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Mortlake to Rhodes

Posted: September 11, 2016 in Inner West, Sydney Harbour, Walking
Tags: inner west, Sydney, sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, Sydney weekends, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walk, weekends, Weekends in Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend

Glorious spring day for a walk from Mortlake to Rhodes, through Concord and the grounds of Dame Edith Walker Hospital, Thomas Walker Hospital near Concord Hospital and Yaralla.

Mortlake Point, Hilly Street, Mortlake

City in the background from the car ferry

Car ferry home from Mortlake to Putney

Ferrari owners club day at Brays Bay Reserve

In the extensive grounds of Dame Edith Walker Hospital

Ferrari owners club day at Brays Bay Reserve

In the extensive grounds of Dame Edith Walker Hospital

We tripped over a fair in Yaralla grounds

Looking back across to Mortlake

In the extensive grounds of Dame Edith Walker Hospital

Path near Yaralla, along the mangroves

City views from Mortlake Point

Mortlake Point, Hilly Street, Mortlake

East Ryde to Hunters Hill

Posted: September 4, 2016 in Sydney Harbour
Tags: sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, Sydney weekends, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walk, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend

Fathers’ Day. A great start to the day, walking from Mowbray Rd to near the Hunters Hill Hotel before lunch at Skiffies At The Spit with kids +

Gorgeous weather again.

Canterbury to Rookwood

Posted: August 22, 2016 in bicycle, Walking
Tags: cycle, cycleway, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walking inner Sydney, Weekends in Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend

A beautiful, late winter’s day; a bike ride along the cycleway beside the Cooks River from Canterbury north to Rookwood, towards Homebush Olympics site, and back.

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But seriously, fishing in this pretty polluted river? Hope he doesn’t have a seafood restaurant!

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.

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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
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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

Ryde Bridge to Gladesville

Posted: July 17, 2016 in Sydney Harbour
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Overcast and showery for a walk today through Putney towards Gladesville.
A real mix of houses, some beautiful, some ugly, others huge and some obviously just sitting on a goldmine by the water and refusing to waste a cent on any renovation or work before selling for demolition in the future.

Who knew that the original James Squire Bewery, Australia’s first brewery, was in Ryde, eh? Well, Putney. Where the red spot is below.

A lot of this walk was along the waterfront and through parks… nice.

Hunters Hill to Huntleys Cove

Posted: June 30, 2016 in Sydney Harbour
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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
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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!

Pathway at the end of Francis St.

Pathway at the end of Francis St. Gorgeous.

End of Francis St. Gorgeous Japanese garden.

Pulpit Point marina

Gladesville Bridge from Pulpit Point

Looking north from Fern Rd Reserve

Good that Eddie Obeid lives behind bars… gives him a chance to get used to it.

Balmain East to White Bay

Posted: June 16, 2016 in Sydney Harbour
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A holiday Monday, we finished off walking around Balmain East. What an eclectic mix of old and new, architecturally designed glass and steel and flaking weatherboard, big and tiny, light and dark, loved and tendered and falling into disrepair.

As this area was historically “working man’s territory”, I don’t think there’s a better example of asset rich, cash poor anywhere else in Sydney; residents sitting on millions of dollars of real estate, without the means to renovate and take advantage of views and location.