Neighbourhood Tales

Jolly Swagman Backpackers’ Hostel

"Waltzing Matilda" is Australia's best-known bush ballad, and has been described as the country's "unofficial national anthem". The title was Australian...

Jolly Swagman Backpackers’ Hostel

9 Jul 2020

Woolloomooloo Warehouse Re-used

153-161 Dowling Street, Woolloomooloo, is historically significant. It is one of the few remaining warehouse developments that were part of...

Woolloomooloo Warehouse Re-used

17 Jun 2020

THE DOCTOR IS “IN”

Doctor Tony Trachtenberg is a man of glittering prizes and glittering surprises. His sole-practitioner GP’s surgery sits silently on the corner...

THE DOCTOR IS “IN”

4 Jun 2020

The Frisco Hotel, Woolloomooloo

The Frisco Hotel at 46 Dowling Street, Woolloomoloo, is of historic and social importance. There was a hotel on the site...

The Frisco Hotel, Woolloomooloo

14 May 2020

SYDNEY AND POTTS POINT ART DECO CELEBRATED

[caption id="attachment_2228489" align="alignnone" width="800"] Local resident, Dr Peter Sheridan AM, is a flirt.[/caption] He’s flirting with perfection with his latest ground-breaking...

SYDNEY AND POTTS POINT ART DECO CELEBRATED

19 Dec 2019

MINERVA ART DECO CHIC

Gregory Bolton, proprietor of Minerva Vintage, Potts Point, is like his own boutique; bursting with chic, cheek, pose and poise. With...

MINERVA ART DECO CHIC

12 Dec 2019

No.1 Lacey Factory adaptive re-use, 117 Kippax Street, Surry Hills

Apartment 304, 117 Kippax Street is for sale through Jason Boon and Geoff Cox. https://www.rwebay.com.au/5192619/ Surry Hills was previously well-known as a...

No.1 Lacey Factory adaptive re-use, 117 Kippax Street, Surry Hills

5 Dec 2019

LUKE WHITINGTON, POET LAUREATE

Luke Whitington loves words. He is a poet. A poet’s task is to observe society and the human condition; a...

LUKE WHITINGTON, POET LAUREATE

11 Jul 2019

“A-HOY” NEW FERRIES IMPROVE SERVICES

Potts Pointians and those living in Elizabeth Bay and within the 2011 postcode area are spoilt for choice when it...

“A-HOY” NEW FERRIES IMPROVE SERVICES

13 Jun 2019

POHO FLOWERS

Poho Flowers, 117 Macleay Street, Potts Point, takes its name from two other names. It’s a combination of Potts Point...

POHO FLOWERS

30 May 2019

CHARDS BUILDING, 171-175 WILLIAM STREET

Chard’s building 171-175 William Street, Darlinghurst, is named after Mr William Henry Chard, a wealthy wool merchant. He died in...

CHARDS BUILDING, 171-175 WILLIAM STREET

9 May 2019

KINGS CROSS COMMUNITY CENTRE CELEBRATES

Robyn Greaves is embedded in the 2011 postcode area. She was born here and has subsequently lived in the area...

KINGS CROSS COMMUNITY CENTRE CELEBRATES

2 May 2019

POP GROUP PART OF OUR CHARACTER

THE BEE-GEES, an international pop group, were formed in Australia in 1958 by the English-born Gibb brothers, Barry, Robin and Maurice....

POP GROUP PART OF OUR CHARACTER

21 Feb 2019

THE DISTILLERY

The Distillery is not the name of a new local boutique beer-maker. It is a printing press at 115 Crown Street,...

THE DISTILLERY

24 Jan 2019

86 VICTORIA STREET

86 Victoria Street, Potts Point, is a grand 19th century terrace house, circa 1880-82, currently for sale through Greg McKinley,...

86 VICTORIA STREET

6 Dec 2018

ROCKLEY, A SKUNK AND CHEDDINGTON

After Alexander Macleay’s famous 54-hectare estate in Elizabeth Bay was subdivided, a number of one-hectare blocks were created including Tresco,...

ROCKLEY, A SKUNK AND CHEDDINGTON

29 Nov 2018

BOLTS FROM THE PAST

High on the liver-coloured brick wall on the Werrington apartments, on the corner of Macleay and Manning Streets on the...

BOLTS FROM THE PAST

22 Nov 2018

EMPIRE HOTEL

The Empire Hotel, 32- 32A Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross, hides a truth. It is the site where 1970s urban campaigner,...

EMPIRE HOTEL

15 Nov 2018

THE BOURBON

The Bourbon Bar is synonymous with Kings Cross. And it has had more lives than a cat. In the 1850s the...

THE BOURBON

8 Nov 2018

SPICERS HOTEL

[caption id="attachment_2227625" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Kat Stanley Photography; www.katstanleyphotography.com,[/caption] Spicers Hotel at 122 Victoria Street, Potts Point, has a goodly heritage.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           It...

SPICERS HOTEL

25 Oct 2018