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Looking across Johnstons Bay on Sydney Harbour to social housing, Pyrmont expensive apartments, then the city to the right and Saruman’s Tower on the left. This is just before dawn on a drizzly autumn morning.
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The Hungry Mile
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On a crisp morning, ahead of potential showers, I spy cranes at Sydney’s Garden Island Naval Base. While it has not been an island since 1942 (when a dock was constructed to increase the size of base five fold), the name has remained.
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When I first moved into Sydney’s Surry Hills nearly 40 years ago, Fitzroy Place was not somewhere you would linger after dark. Much safer now. Sir Charles Fitzroy was Governor of NSW 1846-55 and this little charmer was named after him.
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Some light showers early this morning, as well as clearing skies. So I was temped to go for some Sydney noir glamour. This is a previously unpublished shot from 2020. And as usual, the city lit up for me alone.
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Blooming
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Sydney opened a new harbour swimming spot over summer. Marrinawi Cove is on the north east tip of Barangaroo Reserve, it has a shark proof net and is absolutely stunning. It’s open 24/7, but no one was testing the water on a cool dawn today.
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Change
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A pre dawn Sydney scene. ANZAC Bridge, Pyrmont apartments, clouds and reflections on Blackwattle Bay.
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If you are planning on moving into Little Selwyn Street in Sydney’s Paddington, and you are going to have your bedroom in the upstairs front room - buy some blinds.
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Sydney’s Bondi Icebergs ocean pool is an Australian icon, and the serenity of it at dawn is something I like to focus on. The happenings of Saturday are still raw, but I want to dwell on beauty.
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Charlotte Lane in Sydney’s Darlinghurst is a quiet urban space. I wondered the same streets 40years ago, and the scene was far less serene.
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Reflection
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At time of posting this, it is not clear what has happened at Sydney’s Bondi Junction, but included in those taken to hospital is a 9 month old baby with stab wounds.
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Because it is a little cooler lately, there are fewer people out at sunrise, so I managed to grab this Sydney sunrise in a solo stylee.
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Shadow
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Two bridges
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Gentrification
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Ballast Park in Sydney’s Birchgrove is a great spot to catch a cool breeze at dawn. From this spot the city is hiding off to the right, but the Harbour Bridge is peeking over Me-Mel (Goat Island).
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James Norton (1795-1862) was a solicitor, businessman and a pamphleteer. Norton Street in Sydney’s Surry Hills was named in his honour. Seen here after the bins were collected.
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Masts and clouds, Sydney’s Rushcutters Bay on a cool dawn.
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Neck of a newly designed guitar or the AMP building in Sydney’s Circular Quay.
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The little jetty in front of me is where the Glebe Rowers Club members launch off into Blackwattle Bay. Behind is the current Sydney Fish Market, new one being built to the right and the city asleep centre of the shot to the rear.
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Little Riley Street
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Oceana
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Collins Lane
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Light clouds just before dawn grace the sky over Pier 5 at Sydney’s Walsh Bay. I love how empty the streets are at this time, while knowing that the buildings are full of meat packets.
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Wet
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On a damp Sydney morning, the Eveleigh Locomotive Workshops call me to attend.
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As we near the end of DLS for another season, it takes too long to wait for sunrise. So I’m going pre dawn. Sydney’s Blackwattle Bay, a concrete factory, fishing boats and the ANZAC Bridge all under brewing clouds.
