Retro-modern apartments near The Rocks.
I don't claim to be an expert on architectural trends but I think they're more modernist than brutalist. They look cool from the outside but I can't imagine they're the most comfortable place to live.
Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2007 | Photos | 4 Comments
The merry-go-round at Luna park was all covered up when I was there last weekend, I'm not sure if it was for the weekend or for winter.
I'll check back in another time and let you know.
Posted on Friday, June 29, 2007 | Photos | No Comments Yet
A little closer to the Luna Park gates.
Posted on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 | Photos | No Comments Yet
Potentially-creepy-but-still-handy hint: Sydney’s Luna Park's face has eyelashes. Melbourne’s does not.
Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 | Photos | No Comments Yet
If you turn 180° from the vantage point that brought us the tourist cliché of the other day sits (surprise!) another cliché: the smiling face of Luna Park.
Sydney’s Luna Park has a fairly eventful history which continues to this day. Even in the cold wind after dusk on Saturday there were still a few people milling around, so hopefully it’ll live on for a while yet.
Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 | Photos | No Comments Yet
Waves crashing on to the rocks at Bondi during the storms a couple of weeks back.
Posted on Sunday, June 24, 2007 | Life | 4 Comments
Great news: it stopped raining! So I've been out walking around, taking horribly clichéd photos to get them out of my system.
In other great news, a kindly neighbour in our apartment block seems to be sharing a wireless connection. Thank you, neighbour!
I'm working on getting actual, real internet access at home, but that's much harder than it sounds.
Posted on Saturday, June 23, 2007 | Life | No Comments Yet
First let me make it clear that I don't want this blog to descend into commentary on the weather. That'd be some kind of sad last resort for something to write about, and while I've come close before, I'm not that desperate.
Now then.
That aside, I've been meaning to post this photo from Ribe, Denmark, and it happened to start raining today just in time for lunch today, so I'm going to retract earlier comments regarding impending good weather and promise not to talk about the weather again.
At least not until next week.
Posted on Thursday, June 14, 2007 | Europe 2006-2007 | No Comments Yet
The storms seem to have cleared, and we're back to the clear days and "cold" weather.
For Sarah's benefit, the Bureau of Meteorology tells me that tomorrow Sydney will see temperatures ranging from about 8°C overnight to mid-to-high teens during the day. But I swear it's colder than that when I'm walking to the office in the morning.
Luckily, that walk isn't longer than ten minutes.
Posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 | Life | No Comments Yet
A closer view of the Sydney Opera House tiles.
You'll have to bear with my short posts, I'm without net at home and trying to schedule a few posts in a row when I get a chance.
Posted on Monday, June 11, 2007 | Life | No Comments Yet
It's turned wintery here in Sydney, so I'm going to practice some photographic escapism and pretend it's still as warm and sunny as when I took this one, in the Sydney Botanic Gardens' tropical house a couple of weeks ago.
Posted on Sunday, June 10, 2007 | Life | 2 Comments
A supermarket under construction on the ground floor of the former Festival Records building in Pyrmont, Sydney.
Posted on Saturday, June 9, 2007 | Life | No Comments Yet
Another photo from Ribe: from memory this was taken in the moat surrounding the remains of Riberhus Slotsbanke (Riberhus Castle). I'll check into that — posts are few and far between while I try and sort out net access at home here in Sydney.
Wish me luck.
Posted on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 | Europe 2006-2007 | No Comments Yet
In the fine tradition of last year's post, Norwegian Wood, here's a stack of logs from Ribe, Denmark.
Posted on Monday, June 4, 2007 | Europe 2006-2007 | No Comments Yet
Getting a little too close to the balconies in the entry hall at the Natural History Museum, London.
Posted on Friday, June 1, 2007 | Europe 2006-2007 | No Comments Yet
