Saturday, January 2, 2016

Anzac Bridge and Other Places





Lynn and I had a day looking around the old Glebe Island Bridge, Waterfront Park, Pirrama Park, Jones Bay Wharf, all in Johnstons Bay and then the Sydney Fish Markets.




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View from the Sydney Boathouse, Rozelle Bay.

In the distance.

Sydney Boathouse

'Ichi Ban', Sydney Boathouse.

Sydney Boathouse

Ball for boats to bounce off.

Sydney Heritage Fleet Docks & Workshop.

The new ANZAC Bridge overlooks the western approach to the old Glebe Island Bridge.

The Glebe Island concrete grain (wheat) silos, operated from 1921 to 1990.

Underpass under the approaches to the old bridge.



Stairway to nowhere.

Old drill holes.

Not accessible.

From one bridge, to another.

White Bay Power Station was the longest serving of Sydney's metropolitan power stations.
The coal-powered station became fully operational from 1917 and ceased production on Christmas Day 1983.

The Glebe Island Bridge was an electrically operated swing bridge opened on 1 July 1903.

The Glebe Island Bridge was an electrically operated swing bridge opened on 1 July 1903.

Remains of the old wharves.

We had lunch at table 19.

Sydney water-police headquarters.

In the past.

And back to the present.

Stairs to Giba Park.

Mee-Tu  (me too)

A Port Jackson Fig growing on a pylon out in the bay.

The new dwarfs the old.

My old school (left) until I was 8. Boys, from our school,  use to throw rocks at
the children in the Catholic School across the road (right).

The sculpture 'Tied to Tide'  is an 'aquatic instrument',  created by
Jennifer Turpin & Michaelie Crawford, that moves by the action of the waves and tides.



'Tied to Tide'




The sculpture 'Tied to Tide'  is an 'aquatic instrument',  created by
Jennifer Turpin & Michaelie Crawford, that moves by the action of the waves and tides.

Barangaroo and the Sydney Harbour Bridge (oh, and Lynn).



The boys in blue (water-police) keeping our waterways safe.

You would need a lot of sovereigns to buy this Sovereign.

Crown Sydney - Sydney's six-star luxury hotel resort at Barangaroo (in the background ) going up.

We'd probably have to sell our house just to pay the mooring fees.

Converted warehouse at Jones Bay Wharf.

Jones Bay Wharf.

Outside looking in.

New Years Eve leftovers.

Channel 7 (Seven) is based in a converted warehouse at Jones Bay Wharf.

Red and blue makes if safe for you

I don't think that metal flap will stop much from entering the drain.

I didn't know the password.

They may well have been.

Ninnoo and Tony are in love.

These spheres were digesters used  in the old CSR (Colonial Sugar Refinery) to produce chipboard.

'Metamorphosis'  The sculpture is based on the simple observation that the
 transformation taking place at Jacksons Landing reflects our changing perceptions about the landscape.
  Anton James 2007

Must be something in there to eat.  (Common Mynah)

ANZAC Bridge and Silos.

ANZAC Bridge.

ANZAC Bridge.

Spider's web.

ANZAC Bridg

Struggling to Earth.   Fig tree roots on rock-face.

Skate-boarder.

ANZAC Bridge from the Fish Markets.

At the Sydney Fish Markets.

At the Sydney Fish Markets.

Please don't eat me.

ANZAC Bridge, from the Sydney Fish Markets.

Bridge in a vase.









The train was packed coming home.




Cameras:  Canon PowerShot SX60 HS and Sony DSC-W690.