When Chinese people first came to Australia in the early 1860’s, lured in by the prospect of finding gold, those that settled in Sydney settled in the Surrey Hills area, the far side Central Station from today’s Chinatown. Continue reading “Chinatown”
Daily tens of thousands of people make their way though all or part of the 400 metres long Devonshire Street Tunnel with its yellow, green, and red tiled walls, low ceilings and oft times flickering fluorescent lights. Continue reading “Devonshire Street Tunnel”
In my separate review of Central (Railway) Station as a visitor attraction, I referred to the dire, indeed lamentable, facilities offered to the travelling public and visitors to the station. By the way, this is a positive review of the cafe! Continue reading “Café du Nord: “Dining at Central Station””
Sydney’s Central Station is one of a number of grand turn-of-the-century sandstone buildings in the city, albeit an outlier as the majority of these are located within a short distance of Circular Quay and the former Government House. Continue reading “Central Station – Railway”
On the corner of the George and Barrack Streets (across George Street from Martin Place) I came across this bronze, almost life size, sculpture of a young girl in baggy pants and a hoodie. Looking around I could see no plaque or anything else telling me about the sculpture though I did notice a separate, similarly clad, youngster about 10-20 metres away further up Barrack Street at the entrance to the Burberry store which occupies this prime city centre corner site. Continue reading “‘Youngsters’ in the Street”
As war memorials go, Sydney’s Cenotaph is small and rather plain though perhaps this has as much to do with its location, exposed in the centre of Martin Place in the midst of rather large and ornate buildings, rather than the actual Cenotaph itself. Continue reading “The Cenotaph – Martin Place”
Writing back to his masters in London on 15 May 1788 the first Governor of the New South Wales, Arthur Phillip, wrote:
“…we had the satisfaction of finding the finest harbour in the world, in which a thousand sail of the line may ride in the most perfect security…” Continue reading “Tank Stream and Tank Stream Museum”
If I were to pick a single hotel in Sydney as a favourite (taking cost into account) The Grace Hotel would be it. Continue reading “The Grace Hotel – Great Location”
When I am in Sydney for work, or when I can otherwise afford it, I like to stay at the Grace Hotel, conveniently located in the centre of the city.
On the ground floor of the Grace, through a totally separate business with separate street access as well, is P.J O’Brien’s Irish Pub. Continue reading “As Daylight Fades the ‘Craic’ Begins”
The primary item of interest related to the Museum of Sydney, and you don’t have to pay the exorbitant $10 entry fee (you might want to consider a Museum Pass – see later) to appreciate it, is that it is built over and around the remains of Australia’s first Government House. Continue reading “The Museum Of Sydney”
The Rambling Wombat 