Saturday 26 December 2020

Waverly Cemetery in the morning of 23rd December 2017

The Irish Rebellion of 1798 aka the United Irishmen Rebellion was an uprising against British rule in Ireland lasting from May to September 1798. 
Monument erected by the Irish People and Sympathisers in Australia.
This plaque was erected by the Irish National Association of Australasia and designed by the Prisoners in H-Blocks of Long Kesh in proud memory of these 10 men who paid the supreme sacrifice in the struggle against the British Occupation of Ireland

Waverly Cemetery in the morning of 23rd December 2017.
All the way to the Tasman Sea.
'Rebecca' by Daphne du Maurier was the very first book I read in the English language.
Blogger's face under the Eastern sunshine.
Bloggers's shadow; old encaustic tiles on the floor.
John Booth, killed in action at Passchendaele on 9 October 1917.
Waverly Cemetery's shelter 
a closer look at the shelter. 
Waverly Cemetery Administration buildings.

Sunday 20 December 2020

inner Bondi in 2017 - Saint Anne's Church

 
statues of Saint Anne & her daugher Mary, future mother of Jesus of Nazareth.

Blair Street is actually a broad avenue. 
Blair Street looking towards Dover Heights
Mitchell Street looking towards Saint Anne's Church. 
Vegetable garden next to footpath on Warners Avenue.

a last look at Saint Anne's.
16 Beach Road, where my dear friend Maria Gouveia used to live in the 70s, 80s & 90s.
another shot at 16 Beach Road which was refurbished by Maria's daughter in the 2000s.
Bondi Road
Aged crossing on Bondi Road.
Saint Anthony Primary School in Clovelly
St. Anthony's Church in Clovelly turned 100 years old in 2017.
Sunday Mass at Saint Anthony's in Clovelly.