Sydney Suburbanist

Five Dock After parking, we started starting at the Great North Road. Luckily the first shop to grab our attention was Tamborrino Pasticceria . After purchasing a Vanilla Zuccherati   and Vanilla Cannoli we continued on stopping to eat these DELICIOUS pastries.  So much choice and not expensive at all.  They must get asked A LOT about this timing of eating. Love these very specific and detailed instructions for their semifreddo cakes.  Sophia! We continued down Great North Road, slowly heading toward the water. First stop was St Alban's Church which had an ancient boom gate and a lovely set of metal swing gates. We were taking all sorts of pictures and talking loudly and then had some looks from a couple who were heading in to the service. Time to leave, but not before finding this incredible wood eagle statute outside was I think was the rector's house and also these beautiful flowers. Trespassing on Church property  Eagle Craft - why not.  View from ...

Starting the new year with new theme, exploration. My friend Ben and I plan to explore lots of Sydney suburbs that we have never been  to and document a little of what we learned, saw and experienced. Initial guidance from Travel with Joanne  and Chat gpt!  We were going to follow a route set out by the above but ended up just wandering which was really the best way to find out about the suburb. That and talking to various locals (one who had lived there for 25 years and another, homeless, who was making the area his own for a short period of time) made our journey around this old and quirky subject interesting and evocative.  We started at the Butler Street Stairs and made our way down the slope, stopping to see into the backyards of the apartments and townhouses along the way.  We descended to Brougton Street which had terrace houses either side. Continuing further we found a community garden, op shop and coffee shop. I found a fetching red woollen hat for $1....