Sydney Botanic Gardens

Coming from Circular Quay and walking around the Opera House you arrive at the Sydney Botanic Gardens. An oasis in the city!

Sydney Icons

I played at being a tourist for an afternoon and explored the area around Circular Quay in the city. Above is the view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and a ferry at the wharf as seen from Circular Quay Railway Station.


Sydney Opera House.


Looking up at the Harbour Bridge from the overseas passenger terminal.


The Opera House again - this time standing much closer and looking at it from a different angle.

Echo Point

Looking out from Echo Point at Katoomba in the Blue Mountains. This is one of the most popular tourist spots in the mountains and there are some fabulous bushwalks in the local area. Katoomba is a 90 minute drive or 2 hour train ride west from Sydney city.


These pictures were taken on one of the coldest days of the year - the temperature was about 5 degrees celsius. Katoomba's altitude is just over 1000m (which in Australian terms is very high!).




The famous Three Sisters rock formation.

Sassafras Gully

Ferns alongside the walking track at Sassafras Gully in Springwood in the Blue Mountains (1 hour west of Sydney).


The Fairy Dell picnic area at the start/end of the Sassafras Gully walk.

Cabramatta

Cabramatta is a suburb in Sydney's south-western city of Fairfield. There is a large Vietnamese population in the suburb and these pictures show statues and the entry to an open-air mall in one of the main streets.

Wollongong

Looking down at Wollongong from Sublime Point lookout. Wollongong is about a 1 hour drive or 1 1/2 hour train ride south from Sydney city.


Standing on Wollongong's City Beach looking south towards Port Kembla.


Still on City Beach and looking north towards the lighthouse.

Newtown

King St, Newtown on a Saturday afternoon. Newtown is part of the Inner West of Sydney - it's a suburb that is very close to the city and always busy.


Newtown Post Office

Winter Magic

The street parade at the Winter Magic Festival in Katoomba on June 23rd. Part of the Blue Mountains, Katoomba is a two hour train ride from Sydney Central.

Bundeena

Bundeena is a small village on the southern shores of Port Hacking, south of Sydney. The village is bordered by the Royal National Park on the other three sides.


You can get to Bundeena by ferry from Cronulla or by car from Sutherland. The drive from Sutherland is very scenic - taking you through some beautiful sections of national park. If you are planning on stopping in the national park, you have to pay an entry fee, but this fee is waived if you are just passing through to get to Bundeena.


Jibbon Beach is accessible via several walking tracks from the village.

Berowra Valley Bushland Park

Berowra Valley Bushland Park is in the northern suburbs of Sydney. The Great North Walk goes through the park and there are also smaller side tracks that take you into adjacent suburbs.


These photos were taken in a section of the park near the leafy suburb of Westleigh.

Terrigal

Terrigal is on the Central Coast of NSW - about a 90 minute drive from Sydney. It's got a nice laidback atmosphere and has the usual cafes, restaurants and tourist shops that you'd expect in a seaside holiday town.


Not the best time of day to take photos - just after midday - but the beach was so nice that I wanted to capture something of its appeal.


The Terrigal Surf Life Saving Club - a bit hard to see in the shadows, but there it is!

Cronulla

Cronulla beach is one of Sydney's southern beaches and it is a beautiful place to go for a walk on an autumn afternoon. There is a cliff walk that takes you past the Surf Life Saving Club and to a memorial at Port Hacking.


Cronulla Surf Life Saving Club with the Memorial RSL in the background.




I love these rock pools! There are heaps of nice rocky sections as you walk around the bay. Sometimes you can look down at the rocks from a cliff and other times they are right there alongside the walkway.

Wentworth Falls

The Blue Mountains National Park is a World Heritage area about 2 hours to the west of Sydney. These pictures were taken at Wentworth Falls on a warm, hazy summer day.


The region is going through a drought so the falls are not flowing as heavily as usual.