Thursday 2 August 2018

July 2018



This month I spent a fortnight in Balmain, as my Partner, Desley, was in St Vincent's Private Hospital undergoing and recovering from heart surgery.  Balmain, when I last saw it back in 1966-68, had a lot of tired cottages, industrial lots, abandoned yards, wharves and junk.   Now, lots of the cottages have been renovated and the waterfront is a delight.  I would regularly walk (morning and evening) from the Balmain Ferry terminal around Morts Bay to Ballast Point (look on Google Maps).

Sunrise from Morts Bay

Sydney skyline from Morts Bay

Morts Bay

Balmain Ferry Terminal

Waterview Wharf Workshops

Ferns growing from a sandstone cliff near Ballast Point

Mort's Dock has a special place for the Navy

Morts Bay

Pet Friendly accommodation in Balmain

Harbour Bridge - another sunrise

Sydney Sunrise

Another place I spent a fair bit of time whilst in the Navy was in refit at Cockatoo Island, so I spent a few hours wandering around there.  It is now administered by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife.  It has some old convict and soldier barracks, and the dry dock that my ship spent time in is now part of a marina.


Soldiers' Barracks from the convict days

The Drydock (no longer)

Maintenance and shipbuilding sheds

Cockatoo Island's original drydock

Fitting Out Wharf and travelling crane
Travelling from Balmain to Darlinghurst by ferry gave me a lot of opportunities to see Sydney from the harbour, and to walk through the Sydney CBD.

Sydney - near Darling Harbour

Old warehouses at The Rocks are now converted to apartments

Queen Victoria Building

Reflections

Reflections

Darling Harbourside

Sydney CBD and Opera House from the East
Back home, I was tasked to provide a couple of photos of local landmarks for July's challenge.  I chose the Telstra Tower on Black Mountain and the Australian War Memorial.

Telstra Tower

Australian War Memorial

Flags of all nations - Queen Elizabeth Avenue

And the every day Morning Dog Walk ......


Dry creek bed

Straw-necked Ibis

Rakali

Esme

Moss on Granite

Lone hilltop tree

Drone view at Uriarra West

Balanced rocks




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