We decided to stay in France this weekend, and re-visited lovely Avignon.
Avignon Place, Kellyville 
Avignon Place, Kellyville 
Avignon Place, Kellyville
Posts Tagged ‘What to do in Sydney this weekend’
Avignon
Posted: January 10, 2021 in WalkingTags: dog, walking sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
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Hunters Hill
Posted: January 1, 2021 in Sydney Streets, WalkingTags: dog friendly, walking sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
Hunters Hill in spring and the Jacarandas are out. Just beautiful.
Forsyth Park
Posted: October 24, 2020 in dogs, SydneyTags: dog friendly, Sydney, Sydney weekends, this weekend in Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
Forsyth Park at Neutral Bay, in the shade of Nth Sydney CBD.
Off leash dogs allowed when there’s no sport being played.
Community garden, historic (never used) oil containers for the war effort, playground and a bush path to enjoy.
Love Sydney.
Lane Cove West
Posted: October 18, 2020 in Cafe, dogs, Sydney Harbour, Sydney StreetsTags: Sydney, sydney dogs, sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, Sydney weekends, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
Great off leash fenced dog areas, a dip in the Lane Cove River, a walk along the foreshore, a lovely walk through the industrial and residential streets.
Cafe 7-5 7 days a week! 
Eastwood
Posted: September 23, 2020 in dogsTags: dog friendly, Sydney weekends, this weekend in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
A great walk through another part of Terrys Creek through Eastwood.
There’s a path connecting Fred Spurway Reserve and James Hoskin Reserve and Kilpack Park (The Ponds Creek.)
Cowell’s Lane Reserve
Posted: September 23, 2020 in Sydney StreetsTags: dog friendly, dog parks, this weekend in Sydney, walking sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
Cowells Lane Reserve at Dundas is an ENORMOUS off leash park, perfect for a walk for you and your dog.
There’s a creek for her to roll in and get muddy, a level (wheelchair friendly) path for walking, a fenced playground… this park has it all.
Parramatta Park
Posted: September 4, 2020 in dogs, SydneyTags: dogs, sydney colony, Sydney History, Sydney weekends, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
Had a lovely walk around Parramatta Park.
No off leash areas, and the cafe was closed (!) but still, a good spot for a walk.
Lovingly restored at the back of the new Parramatta Oval
Darvall Park, Denistone / Eastwood
Posted: August 2, 2020 in dogs, WalkingTags: dog, walking sydney, weekend, What to do in Sydney this weekend
I’ve said this a number of times before – I’ve lived around here for 40 odd years and never been for a walk through here.
I don’t think we have ever seen so many termite nests!
Narrabeen Lagoon Walk
Posted: July 26, 2020 in dogs, Sydney, WalkingTags: dog friendly, walking sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
There’s a great path right around the lagoon at Narrabeen on Sydney’s northern beaches.
A busy path, lots of walkers and bike riders.
7 or 8 kilometres.
Irish Walk (Sydney)
Posted: September 16, 2019 in history, Sydney StreetsTags: irish, Local, sydney colony, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
So, this weekend, we followed a City of Sydney Irish walk which took as through some of the significant places where events concerning Irish immigrants in the young colony of Sydney occurred.
We learnt that
- about 20,000 people were in Hyde Park on St Patrick’s Day in 1878 when there was an anti-Catholic riot.
- that monument on the road at the top of the hill near St Mary’s Cathedral on the road to the Art Gallery was just a drinking fountain.
- There’s a significant Irish Famine memorial at Hyde Park Barracks. Really cleverly done, it shows a dining table divided by a wall.
- During the six years of great Irish Famine, when their potato crop was ruined by potato blight, about one million died and another one million left Ireland. The memorial remembers the 4114 orphan girls who were shipped to the Australian colonies. Some married, others were employed for different domestic work.
- The original Martin Place only ran between George and Pitt Streets.
Drinking Fountain
Irish Famine Memorial at Hyde Park Barracks
Irish Famine Memorial at Hyde Park Barracks
State Library
The windows are inspired by the Book of Kells
St Mary’s Cathedral
St Mary’s Cathedral
