It is SSSOOOOOOOOO frustrating, for days I have not been able to sign in to blogger. If i try to open dashboard, or go to the sign in at the top of my blog, it half opens and then hangs....and hangs.. and I have not been able to do a thing. Anyway I finally hit on a backdoor, i left a few comments when visiting, and signed in through one of those comments pages (Not all of them work, a few days ago a couple of long comments got eaten alive)...but once i was in, i could go to "new post" on my blog page...et voila... here I am! So there is lots of catching up to do...
SUNRISE CAME SOFTLY...
Sorry, the geographer in me pops out every now and then, and I can't resist doing the map thing.... I LOVE maps, especially vintage ones. Anyway, we haven't even left the garden yet and I am digressing already...mmmm what's new?First let's put the area in context and show you where it is in relation to the sea. You can also see the old Central Area i have been showing you lately.
2= Old Erica Building, often seen in my park pictures
3= View across the bay from the cliff at the edge of the parking area. We went around the park back to our street, but further down the hill, and turned left towards the sea. This is how the bay looked from there...
4 =And by now you are very familiar with this church on the other side of the road....St Phillips Church with the stone crosses you see so often! We turned right, this lovely old building next to the church has been lovingly restored recently, she is a very nice guest house now.
6 =The view down St Stephens Street
7= Looking down St Phillips Street towards Stanley Street.
8= Aljo’s, our local café/small supermarket, next to the 2nd hand shop, and lots of pigeons!
9 = Looking down Stanley Street, which is the business street in an otherwise residential area.
10= Café Rouge, a lovely little Pub & Grub, which has unreal food, Wednesday 2 steak meals for the price of 1 (and they are already half the price of anyone else, and great quality, so really good value!
11= Laundry, Butcher and Green Door Irish Pub.
12= View across the bay to the ships, sunrise and harbour to the right.
14 View down lower St Stephens Street. The number 4 on the map is over Croix Cottage!
15 Right into Glen Street, looking towards the park. The hideous church which I always try to avoid photographing in daylight is the strange dark wedge shaped roof on the left hand street corner on the map.
16 Not part of our stroll, but this is where our office is. One day I will show you the before and after photos of the renovation we did when we bought it just over a year ago.
17 The Westbourne Oval, well known landmark and home of athletics in PE, where many schools have their sports days.
18 Richmond Park, at 6.30 am when we got home.
3 comments:
What a wonderful tour. I had to stop and have a rest beside the Jacarandas...it's the gardener in me! The shadow photos are lovely...especially the phot a day one. Thanks again for a great trip.
Wow, that was quick, i just posted this! Glad you liked it!
Lovely trip round your neighbourhood! I particuarly like the tree!!
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