Sydney history – The Month of February

1824
11 February
St James’ Church, Sydney, designed by Francis Greenway, is consecrated by the Rev. Samuel Marsden.

St James Church, 1969 (City of Sydney Archives, CRS 871/55)
1854
25 February
T. S. Mort begins building a dry dock (Mort’s Dock) at Balmain, Sydney. Mort’s Dock is completed in 1855.
1875
9 February
John Robertson replaces Henry Parkes as Premier of NSW.
1892
10 – 12 [...]

Sydney – architecture walks

 
www.sydneyarchitecture.org
The Sydney Architecture Walks {SAW} explore ideas through architecture, offering an interface between in-depth architectural knowledge and the wider design-conscious community. Each route is driven by certain themes and ideas and attempts to decode the city whilst stimulating new ways of thinking about and seeing Sydney.

SAW 1 – Sydney

Moving from the broad to the particular, [...]

Sculpture By The Sea 2008 – call for entries

 
Calling for 2008 Entries
http://www.sculpturebythesea.com/
Artists are invited to submit entries by 7 April, 2008 for pre-selection in the twelfth annual Sculpture by the Sea to be staged along the coastal walk from Bondi to Tamarama in Sydney, Australia from 16 October – 2 November, 2008. 
Highlights:
• The Sculpture by the Sea Prize of $30,000 (non acquisitive)
• Assistance [...]

Sydney – markets and fairs

Bondi Beach Community Night Market

Every Saturday & Sunday & Public Holidays 12 midday – 12 midnight, weaher permitting. also every Tuesday & Friday 3pm – midnight. Heart of Bondi Beach at Roscoe St. Mall on Campbell Parade. Fashion, Arts & Crafts. Website: www.bondibeachmarket.comStallholders welcome. Info: (02) 8230 2697
Daily casuals list: 0402 492 098

Bondi Junction Organic Food & Farmers Markets, [...]

Is Syd Fish ever grows up he hopes he’ll be just like Two Thousand

 
TwoThousand is a weekly snapshot of Sydney’s subculture, fired by email into the loving arms of people who realise that the best things in life are often hard to find. It is compiled by an amorphous gaggle of writers, stylists, designers and photographers who all like huddling under that big umbrella we like to call [...]

Sticky Bar

I visited Sticky Bar at the weekend. It’s located above Table for 20 (see links). Beautifully done. Go with a group of close friends and enjoy!!

Sydney – fogged out

What an amazing picture, courtesy of www.thetransitcafe.com

Sydney’s special qualities

Sydney is a special and unique city. It is:

blessed with extraordinary natural and environmental assets – beaches, waterways, national parks, mountain wilderness and large parklands and areas of open space;
an iconic city, with natural and man-made features recognised the world over-Blue Mountains World Heritage area, coastal cliffs and beaches, ferries, Sydney Harbour, Opera House, Harbour [...]

Sydneysiders

“Sydneysider” is the term used to describe one born in Sydney, capital of the Australian state of New South Wales, or one who regards Sydney his home.
Someone who was born in New South Wales or regards New South Wales his home is a New South Welshman, although this term is not in common use.
Someone who [...]

Disruptive Colouration

DISRUPTIVE COLOURATION
12 Feb 08 – 15 Mar 08
Tuesday to Saturday 11am to 6pm
Gallery Barry Keldoulis

Opening Gallery Barry Keldoulis’s new warehouse-conversion space this February, Cordeiro & Healy’s Disruptive Colouration… Explores consumerism across time and space. Looks great!! Young Street, Waterloo 02 8399 1240www.gbk.com.au