Travel Abroad

Sydney Wrought Iron

2015-10-022016-05-05Sherry Felix2 Comments

12^th posting of photographs of Sydney taken in August, 2015

It has been a while since my last post. I’d been meaning to play with the photos of Sydney’s wrought iron railings and create a couple of collages with them. I used 36 photographs in all and then did some fancy processing in Photoshop in the two collages, Sydney Houses Wrought Iron and Sydney Wrought Iron. I meant to do this weeks ago but….

I decided to try Windows 10 on my main computer, a gamer, after having had success with upgrading my laptop from Windows 7 to 10. I replacing the Video card to run a new NEC monitor, flashed my Bios, wiped my hard drive and installed Windows 10. 10 didn’t sit nicely on windows 7. So half a dozen calls to Microsoft later I did a clean install which meant I spent all week installing hardware and applications.

House with Wrought Iron, August 12, 2015

House with Wrought Iron, August 14, 2015

Wrought iron Gate in to Bird Sanctuary in Centennial Park, August 2, 2015

Sydney Houses with Wrought Iron Balconies

Sydney Flora

2015-09-232016-05-05Sherry Felix10 Comments

10^th posting of photographs of Sydney August, 2015

A selection of flowers from Sydney. Wish I knew the names of all of them. I selected the ones I feel have something special.

Fuchsia Heath (Epacris longiflora), Australia June 2015

Grevillea

Fern

Coral Tree (Erythrina x sykesii)

Anemone

Agave with a Swan Neck

Grevillea

Kanagroo Paw (Anigozanthos sp.)

Red Gum? Sydney 7/28/2015

Moss and small plant

Queen Victoria Building

2015-09-162016-05-05Sherry Felix2 Comments

6^th installment of Sydney, August 11, 2015

The Queen Victoria Building is an imposing edifice in Sydney. At one time it was a produce market which is why the floors are slanted to allow for washing. It was empty for a long time and the council had no funds to do anything with it. A Malaysian company invested in it and restored it for use as a shopping Mall. It is filled with lots of high end shops and has lovely places to eat. I thoroughly enjoyed window shopping. We stopped and ate a fancy baked potato and coffee while sitting at the balcony overlooking the shoppers on the other floors. One of the main features is its magnificent clock. Outside is a stature of Queen Victoria and a rather kitsch fountain that has a talking dog asking for money for charity.

The QVB site gives information about the building and the stores http://www.qvb.com.au/about-qvb/history-of-qvb
Wikipedia has more information. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria_Building
This page has some information about the arms on the stained glass window. http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/Heritage/research/heraldry/qvb.htm

Queen Victoria Building

Sydney Fish Markets

2015-09-162016-05-05Sherry Felix6 Comments

5^th posting of photographs of Sydney August 15, 2015.

An outing to the Sydney Fish Markets in Blackwattle Bay is lots of fun. The Pelicans are very tame and well fed. The market is always teaming with people and birds. There are many fish vendors inside the market building and people go there to eat or buy fish to eat later. I prefer sitting outside is best.

On the way home we walked past the Sydney Maritime Museum and crossed Pyrmont Bridge, Darling Harbor.

Australian Pelicans, Blackwattle Bay

Little crow, Blackwattle Bay

Sydney Fish Markets

Australian Pelican, Sydney Fish Market

Sydney Fish Markets

Sydney Maritime Museum, Darling Harbor

Pyrmont Bridge, Darling Harbor

Sydney City

2015-09-142016-05-05Sherry Felix2 Comments

4^thinstallment of photographs of Sydney taken August 4 to August 15, 2015.

Hyde Park is in the center of Sydney. Also Hyde Park is where the bus from Rushcutters Bay stopped, so we often went there. A wide walkway lined with Hill’s Weeping Fig trees is in Hyde Park. These giant trees make you feel like you are walking through a green cathedral. At one end of Hyde Park is Archibald Fountain. We passed it on the way to the Royal Botanic Garden. Near there is St. Mary’s Cathedral.

St Mark’s, at Darling Point, is a lovely Anglican Church. Elton John was married there. I asked the vicar if it was OK for me to take pictures and we had a chat. The vicar shared with me that he also stays at Airbnbs. Small world!

One of the many old buildings in Sydney is the Shelbourne, built 1902. I like the old buildings the best. Most of them are either Edwardian or Victorian in style. Some have fancy embellishments and gargoyles. I like the old reflected in the new architecture.

There are quite a few homeless in Sydney, as in all cities, they each have a particular location. The homeless man with his dog spent his time at the shopping center. I find it fascinating that cell phones can now be owned by almost everyone.

Hyde Park

Hill’s Weeping Fig in Hyde Park

Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park

Royal Botanic Garden

St. Mary’s Cathedral

St Mark’s, Darling Point

Reflected Architecture

Gargoyle

Shlbourn, built 1902

Architecture

Curves

Homeless

Homeless with Cell Phone

Center of Sydney August 2015

2015-09-072016-05-05Sherry Felix8 Comments

3rd installment of our trip to Sydney.

The Center of town has many boutiques and other expensive shops. The feel of the modern architecture and the fashions remind me of Italy. There are a lot of Italians in Australia perhaps that explains it.