Surry Hills – so many lanes!

Love the surviving cobblestones.

Much added here

In a Surry Hills side street.

Surry Hills lane

East Redfern – red car South Dowling Street

You could do a nice little production of Romeo and Juliet here…

Balcony on a Surry Hills side street.

First signs of spring

Taken in the grounds of Sydney Boys High, Moore Park.

Moore Park Sydney

Children’s play equipment in Harbour Bridge shape.

Gymea Lily in Moore Park beside motorway

The Poche Centre for Indigenous Health at the University of Sydney offers an interesting story about this indigenous NSW plant.

The Creation story of the Gymea lily tells of a tribal warrior, Bullana. During a violent storm, Bullana and his people were trapped in a cave by a landslide. As the fittest and strongest, only Bullana was able to escape through a narrow crevice. He was determined to do all in his power to keep his people alive.

He would hunt, fish and bring water to his tribe trapped in the cave, day after day. The physical effort and weight of responsibility were enormous. Exhaustion caused him to fall into the ravine where he broke many bones, but he persisted, trying to crawl to hunt and fish and sustain his people.

In the end the effort was too much, and those in the cave were dying. Bullana finally collapsed in his beloved valley, amongst the trees and plants. His hand reached out and grasped a small plant, and as his spirit left his body, the plant grew masses of long broad leaves and the great white flowers at the centre became red with his blood.

Like many Creation stories it is an ultimately tragic tale, but it tells of strength, courage and perseverance in the face of adversity, which are essential in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.

Late winter sky, Moore Park

Sydney skyline.

Red

Saw this door in a Surry Hills street yesterday afternoon.

Park in East Redfern home unit complex

Between South Dowling and Bourke Streets.

That George Street building site again

Highrise home units, Haymarket

How the city has changed in recent years!

George Street and Goulburn Street corner, Sydney

Convergence

In George Street Sydney, Saturday.

Enter!

Staircase in Haymarket. You might let your imagination run riot and conjure up a crime fiction plot in this setting…

Railway overpass at Central Station

More from a warm winter day in Surry Hills

In recent years with gentrification, and enlightened local government policy, the harsh edges have been softened by private and public tree planting.

Man at work -- Haymarket

The Haymarket area – so named because in early colonial days there was in fact a hay market – encompasses Chinatown, just to the north-west of Sydney’s Central Station.

Surry Hills July 22: 22 – neat number that!

No water either…

Surry Hills July 22: 21 – back alley view

One reason so many Surry Hills houses have metal roofs is that almost all the tile and slate roofs were destroyed in a great hail storm in 1999.

Surry Hills July 22: 20 – such a clear winter sky!

The horror, the horror!

Yes, it is I! Taken as a test of the webcam on my new computer.

Surry Hills July 22: 19 – doggy loo

Yes, this is for canine products, not for stray dogs that concerned citizens might bag and take home.

Surry Hills July 22: 18 – light and texture study 3

Surry Hills July 22: 17 – light and texture study 2

Surry Hills July 22: 16 – light and texture study 1

Surry Hills July 22 15: another time-warp in Crown Street

They don’t make them like this any more. Environmentalists, please look the other way.

Surry Hills July 22: 14

Such glorious sunny winter weather that day, and yes I did take a few photos didn’t I? This is just a lane, but I liked the textures and light.

Surry Hills July 22: 13 – time-warp on Crown Street

Surry Hills July 22: 12 – contre jour

I couldn’t really see what I was taking, but I quite like the result.

In Crown Street.

Surry Hills 22 July: 11 – we all get old

In Devonshire Street