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Singapore-Goa-Banglore "Landbridge"

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A landbridge is proposed to connect the Rozelle Bay Light Rail Station in Annandale to the Rozelle Railyards over City West Link. Singapore has a "landbridge" which connects the Gardens on the Bay in Singapore to Marina Bay Sands  

It's a Wrap = '60s Annandale Paperback and E-book now being distributed

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'60s Annandale: A Short Walk books arrive annandale post office '60s Annandale: A Short Walk Marghanita da Cruz In the 1860s much of Annandale was still covered in Bushland. The Johnstons had begun subdividing their 1799 Land Grant. There were a few houses and industries along Parramatta Road and on the water front. '60s Annandale: A Short Walk takes you back to Annandale of the 1860s and 1960s. The 1960s saw the building of modern red brick houses and flats on vacant land or where Victorian houses were demolished. The demolition of these houses lead to the formation of the Annandale Association. Expressways were threatening but Green Bans and Community Activism over the next 10 years saved Annandale. Annandale of the 1960s was Bohemian place and the Annandale Imitation Realists came together and created art which would incorporate found objects. '60s Annandale is Marghanita da Cruz's 8th book in a series which present Annandale's history as a series of ...

Walking from Iron Cove to the Cook's River

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The walk from Iron Cove to the Cook's River is about 7km.  At Cooks River, 2018 It is well connected to Buses along Parramatta Road, Light Rail between Leichhardt North and Dulwich Hill and Heavy Rail at Lewisham and Dulwich Hill. There have been some changes since I did the Leichhardt to Cook's River by Folding Bicycle in January 2010. Since then the light rail has been extended to Dulwich Hill and there has been development at Lewisham and Summer Hill. 2018               Leichhardt to Cooks River by folding Bicycle January 2010   Pocket Park , Welcome relief on a shady Footpath   Historic Railway Bridge Muse Cafe, Summer Hill Disused Railway line and Mungo Scott Flour Mill   Hoskins Park Gates at the top of public walkway steps Crossing the Cooks River and Marrickville Golf Course Cricket on the Banks of the Cooks River Cooks River Lewisham West,Jan 2010 2018 Light Rail, Lewisham West, Nov 2018 2018 2018 Taverner's Hill2018...

Walk to Sydney Uni and RPA (2 July 2020)

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Entrance to Sydney University Looking Down Parramatta Road at Sydney University from about Trafalgar St,Annandale. Painting is "Grose Farm from Toll Gate, ca.1862-1869/watercolour by F.C Terry, Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW ). The main building of Sydney Uni is featured in the centre of the paingin and Todays' view from the Main Sydney Uni Building. Charles Perkins Building & Tennis Pavilion Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Orphan's Creek Gully Camperdown

To Tempe Station

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A nice walk today along the Cooks River to Tempe Station and back through the Carrington Road Industrial Area. Naturalised Creeks and Brick Drains. Elegant Sewer Vents Art Deco Industrial Buildings Separated Cycle Path and Shared Paths Instagram Post