Rose Bay, water airport

These sea planes are at the Rose Bay Water Airport, in the eastern suburb of Rose Bay. Sydney Seaplanes is Australia's largest seaplane operator with flights over Sydney Harbour and a number of destinations like Palm Beach, Whale Beach, Cottage Point, Berowra Waters, Pittwater and the Hawkesbury River. This photo was taken fifteen years ago so this terminal has been upgraded since then.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Water Thursday.

Barangaroo, Watermans Cove

Looking across Watermans Cove to Crown Sydney casino in Barangaroo at sunset.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Lewisham, sculpture

This religious marble statue is located in the grounds of the Eileen O'Connor Catholic College at the front of the former Saint Thomas Presbytery,  in the inner west suburb of Lewisham.

Linked to: Words Welcome, Think It Aloud Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Life Captured.

Lewisham, Saint Thomas Presbytery

 
Saint Thomas Presbytery is located along Thomas Street, in the inner city suburb of Lewisham. This heritage listed building was built around the 1870s as the presbytery for nearby St Thomas Becket Catholic Church. It was restored in 2020 to provide offices, meeting rooms and aminities for the Eileen O'Connor Catholic College.
Linked to: Happy Now, Wordless Wednesday, Wonderful Wednesday, Signs, Signs.

Lewisham, railway station (Theme Day: Travel)

A train arriving on platform 2 at Lewisham railway station in the inner west suburb of Lewisham. The station opened in 1886 and is served by Sydney Trains T2 Leppington & Inner West Line and occasional T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line services. The Waratah A-Set trains in the Sydney Trains network were built between 2011 and 2014.
Linked to: Through My Lens, Senior Salon Pit Stop, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday, Theme Day.

Cronulla, car park, art

This artwork is on the wall of a stair well of the roof top car park along Croydon Street, in the southern suburb of Cronulla. It was created by street artist Cameron Marbus aka Emors in 2019 as part of the Walk the Walls Street Art Festival where established and emerging street artists were recruited to paint murals, as part of a large crime prevention program to stop graffiti and vandalism.
Linked to: Monday Mural, Mosaic Monday, Aww Mondays.

Kogarah Bay, canal

The canal which carries Kogarah Bay Creek to Kogarah Bay, in the southern suburb of Kogarah Bay. This view is from the Carlton Crescent bridge and these palm trees which line the canal are in Carss Bush Park.

Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, My Sunday Snapshot, Sunday Best.

Mascot, Twin Arch Bridge

An illuminated Twin Arch Bridge, which carries Airport Drive over Alexandra Canal between the eastern suburb of Mascot and the inner west suburb of Tempe. It is part of the new Sydney Gateway road interchange built in 2024 to link the Sydney International Airport to the Sydney Domestic Airport and the M8 Motorway.

Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Water Thursday.

Mortlake, pub

The Palace Hotel is located on the corner of Tennyson Road and McDonald Street in the inner west suburb of Mortlake. It was built in the 1920s and replaced the original Palace Hotel at the end of the road built in 1886, on the shore of the Parramatta River.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Earlwood, shops

These shops and residences above are located on the corner of Homer Street and View Street in the inner west suburb of Earlwood.

Linked to: Words Welcome, Signs, Signs, Think It Aloud Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Life Captured.

Lewisham, church

St Thomas Becket Church (also known as the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury) is a heritage listed Catholic church located along Thomas Street, in the inner west suburb of Lewisham. Built in 1851 and completed in its current form in 1888 in the Pugin Neo-Gothic style, it is recognised as Sydney's second oldest church.

Linked to: Happy Now, Wordless Wednesday, Wonderful Wednesday.

Kingsgrove, church

Kingsgrove Gospel Chapel is an independent church along Moorefields Road, in the southern suburb of Kingsgrove.
Linked to: Through My Lens, Senior Salon Pit Stop, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Talkin' About It Tuesdays, Travel Tuesday.

Hurstville, art

This artwork is located on the side of an apartment building along Treacy Street, in the southern suburb of Hurstville. This indigenous map is an aerial view of the immediate surrounding area, created by artist Darren Charlwood, who is also an Aboriginal educator and national parks ranger.

Linked to: Monday Mural, Mosaic Monday, Aww Mondays.

Lewisham, house

 
This house built in the Victorian style is located on the corner of Victoria Street and Toothill Street in the inner west suburb of Lewisham.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, My Sunday Snapshot, Sunday Best.

Auburn, Botanic Gardens, reflection pool

This reflection pool is in the grounds of Auburn Botanic Gardens, in the western suburb of Auburn. 
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Water Thursday.

Barangaroo, sunset

A ferry moored at Barangaroo ferry wharves at sunset.

Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Waterloo, sign

This sign is on the fence of a workshop which builds custom motorcycles, located along Bourke Street, in the inner city suburb of Waterloo.

Linked to: Words Welcome, Signs, Signs, Think It Aloud Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Life Captured.

Tamarama Surf Life Saving Club

 
The Tamarama Surf Life Saving Club sits on the cliff above Tamarama Beach, in the eastern suburb of Tamarama. The club was established in 1906 and this club house was built in 1939 in the art deco style, to replace the original wooden building which was destroyed by fire. It was restored and renovated in 2024 by Chrofi Architects.
Linked to: Happy Now, Wordless Wednesday, Wonderful Wednesday, Saturday Critters.

