TC Ritchie:
Sydney dawn
TC Ritchie:
At Sydney’s Walsh Bay, as you are cycling or driving along Hickson Road, just before you enter the roundabout, notice the ‘Artwork Ahead’ sign. If you look past it to the right, you’ll notice the artwork (car crushed by a rock).
TC Ritchie:
Ahead of a very hot day, the sun burns off the few clouds that linger over the ocean as Sydney prepares for a troubling day of heat in the sky and on the cricket pitch. I feel India might have the edge at the SCG.
TC Ritchie:
Across the road from Elizabeth Bay House is the charming Arthur McElhone Reserve, and this morning, it was the perfect spot to catch the dawn on Sydney Harbour.
TC Ritchie:
Edgely Street in Sydney’s Surry Hills is about 8 houses long, has the little Edgely Park in front of the whole street, it’s quite odd to see if you visit. If it’s in the early morning, you can smell pastries cooking at the nearby Bourke Street Bakery.
TC Ritchie:
It’s a big day in Sydney. Not because of these icons glowing at dawn on a cloudy day, but because it’s Day 1 of the 5th test. For those from other places, it’s a potential five days of feisty cricket between India and Australia.
TC Ritchie:
I like getting lost as I pedal about in the back lanes of the older Sydney suburbs. Just take turns and see what pops up. This smart back lane is in Paddington.
TC Ritchie:
A boring early morning for landscape pics, another blanket of cloud covered Sydney. So I looked down, and found a design feature on a ramp that leads to a boardwalk at Darling Harbour. Looks mysterious, but is just functional.
TC Ritchie:
Sculpture
TC Ritchie:
2025.01.01 And for test cricket tragics, the misnamed “New Year’s Test” (doesn’t start until Friday) is looking like a great game. Aust v. India. The venue is the Sydney Cricket Ground, seen here from Moore Park at dawn. My first pic of 2025.
TC Ritchie:
I have a few carnivorous plants, and one is in flower. This baby is about 6mm across. It’s NYE in Sydney, and I’m staying in after too many years DJing at parties on this night. So instead of being out there, I’m here offering you this little gift.
TC Ritchie:
My old digs
TC Ritchie:
Albion (white) was a proposed name for Sydney, thankfully that didn’t get up. In Surry Hills, it is associated with Samuel Terry's Albion House, Albion Brewery (1826). Now that’s a very Sydney approach. This is up the hill, close to Flinders Street.
TC Ritchie:
Sydney
TC Ritchie:
Jesson Street in Surry Hills is named after an early Sydney property owner, while the street may be rather modest, the shadows are lovely.
TC Ritchie:
A blue and apricot start to a warm Sydney day. Tamarama Beach is empty now, but won’t be for long.
TC Ritchie:
Surry Hills
TC Ritchie:
Simple summer dawn pleasures on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, the city feels washed clean after yesterday’s wild thunderstorms.
TC Ritchie:
No matter how early I get out, Muma and Papa box along with junior never get me any signals. Wimbo Park, Bourke Street in Sydney’s Surry Hills.
TC Ritchie:
Weird morning ahead of a weird day. Hot day forecast, thunderstorms this morning, and again early evening. Southerly cool change tonight. Grey now, but at dawn, I was at Sydney’s Botany Bay. And grey it was not.
TC Ritchie:
Light rail makes light trail.
TC Ritchie:
Cityscape
TC Ritchie:
While Sydney’s Bondi is empty on this Christmas dawn, all the international orphans gather on the beach off to the left to have a mass celebration and swim later today.
TC Ritchie:
Start of Hanukkah and Christmas tomorrow - best wishes to all! This big tree in Sydney’s Martin Place won over my little menorah in the image stakes.
TC Ritchie:
Christmas Eve
TC Ritchie:
I’ve taken similar shots of this scene in a back lane in Sydney’s centre. And I’ve commented before that it looks like a Jeffrey Smart painting minus the usual whimsical person. I really like this spot.
TC Ritchie:
I don’t believe that the Christian calendar and the weather gods talk to each other, but I do believe that Sydney Harbour on December 23 has delivered an Elizabeth Bay dawn delight.
TC Ritchie:
Grey morning, so rather than wait for a dull dawn, I snapped an early morning moody ANZAC Memorial shot. Sydney’s Hyde Park, Pool of Reflection in the foreground with the iconic structure behind.
TC Ritchie:
Urban
TC Ritchie:
Before the sun comes up, and at potential shark dining hour, Sydney surfers take on the ways and Maroubra.
