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A word about the view

Pyrmont, the area of Sydney where I live and work, was once home to a series of quarries spreading right across the suburb and into neighbouring Ultimo. The three quarries were named Paradise, Purgatory and Hellhole, apparently by Scottish workmen. If I remember rightly, that's a giant block of Paradise sandstone in this shot, lit dramatically by the dying afternoon sun.

The entertaining part of all this means that my lounge officially has views to Paradise.

Well, at least one of the walls of what remains of Paradise quarry.

Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2007 and filed under Life.

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