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McMahons Point Wharf.
Lavender Bay. Sydney.
Here's KC & The Sunshine Band with their disco classic: 'Do You Wanna Go Party?' (1979):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWK-9qj1sJc
This is another photograph from the many I took over the weekend of 12 & 13th October last year (2024). It is similar to another image I have posted, but this one gives a wider view and includes more of the wharf.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom.
Here's Bob Marley with 'Lively Up Yourself':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n6XdnVkOCc
Lavender Bay, Sydney. Photographed from Lavender Street.
Zoom in to see the bridge climbers, the people on the boardwalk at Luna Park, the kayaks on the harbour, and the Manly Ferry, 'Freshwater', returning home to its dock at Balmain for the night.
And in the very far distance you can see the lights of the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), at Moore Park - near Paddington.
For the Bridge Climb see: www.bridgeclimb.com/
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom.
Twilight across Lavender Bay. Sydney.
Photographed from the outdoor cafe at the 'View Sydney Hotel'.
Blue Street, North Sydney.
In the foreground are the roof tops of the Victorian-era houses along Walker Street, Lavender Bay.
In the distance you can see the lights of the Walsh Bay Wharf Precinct and Barangaroo (right) and Luna Park, the harbour bridge and the city (left).
Zoom in - you can see right across to Circular Quay. And you can see the 'Just For Fun' sign at Luna Park, lol.
And here is 'The Twilight Zone' by the iconic 'Manhattan Transfer':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVm6ZEQt71c
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom.
So this is the sunset at Lavender Bay in Sydney.
No colour saturation. No AI.
Photographed from the Peter Kingston Walkway on the eastern side of Lavender Bay, just near the 'Sledgehammer' ride at Luna Park (Milsons Point).
And I recently discovered Dragonfruit. It is actually the edible fruit of a Pitaya Cactus Plant and it makes an exotic addition to a fruit salad. Check out all the different varieties here:
www.ediblejunglenursery.com.au/collections/dragon-fruit
My two favourites are Dragonfruit 'Lemonade' and 'Colombian Red'.
Check out the pictures of them in the above link.
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.
Well guess who turned up to go on one of my photograhy treks? Quite unusual.
It's my younger daughter, Miss Tik Tok - lol.
She's 18. OMG. How did that happen? I am sure we were watching Disney's 'Frozen' just yesterday, and going to a fairy party on the weekend.
SO anyway this will be a rare appearance by Miss Tik Tok on my Flickr photostream because I am acidly informed by her that Flickr and Facebook are for "old people", and they are "not cool" like Instagram and Tik Tok.
This, by the way, is the Luna Park boardwalk, looking west across Lavender Bay to Barangaroo (left) and McMahons Point (right).
And here is 'Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay' by 'Playing For Change' (2018):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ca5QoXSe18
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom.
The view looking west across Lavender Bay from the Colannades Lookout at Cliff Street, Milsons Point. Across the bay are all the houses & apartments of McMahons Point.
Here's 'The Traveling Wilburys' with 'The End Of The Line' (1988)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMVjToYOjbM
In the foreground you can see the former North Shore railway line which now ends abruptly at Luna Park. Prior to the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932, and the construction of Luna Park in 1935, this precinct was a huge (and ugly) railway terminal where passengers would transfer to the ferries that took them across the harbour to the city. It was also a commercial port facility.
In 1932 the North Shore railway line was re-directed up onto the 'new' harbour bridge. In this historical aerial photograph from 1930 you can see where the 'end of the line' met the site that is now Luna Park:
historicphotos.com.au/products/mc-mahons-point-nsw-austra...
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom.
The view looking west across Lavender Bay in Sydney.
Luna Park and Crystal Palace in the foreground.
And here's the iconic disco classic 'You Spin Me Round' by the English band 'Dead Or Alive' (1985). The vocalist is Pete Burns (now dead).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGNiXGX2nLU
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom.
Late afternoon on Easter Monday, 2025.
Monday, 21st April, 2025.
The view across Lavender Bay from the Colonnades Lookout.
In the foreground is Luna Park, whilst across Lavender Bay is McMahons Point. In the far distance, across the harbour, is the Walsh Bay Wharf Precinct & Barangaroo.
This, for me, is a newly discovered vantage point just off Alfred Street at Milsons Point (aka North Sydney), and a little way along Cliff Street.
AND, along Cliff Street is an amazing (and super cheap - for Sydney, lol) Vietnamese restaurant - Viet Earth. I returned to this after getting all my sunset harbour photographs!!
www.facebook.com/hashtag/vietearthrestaurant
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom.
Looking south-west across Lavender Bay towards McMahons Point.
Photographed from the Peter Kingston walkway, on the eastern (Luna Park) side of Lavender Bay. Sydney.
And here's the late Tom Petty, long time boyfriend of Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac), with 'Running Down A Dream' (1989):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1D3a5eDJIs
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom.
The 'Catalyst' catamaran.
Lavender Bay. Sydney.
Photographed from the bayside walkway.
Near the Lavender Bay Wharf.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom.
Last Friday night in Sydney.
Friday, 14th March, 2025.
A blue & white boat moored beside the Lavender Bay Wharf.
Lavender Bay, Sydney.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom.
Tonight in Sydney.
Friday, 14th March, 2025.
It was stupidly hot in Sydney today. You would not think it was Autumn, with temperatures at nearly 40 degrees celsius.
Anyway, after finishing work at Chatswood, I decided to drive down to the harbour. I parked the car on Lavender Street (I always find parking there!!), and walked down the sandstone steps to Lavender Bay.
Turning to the left you can skirt around Lavender Bay on the Peter Kingston Walkway, which then becomes the Luna Park Boardwalk.
This image was taken just as you approach Coney Island.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 24-105nn f/4L IS II USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom
So it's Sydney harbour, photographed from a courtyard on the corner of Harbourview Street and Lavender Street, at Lavender Bay.
Just near the Kirribilli Club and Wendy's Secret Garden.
And this photograph was taken in Autumn. My favourite season!! And, of-course, it is now Autumn in Sydney with its mercifully cooler temperatures.
And there is also the promise of winter with its glorious sunny weather and nice cold days of 21 degrees celsius. Such a magical relief from the oppression of summer.
I have used my zoom lens (the dodgy non IS one, lol) so you can zoom in to see the wharves at Walsh Bay, and all the people at Observatory Hill Park waiting to catch the sunset.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6L zoom lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom.
My favourite beach on Sydney harbour.
It's Lavender Bay, lol.
After work you fly down the M2 from the Hills District, park the car along Lavender Street, and then cruise down the sandstone stairs beside Wendy's 'Secret Garden', to emerge on the harbour foreshore with its parkland, beach and wharf.
And from here you can walk around Lavender Bay to Luna Park, Coney Island & Milsons Point - AND the essential coffee at Kirribilli, lol.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom.
