We’ve walked by a hundred times, but never actually entered.
What a mistake!
Sydney Park is huge, with heaps of off leash areas, and an interesting history.
A plane! Rarely seen in COVID-19 during 2020!
Posts Tagged ‘walking inner Sydney’
Sydney Park
Posted: July 26, 2020 in dogs, history, Inner West, Sydney StreetsTags: dog, Local, Sydney, walking inner Sydney
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Callan Park
Posted: July 21, 2019 in history, Inner WestTags: dog parks, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walking inner Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
We went for a walk with the pup around Callan Park, 60ha site in Lilyfield near the Iron Cove Bridge.
It became famous as a psychiatric hospital (Callan Park Hospital for the Insane) which was in use until 1994.
Thne buildings are now occupied by the Sydney College of the Arts.
The Bay Run runs through the park along the foreshore of Iron Cove.
Lots of off leash dog area to roam. Some beautiful old buildings in what was a very sad place for so many people. You’d like to think we are a bit better these days at caring for those struggling with mental health.
Randwick historical walk
Posted: June 10, 2019 in history, WalkingTags: Local, Sydney History, walk, walking inner Sydney, walking sydney
From The Dictionary of Sydney, a well put together self-guided heritage walk of Sydney’s oldest municipality.
Based on Randwick City Council’s heritage plaques program, an app contains information on the best historical buildings and sites in Randwick.
Randwick’s pretty high… imagine the views to the ocean 100 years ago.
The Verger’s residence… I can’t help but see Alice from The Vicar of Dibly.
The Coach and Horses… my uncle spent a little too much time here each day.
There are beautiful rows of terraces in this old suburb.
The Presbyterian Church is nothing to look at from the outside.
So easy to take things like water from a tap for granted. The first public fountain in Randwick
Captain Cook
Kelly St, Henley
Posted: November 25, 2018 in Sydney StreetsTags: Sydney, Sydney Streets, walk, walking inner Sydney
Robyn’s mother was a Kelly before marrying Keith Bender. We walked Ada St, Erskinville, early in the year.
Henley is a beautiful little pocket on the water just west of the Gladesville Bridge.
Some gorgeous old and new houses with views over the water east towards the city and west down the Parramatta River.
The historic Henley Baths used to be at the end of Kelly St… well, that’s what I’m guessing… buggered if I can find anything about them, but they are on Google Maps!
Joanne Place, Bilgola Plateau
Posted: October 1, 2018 in Sydney StreetsTags: breakfast, Local, Sydney, walking inner Sydney, walking sydney, weekend, weekends
Behind Newport Beach there’s a considerable hill which rises up to Bilgola Plateau. Over the crest and down the hill towards Pittwater is Joanne Place.
So… after breakfast at Newport, by the time we walked down Joanne Place our legs were feeling it!
Pretty little street in a lovely area of Sydney.
Ann(e) St, Willoughby
Posted: May 6, 2018 in Sydney StreetsTags: Sydney Streets, walking inner Sydney
Too beautiful today not to go for a walk – 24 degrees with a blue sky and no breeze.
We met my oldest sister Annie and her husband Stephen (yet to be walked) for breakfast at The Incinerator at Willoughby and then walked Ann St.
A catch-up with my brother Geoff (and Julie and Georgia)
Walked past an old friend’s place as well as where Catherine once lived.
Lovely day.
Geoffrey St, South Turramurra
Posted: April 1, 2018 in Sydney StreetsTags: Sydney, Sydney Streets, walking inner Sydney
Geoffrey is my brother. Sadly, absolutely NO STREET SIGN for Geoffrey St, so he’ll just have to take our word for it!
Lovely, quiet little loop/cul de sac backing onto the bush just off the Comenarra Parkway in Sydney’s north.
A nice walk with the dog on Geoffrey’s birthday.
David St, Crows Nest
Posted: March 18, 2018 in Sydney Streets, WalkingTags: Sydney Streets, walking inner Sydney
David is Robyn’s sister’s husband, who now lives on the Gold Coast.
David St is a short street that runs off the Pacific Hwy at the corner of North Sydney Girls’ High School (the old site of Crows Nest Boys’ High)
Some gorgeous older semis, new backyard developments and renovated homes.
Susan St, Newtown
Posted: March 18, 2018 in Sydney StreetsTags: Sydney Streets, walking inner Sydney
Susan is my niece.
This Susan St is in Newtown, is a quiet, narrow, small street in an area that historically was working class small cottages and semis and rows of joined houses with dunny lanes.
Now? Who doesn’t want to lice in a cosmopolitan, bustling are 2 km from the CBD?
Love the park on the corner. Love the nod to its former use.
Catherine St, Glebe
Posted: February 5, 2018 in Sydney Streets, WalkingTags: breakfast, glebe, walk, walking inner Sydney
Catherine is one of my older sisters.
Just near the hustle and bustle of Sydney Uni and Glebe Point Rd cafes, restaurants, bars and bookshops is Catherine St.
Great spot for breakie and a walk through this old area, well known for as one of the areas championed by Tom Uren who promoted the restoration and re-use of some run-down inner city areas like Glebe (and Woolloomooloo as well).
Finally able to take the dog for a walk after she had surgery before Christmas. Nice 🙂
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