Thursday, 6 September 2012

A monochrome of by-ways


Access-way in Paddington, close to where Norfolk Lane and Cascade Street would intersect - if they were not vertically separated.

8 comments:

hamilton said...

I am getting the impression that Sydney is a very hilly place!
I like the name Cascade Street.

Julie said...

Yes, I guess it is. Melbourne is flat and regular. As is Adelaide. However, Sydney is composed of gullies that run down to a massive drowned valley. Many of our suburbs, here in the east of the city at any rate, run along fingers of peninsulars (peninsuli??) that run down to the harbour.

diane b said...

No r in peninsula. My Swiss husband taught me that.
Nice monochrome. It is a bit like an English lane.

Peter said...

Very Victorian, nice in mono.

Julie said...

Yes, I am wrong. Peninsula is a noun. Peninsular is an adjective.

Yes, it does look a bit English. And I have some of the terraces that sit atop the rock to show you on Sunday.

Joan Elizabeth said...

Call me old fashioned but I love stonework and cast iron.

Kay L. Davies said...

This is gorgeous, Julie.
I'd love to visit Sydney again, because there's so much I didn't see 30 years ago.
Unfortunately, our next two trips are both to Europe, decided upon by he-who-makes-decisions (because it's he who has the money, LOL).
But maybe some day. I keep reminding him I'll happily travel to Australia from Vancouver by ship. Maybe I'll change my mind after we cross the Atlantic from Miami to the Mediterranean in February.
K

Joe said...

The topography in Sydney has such an influence on its architecture. Very bold lines and contrast in this shot.