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.
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East Ryde to Hunters Hill
Posted: September 4, 2016 in Sydney HarbourTags: 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
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Canterbury to Rookwood
Posted: August 22, 2016 in bicycle, WalkingTags: 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.
But seriously, fishing in this pretty polluted river? Hope he doesn’t have a seafood restaurant!
Greenwich to Northwood
Posted: July 30, 2016 in Sydney HarbourTags: 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
Ryde Bridge to Gladesville
Posted: July 17, 2016 in Sydney HarbourTags: breakfast, cafe, Coffee, ferry, inner west, sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, Sydney weekends, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walking inner Sydney, weekend, weekends, what to do in Sydney
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 HarbourTags: 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 HarbourTags: 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!
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
Pulpit Point marina
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.
Good that Eddie Obeid lives behind bars… gives him a chance to get used to it.
Blackwattle Bay
Posted: May 8, 2016 in Inner WestTags: Sydney, sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, Sydney weekends, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, what to do in Sydney
A great walk past the fish markets.
Federal Park, Rozelle Bay
Rozelle Park
Sydney Fish Markets
Sydney Fish Markets
Under the Anzac Bridge
Anzac Bridge
Anzac Bridge
Waverton to Milsons Point
Posted: February 29, 2016 in Sydney HarbourTags: Sydney, sydney harbor, this weekend in Sydney, Weekends in Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
On a beautiful, last day of summer day in Sydney, we parked the car at Waverton Station and walked south, down the hill past a small cafe towards the water.
There’s a road that makes its way around Balls Head, but the bush track below the road takes you past a remnant of (recent) old Sydney, the Coal Loader. It’s a beautiful,easy path with beautiful views of the city. Quite the spot for the New Year’s Eve fireworks.
Some beautiful waterfront along Waverton Peninsular Reserve and Waverton Oval to Sawmillers Reserve (which sadly doesn’t go right through to Blues Point.
Wander along the path near Wendy’s Secret Garden to Luna Park and the Harbour Bridge.
A fabulous walk of about 6 or 7 kilometres. Catch the train back to Waverton Station from Milsons Point Station – just 2 stops.
Beautiful Harbour views along the path at Balls Head Reserve
Berry’s Bay
Beautiful Harbour views along the path at Balls Head Reserve
Beautiful Harbour views along the path at Balls Head Reserve
Remnants of the old BP storage facility. Lots of round tank holes hewn into the rock.
Sawmillers Reserve
The Goods Line
Posted: February 29, 2016 in Inner West, Sydney HarbourTags: Dr Chau Chak Wing, Frank Gehry, Paper Bag building, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walking inner Sydney, Weekends in Sydney, what to do in Sydney
The Goods Line is a shared pedestrian and cycle path and green public space, connecting Ultimo with Darling Harbour.
The line provides a pedestraian and cycle path from Central Station to Darling Harbour, with mixed-use spaces to enjoy – dining tables, grassy spaces, table tennis tables, study pods amongst the trees and a children’s water play area with a sand pit shaded by trees.
A fabulous re-use of what was a busy industrial railway line.
http://www.shfa.nsw.gov.au/sydney-Our_places_and_projects-Our_projects-The_Goods_Line.htm
Only a short walk, but so well done
Past the iconic Dr Chau Chak Wing Building (designed by Frank Gehry – The “Paper Bag building”)
Past the iconic Dr Chau Chak Wing Building (designed by Frank Gehry – The “Paper Bag building”)
Parramatta ~ Harris Park Heritage Walk
Posted: January 24, 2016 in Sydney HarbourTags: ferry, Sydney, sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, Sydney weekends, Things to do in Sydney, walking inner Sydney, Weekends in Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
Back from our holiday to India and so ready to resume normal weekend service!
Our plan this year? We enjoyed walking the beaches and coast so much in 2014 that we decided to do the same this year, except we will hug the inland waterways. Late Sunday afternoon we headed out to Parramatta Ferry Wharf to begin walking East along the southern shore.
We parked the car at Parramatta wharf and walked towards Rosehill racecourse along the Harris Park Heritage Walk, a really nice path along the (pretty murky this far up stream) Parramatta River with terrific signposting advising various historical sites that used to be there
It’s well done; love wandering along bits of Sydney we’ve never seen before.
Had to start the year somewhere, so we chose Parramatta Wharf
The stern of the last HMAS Parramatta
NIce work along the path
Robyn has taught at two schools with Ellengowan in their name. This is the original site of Tara Anglican School at North Parramatta.
About 200 km to go! 🙂
So, this weekend, we... 