Necessary Bridge shot
Sydney Trains/ HET S Set S28 rolls through Milsons Point on run 881D bound for North Sydney Car Sidings, Lavender Bay via Waverton Neck during the Transport Heritage Expo long weekend
7/10/24
Poolside, Sydney
The MacCallum public seawater pool.
Right on Sydney harbour at Cremorne Point.
Photographed at sunset on Christmas Day, 2024.
In the distance the catamaran 'Golden Grove' is heading for the nearby Cremorne Point Wharf.
And here is the history of the MacCallum seawater pool:
In 1900 at the Paris Olympics, Fred Lane won the 200m freestyle race for Australia. Lane was a resident of Milson Road on Cremorne Point and around 1915 he began using boulders to form a tidal pool.
Through the 1920s the pool was slowly improved when Hugh MacCallum became responsible for much of the work and for formalising membership of the pool to raise funds for upkeep and to manage use.
The pool was named in MacCallum’s honour in 1930.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.
Chilled harbour, Sydney
So this is the harbour late on Christmas Day, 2024.
Photographed from the Cremorne Reserve walkway.
This walkway, located just below Milson Road at Cremorne Point, starts at Bogota Avenue and goes all the way to the Robertson Lighthouse. On the opposite side of the water here is Kurraba Point.
You can also deviate to the left near the Cremorne Point Wharf, and walk all the way around Mosman Bay to Reid Park, and the Mosman Bay Wharf.
And here is the best chilled artist on the planet, Digby Jones (from England), with his Pina Colada Melflower mix:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPBAiXAorGM
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom
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Catching a train 🙂
Milsons Point Station, Sydney
North Sydney at Milsons Point tram terminal for ferries to Circular Quay before the bridge - 1924
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Summer Night City
Last night in Sydney.
Friday, 20th December, 2024.
it's a 'Summer Night City'
Still 28 degrees celsius at dusk.
It's ridiculous - it's Sydney in summer.
And so here is Abba with their mega hit 'Summer Night City':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d5dPYHi17k
Photographed from the boardwalk at Luna Park.
Milsons Point, Sydney.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk with the Canon EF 15-35mm f/4L IS USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.
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The Red Planet, Sydney
View looking north across Sydney Harbour towards Milsons Point and Luna Park.
Photographed from the Ives Steps along Hickson Road, beneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
The Luna Park ferris wheel is currently (December, 2024) lit up in bright red. Tomorrow, after work, I will travel into Milsons Point to get a closer shot of this red wheel, with the city in the background.
In this photo you can zoom in to see the signs on the top of the buildings at North Sydney. The camera managed to get some clarity in the distance, lol.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.
Bradfield Park
Milsons Point NSW.
This park is named after the architect who designed the Sydney Harbour Bridge, John Bradfield.
Sunset at Lavender Bay
Sunset at Lavender Bay - Sydney harbour.
Photographed from Pier One at Walsh Bay.
Looking north across the harbour to Blues Point, McMahons Point, Milsons Point and Lavender Bay.
Here's the super cool Digby Jones with 'Under The Sea' to enhance the chilled twilight mood on Sydney harbour:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGDSh6YbqUI
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom.
Sydney Harbour Bridge from Milsons Point Railway Station
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Milsons Point Railway Station
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Coathanger XPT
XP2006 and XP2001 roll off the Sydney Harbour Bridge and through Milsons Point with NT31, the Sydney to Brisbane XPT service.
Due to a fallen tree at Normanhurst closing the Main North line, NT31 made a rare trip via the North Shore line. The train left Central and travelled to Eveleigh before reversing up the shore. As such, the consist is 'reversed' in this shot, with Car A now being at the up end of the train.
An XPT travelling through here is an extremely rare occurrence having last occurred 4 years prior in 2020. This was one of those right place at the right time catches as I had just happened to be at Central heading to a dinner when I saw a delayed NT31 with all the passengers facing in the wrong direction. A quick trip on a suburban train got me in position just in time for this shot.
Milsons Point, NSW.
Monday, 2 September 2024.
Coathanger OSCAR
H6 rolls off the Sydney Harbour Bridge and through Milsons Point with a Central Coast line service.
While this may be a common scene today, a new intercity fleet is likely to enter service in several weeks. Testing of the new intercity trains, which are expected to replace the OSCARs on intercity duties, has commenced. The OSCARs are intended to be cascaded to suburban working as the new trains enter service.
Milsons Point, NSW.
Monday, 2 September 2024.
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Panorama from Milsons Park
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Demon Fire
Sydney sunset from Cremorne Point.
On this occasion I drove down to the harbour after work, and parked along Milson Road, at Cremorne, before venturing into the amazing harbourside parkland which commences at Shellcove Reserve and ends at the Robertson Point Lighthouse.
This photo of the sunset was taken not too far from the Maccallum Seawater Pool (built in the 1920s and now restored).
And, whilst driving to Cremorne I was listening to the very "chilled" sounds of AC DC, lol. I have a mega AC DC playlist on Spotify.
And, to match the colour of the sunset, here is AC DC with 'Demon Fire' from their 2020 album 'Power Up'. Check the brilliant video clip:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WllOatNmBK4
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM lens.Processed in Adobe Lightroom.