Seen fifteen years ago — my pics May 2009

From my mothballed photo blog

My messy table — Elizabeth Street Surry Hills

In Belvoir Street Surry Hills

Gloria Jean’s coffee shop, Haymarket

Central Station from Christ Church St Laurence, George Street

Surry Hills wildlife

Bunnies resting — Redfern Oval

Belmore Park — catching some autumn rays

Just an old bloke in The Gong

… my mild Thursday adventures in Wollongong the Brave

That old guy…

Coincidentally I also had an Olympus digital camera — no longer! The Gong as it was when I returned in 2010, and the Anthem from the 1970s when I was a younger me in The Gong….

A Thursday full of food, wine and bus travel

Mount Keira Road — waiting for the 10.20 39 bus — it came at 10.25

City Diggers was popular yesterday — and they have a new(ish) menu, including a couple of Korean items which I will try some other time. My mind was set of the barramundi as it is a little while since I had their signature dish! The new menu of course features it still and it is as good as ever, available either with chips and salad or mash and veg. The lovely Kim tells me that they now also do the Roast of the Day every day instead of on select days — the lamb is excellent — and a pie of the day every day. Yesterday it was lamb and rosemary. But I stuck with barra.

Oh yes, and books. The excellent John Banville one I had renewed, but on the way to lunch and City Diggers I had gone to the Library (and then the pharmacist to renew my statin meds) and collected these beauties, including one by my new Facebook friend Joyce Kornblatt.

They all look very promising! After lunch I called in to BWS, the Woolies-owned bottleshop chain, on Burelli Street and for $29 got this likely pair of reds to see me over the weekend and probably through Monday at least.

Of course mine is 2021…

My first taste gives it a big plus!

So here was this octogenarian heading for the bus stop with his walking stick, his backpack containing the faithful Junior HP which had been enjoying the free wifi at City Diggers, and a Woolies bag loaded with great books and great reds… Rather heavy actually. So not a fast-moving geezer…. And there was a bus arriving. The old geezer, based on experience, thinks it will take off again before he can reach it, but it stays and stays, and turns out to be a 39 bound for my stop in Mount Keira Road. Old geezer boards, thanks the driver profusely, swipes his Opal card and takes a seat near the front, whipping out his phone just as we pass Diggers on the way home….

Quite a good day, Thursday!

More seen fifteen years ago — March 2009

Raiding and tweaking the archive

And feeling nostalgic.

Belmore Park

Between Central Station and Chinatown, a path I frequently took in 2009.

Taylor Square and Oxford Street

Surry Hills