Pittwater sunset

The sun setting on the year. Happy New Year everyone, hope 2014 is your best yet.

St Bernard with barrel

Spotted in Avalon, with brandy flask in case of emergency!

Sydney New Years Eve 2014

The theme is shine! Happy shine everyone. Those speakers on the post are emergency sirens.

Ink at the pool

Lots of ink on people at the beach.

Waterfront Cafe Church Point

On Pittwater - good for brunch.

Blue cattle dog resting

Waiting for his owner by the water.

Christmas in Martin Place

A very merry Christmas to all, from rainy and cool Sydney.

Hyde Park war memorial

Twas the night before Christmas Eve ...

Martin Place Christmas Tree

Seahorse door

The old Maritime Services Building at the Quay, now the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Big red building Sydney

New X building on corner of Elizabeth and Hunter.

Water temperature Sydney

The daily surf temperature is taken by a volunteer and posted each day, today it was 23 degrees Celsius, looks above average. Beautiful. Outside temp today is 30 degrees.

Sydney moving

This moving walkway is a fast way to get from The Domain carpark up the hill to Hyde Park.

Bridge Climb Sydney

Inside the famous Bridge climb foyer. Have I done it. yes, but not with them.

Dog on sand

Shadows lengthening on Palm Beach, Lion Island in background.

Cruisin to Palm Beach

My car parked across the road from Cranky Fins, perfect on a summer's evening with the top down. CONFESSION: This is not my car ... one day ... sighs deeply.

Cranky Fins

Hip new bar at Palm Beach.

Sandstone bust

An unflattering bust of NSW's first Governor, Arthur Phillip. Who explored this area in 1788.

Christmas Bus

There is a competition amongst bus drivers for the best decorated bus, everyone who boarded this one was smiling.

Phillip Park Palm Beach

Newly refurbished park, a pleasant place for a picnic.

Bistro Boulevard in Avalon

Owned by a young French couple this is the best spot to eat in my home town.

Words on the step

Outside the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Slessor in Sydney

Wrote the definitive Sydney poem - Five Bells.

Map of Sydney

Nice and simple.Found in the Domain carpark.

Rainy day seagull

One of the wet days down at Circular Quay, its not always sunny in Sydney.

Literary walk at Circular Quay

George married Charmian Clift and moved to London after the war, had enough and moved with their young children to the Greek Islands, before returning to Sydney in the heady days of the 1960s. Both were beautiful writers.

Rail entrance to Circular Quay Station

New barriers with the new Opal card readers installed.

Model Housing in Sydney

Inside Customs House a display of sustainable housing, here is a balsa wood model of said housing.

The masked avenger in Sydney

An unusual advertising gimmick at Wynyard. Looks like they have 'jumped the shark'.

Customs House Library

Some bright banners inside the library

Bus window outlook rainy day

Looking out of the bus window, it has advertising on the windows which give this effect. You can see other 'Looking out' posts by clicking on the CDP link on the right.

Rainy Sydney

Sydney has had a wet spell, "The harbour city has already collected more than 150 millimetres of rain this month, the wettest since June, and is closing in on double the amount for a typical November of 83.6 millimetres." Here is the crossing at Park and George, QVB in the background.

Manly rescue monument

In the background was a group having a farewell picnic.

Manly Yacht Club

On the east side of Manly cove, a solid building.

Manly stand up paddleboards

The latest craze is S.U.P, good idea for summer?

Manly skiff

Not sure if this is a skiff? View from Manly Yacht Club.

Fountain in The Corso Manly

Lots of fun for kids, The Corso is one of the great pedestrian streets of Sydney.

The Ivanhoe Hotel

One of the big 3 hotels in Manly - newly refurbished.

Morning has broken

At last, after a lot of rain a sunny morning at Newport Beach. Taken while I wait for my bus.

Brass plaque in Sydney

Footpath sign in Kings Cross. Along my usual lunch walk route on Tuesdays.

Palm Beach cafe

At the Boathouse Palm Beach, should have a Michelin hat it is that good!

The Boathouse at Palm Beach

Coffee art and a superb view, a wonderful place on a sunny Sydney day, watch the seaplanes land.

Avalon Market Day 2013

Amidst rainy days on Saturday the clouds parted and there was a sunny warm day in Avalon. One of the biggest markets in Sydney. Here is Bronwyn Bishop MP, the local member for Mackellar, also the Speaker for the House of Representatives. She is buying a raffle ticket off a bikie.

Clowns in Sydney

The Moscow circus is at Warriewood in Sydney. This clown is riding atop a car.

Riders stop on red

Do you obey the traffic signals on a bike?

Big Red X building

New building on corner Hunter and Elizabeth Streets.

The Sydney Institute

What does this place do? A think tank? In Phillip St.

Cactus in Sydney

Outside the Customs House building at Circular Quay.

That old jacaranda tree

Not as good as Steffe's great series on his old tree in Sweden.