Silo conversion
Glassworks
Not quite sure what was happening with this! Decorative telegraph pole
As Peter Fitzimons is fond of saying – Gotta love this city!
Less than 25 kilometres as the crow flies from the CBD, Church Point, opposite Scotland Island on Pittwater, north of Sydney.
Just beautiful. Idyllic setting; runabouts doing the Saturday morning shopping and run-around, lanyards slapping against masts, kayaks, fishing, walking, running, cycling.
A beautiful part of Sydney. Breakfast at the The Waterfront Store cafe and then a walk – what a great start to the weekend.
Next door, The Pasadena Motel and Restaurant – closed for the past 6 years after court action regarding its redevelopment – prime site, someone’s losing a lot of money.
The Waterfront Cafe on Pittwater at Church Point
The Waterfront Cafe on Pittwater at Church Point
Pittwater, Church Point
Pittwater, Church Point
Pasadena Motel and Restaurant – closed for the past 6 years
Pasadena Motel and Restaurant – closed for the past 6 years
Pasadena Motel and Restaurant – closed for the past 6 years
A new arrival in Sydney – Barangaroo.
On the headland just west of the Harbour Bridge is Sydney’s newest urban park. Barangaroo was a local Kamaraygal woman who was the second wife of Bennelong, an important interlocutor between the Aboriginal people and the early British colonists in New South Wales. (wikipedia)
We wandered around this new park (it’s quite beautiful) and then made our way around the foreshore to the Opera Bar for a drink at the Opera House before a walk through the Botanical Gardens and home.
Quite lovely.
Looking south from Barangaroo towards Glebe
Looking west towards Balmain
Looking west towards Balmain
Drinks at the Opera Bar
Drinks at the Opera Bar
Our youngest son turned 21 Â and we had a 21st birthday party at home last night.
Beer, wine, soft drink and party food, so a delicious, healthy breakfast and a great walk around Alexandria on Sunday morning was in order.
We enjoyed a delicious breakfast at Bread and Circus, and then a walk around a few blocks before another coffee at The Substation – where we’ll be back another time for breakie!
Yum. Healthier than beer and pies
Love it. Wyndham St, Alexandria, near Green Square
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a harvest festival celebrated by ethnic Chinese and Vietnamese people. The festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese Han calendar and Vietnamese calendar (within 15 days of the autumnal equinox), on the night of the full moon between early September to early October of the Gregorian calendar.
It’s a public holiday in Mainland China, Taiwan and Korea.
Given the Chinese and Korean influence in Eastwood where we live, it ws the perfect marriage of the week for M and convenience!
Classy place for the festival… Eastwood Hotel carpark!
Delicious street food
There’s bargains and treasure everywhere!@
There’s bargains and treasure everywhere!@
Unfortunately the heavens opened up just as the parade started
First weekend of Robyn’s school holidays… after a busy term for her, we decided a bit of pampering was in order, so we headed up to Pacific Bay at Coffs Harbour for a little bit of luxury for the weekend.
We stayed in an apartment overlooking the resort. The weather wasn’t the best, but it didn’t stop us having a great weekend together.
Wine and cheese, relaxing on the balcony
Segway – really is as easy as they make out!
Lookout above Coffs
Playing in the pool with the dolphin
There’s Kissing Points everywhere…
Fun fact: Historically, when a boat needed to have work done on the keel, the owner would float it up onto a sandy point at high tide and let the keel “kiss” the sand. Then when the tide went out, they could work on the boat.
We had to be up at Robyn’s work at Pymble on Saturday morning, so we had breakie at the Vertical Espresso cafe at Kissing Point Rd in Turramurra and then went for a walk through Lane Cove National Park between Turramurra and North Epping.
Beautiful Sydney spring morning. Great start to the weekend.
Vertical Espresso
Didn’t realize how close to Epping North we were
First time I’ve ever seen a beehive like this
Hard to believe we are only 16 km from the Sydney CBD
Hard to believe we are only 16 km from the Sydney CBD
Hard to believe we are only 16 km from the Sydney CBD
Think the iconic Jaffa and you think of…?
We headed out to Top Ryde for dinner with Emily and Tom before going to the cinema to see Ricki and the Flash, a light hearted, predictable flick about “a musician who gave up everything for her dream of rock-and-roll stardom returns home, looking to make things right with her family.”
To be honest, the movie is beside the point – for us it’s all about making the effort to do something once a week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK1QTSkxlVk
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3623726/
So, this weekend, we... 