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Riverview to East Ryde

Posted: August 27, 2016 in Sydney Harbour, Walking
Tags: Sydney, sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, walk, walking inner Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend

Another beautiful Sydney day… spring is coming!

A great walk from Riverview school, around some very extravagant houses at Linley Point with amazing views of the harbour, through bushland up the Lane Cove River to Mowbray Rd.

Just bnelow Carisbrook House carisbrookhouse.com.au near Riverview School

Looking south from Linley Pt across the river to Hunters Hill High

Massive houses with amazing views being built at Linley Point

Massive houses with amazing views of the city being built at Linley Point

Linley Point

Bush track from Linley Point all the way to Mowbray Rd

Bush track from Linley Point all the way to Mowbray Rd Looking north towards Mowbray Rd

Nice reflections over a polluted stream near the new Meriton apartments on Epping Rd

Drummoyne to Canada Bay

Posted: August 14, 2016 in Inner West, Sydney Harbour
Tags: cycle, cycleway, inner west, Sydney, sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walk, walking inner Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend

Beautiful sunny Sunday morning for a bike ride around the waterfront of the inner west, through Drummoyne, Russell Lea, Chiswick, Abbotsford, Five Dock and Canada Bay.

Past the site of the old Nestle Factory too.The original house is still there as you can see in the pics below.

nestle

Riverview to Northwood

Posted: August 8, 2016 in Inner West, Sydney Harbour, Walking
Tags: ferry, inner west, Sydney, sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walking inner Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend

Displayed in various places around St Ignatius’ College, Riverview are signs advising that they welcome visitors to enjoy walking through their grounds. What a pleasant surprise!

We started below the college and walked up through the bush to the top ovals, then made our way through the grounds past beautiful, quiet, contemplative spaces down to the river.

A path along the riverfront, past various rowing boat sheds, sailing clubs, scout halls, parks, marshy swamp and ferry wharves eventually leads to and links up with streets in Northwood.

Top of Riverview

Gorgeous little shed in the gardens.

Great place to sit and be quiet. Overlooking the river

The original old building

Historic path that joins the College to the boatshed and the river. Built by the original land owner before it was a school.

Boat shed

Looking east towards the city

The site of the original well on the estate.

The site of the old Tambourine Bay Baths

Gorgeous old house in Stuart St, Longueville.

Rowing boat shed, looking across to Marist Sisters College, Woolwich.

Boatshed. Get your own scull out of the club without security issues.

Greenwich to Northwood

Posted: July 30, 2016 in Sydney Harbour
Tags: Sydney, sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, Sydney weekends, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walking inner Sydney, weekend, Weekends in Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend

An early start before a busy weekend with things to do, places to be and people to see.

A short walk along through some streets and bush tracks, no waterfront.

We are definitely making progress!

A really pretty, beautifully maintained, walk through the bush from the end of Ford St to Bob Campbell Oval

Love this tree root.

Looking across to Woolwich

Pyrmont/ANZAC Bridge to Harbour Bridge

Posted: July 24, 2016 in Sydney Harbour
Tags: inner west, Sydney, sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, Sydney History, Sydney weekends, Things to do in Sydney, walk, walking inner Sydney, weekends, Weekends in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend

Chilly!

After parking, we walked to the base of the ANZAC Bridge where we had walked some weeks ago and walked around the water’s edge to the bridge, completing that bit of the loop.

Breakie at Zebra Lounge along the way, and a coffee on one of the finger wharves before walking past the new Barangaroo urban development, we finished up at The Rocks where Sydney’s annual Aroma Coffee festival was running.

Great day.

ANZAC Bridge, where the old Glebe Island Bridge is/was.

Pirrama Park, near Flying Fish restaurant

New buildings between king St Wharf and Barangaroo

Cardboard architecture… I guess because this is temporary, waiting for the new casino to be built??

New buildings between king St Wharf and Barangaroo

Coffee along the way in the Jones Bay Wharf area

Aroma coffee festival in The Rocks

Waverton to Woolwich

Posted: July 18, 2016 in Sydney Streets
Tags: Local, Sydney, walk, walking sydney, weekend, weekends

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

Looking back towards the Coal Loader

At the point off Berry Island

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.

Hunters Hill to Huntleys Cove

Posted: June 30, 2016 in Sydney Harbour
Tags: ferry, inner west, Sydney, sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walk, walking inner Sydney, weekend, weekends, Weekends in Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend

Lovely afternoon sun for a walk through a historic part of Hunters Hill.

How ridiculous there are no apostrophes in place names any more because people don’t know how to use them. Grrr

Beautiful historic houses

The old school mistress’s house for Hunters Hill school

Playing fields at Hunleys Cove

Looking east from Hunleys Cove

Looking west from Hunleys Cove

Pulpit Point (Hunters Hill)

Posted: June 24, 2016 in Sydney Harbour
Tags: inner west, Sydney, sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, Sydney weekends, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walk, walking inner Sydney, Weekends in Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend

A windy walk around Pulpit Point today.

What a mixture… contemporary town houses, Southern Belle mansions, garish, horribly painted abominations, red brick originals, massive older houses on huge blocks and some new steel and glass.

We’d manage to live there, though; hell of a location!