Auburn, Botanic Gardens

This structure is located in the Auburn Botanic Gardens, in the western suburb of Auburn. The botanic gardens were established in 1977 and cover an area of 9.7 hectares (24 acres).

Linked to: Linked to: Through My Lens, Senior Salon Pit Stop, Tuesday Treasures, Travel Tuesday, Happy Tuesday, Talkin' About It Tuesdays, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair.

Haymarket, mural

 
This mural is on the wall of a restaurant along Hay Street in Chinatown at Haymarket. The artwork features noodles and dumplings rising from a bowl.
Linked to: Monday Mural, Mosaic Monday, Aww Mondays.

Mascot, bridge

A cyclist travels on the bridge which carries the walkway and bicycle track over Alexandra Canal from Tempe to Mascot. This view is towards the Sydney Airport Domestic Terminal and the higher bridge on the left carries Airport Drive traffic over the canal.

Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, My Sunday Snapshot, Sunday Best.

Westpac Place and No.1 Shelley Street

Looking across Darling Harbour at dusk to King Street Wharf and the buildings straight behind it are Lime Street apartments, No.1 Shelley Street and Westpac Place. The First Fleet Class ferry is the Borrowdale, acquired in 1985, as part of the Sydney Ferries travelling out of Circular Quay.
Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons.

Sylvania, sunset

A view of the sunset from the rooftop car park of Southgate Shopping Centre in the southern suburb of Sylvania.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Cabarita, wharf

These life preservers sit on either side of the entrance to Cabarita ferry wharf, on the southern side of the Parramatta River, in the inner west suburb of Cabarita.
Linked to: Words Welcome, Signs, Signs, Think It Aloud Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Life Captured, Water Thursday.

Blakehurst, wharf

A private wharf on the Georges River at Blakehurst, looking towards the southern suburb of Carss Park. An Australian Pied Cormorant sits at the end of the wharf, which rests on a pontoon. 

Linked to: Happy Now, Wordless Wednesday, Wonderful Wednesday, Saturday Critters.

Barangaroo, Shellwall

'Shellwall' is a seven-storey public art installation on the southern facade of the Alexander residential building at Barangaroo. It was created in 2015 by Bidjigal elder Esme Timbery and Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi artist Jonathan Jones, to honour indigenous shell-work traditions and historic local shell middens.
Linked to: Through My Lens, Senior Salon Pit Stop, Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesday, Talkin' About It Tuesdays, Travel Tuesday.

Barangaroo, Mercantile Walk

 
A view of Mercantile Walk at Barangaroo. These planter box troughs are used as barricades to traffic from Barangaroo Avenue. They are seen here decorated with temporary artworks featuring flowers, birds and butterflies.
Linked to: Monday Mural, Mosaic Monday, Aww Mondays, Saturday Critters, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair.

Barangaroo, ferry

A MiniCat ferry moored at Barangaroo Wharf. The Me-Mel MiniCat ferry is a small catamaran built in 2019 to operate as an On-Demand ferry service. Me-Mel is an indigenous word for Goat Island, an island in Sydney Harbour.

Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, My Sunday Snapshot, Sunday Best.

Barangaroo, Darling Island Wharf

Looking across Darling Harbour, past a life preserver located on Darling Island Wharf, in the inner west suburb of Pyrmont. The tall buildings are Crown Sydney, One Sydney Harbour and one of the International Towers.

Linked to: Weekend Reflections, All Seasons, Water Thursday.

Barangaroo, Monuments for Fishes, sunset

These kinetic sculptures in Watermans Cove at Barangaroo at sunset. 'Monuments for Fishes' were created by artist Mikala Dwyer in 2026, paying homage to the Indigenous women who fished along the cove well before colonisation. The five 23-metre sculptures are crafted from carbon fibre, fibreglass and steel - the same materials used for yachts and they sway with the tides, winds and currents.
Linked to: Skywatch Friday.

Barangaroo, Watermans Cove

Looking across Watermans Cove at Barangaroo to Crown Sydney and One Sydney Harbour.
Linked to: Words Welcome, Think It Aloud Thursday, Thankful Thursday, Life Captured.

Napoleon Bridge, Sussex Street

Napoleon Bridge is a footbridge over Sussex Street linking Napoleon Street to Shipwrights Walk in Barangaroo.

Linked to: Happy Now, Wordless Wednesday, Wonderful Wednesday, Signs, Signs.

Barangaroo, art

This art installation hangs above Mercantile Walk in Barangaroo. "Upside-Down Garden" was created by Indonesian Australian artist Jumaadi in 2025. The artwork is activated with a soundscape and lighting program developed with musician and composer Michael Toisuta which changes at dawn, midday, dusk and midnight. It features entwined woman's hair, an outstretched arm overgrown by vines, an exotic pineapple, a birdman carrying the landscape, a tree inside a wedding gown, a foot print and a foot seat.

Linked to: Through My Lens, Senior Salon Pit Stop, Tuesday Treasures, Talkin' About It Tuesdays, Happy Tuesday, Travel Tuesday, Floral Friday Foto, Garden Affair.