Sydney Park

Café in Sydney Park with pottery chimneys in background, pen and watercolour by me

 
 

photo of site, café in Sydney Park

 
Sydney Park is at St Peters, bordering Newtown.  Previous to being a park it was a Brickworks and some of the chimneys and kilns remain.  When they dug up the clay big holes were produced which were then filled, over time, with rubbish.  Now that doesn't sound nice, but it has all been covered over with earth, grass and trees and it's a great place to fly a kite, give the dog a run, play cricket or take the kids to a number of play and bike areas.  It's pretty nice really.  Urban sketchers group met at Sydney Park today to draw the park or surrounds.  We went on a little walking tour of surrounding streets as it is an old area which has quite a few artist's studios. It is well known for the graffiti "art" in the lanes.   There is a number of parks in the area and will soon be completely gentrified, until then it is an interesting place to explore..

Sculpture on footpath, lane in St Peters, artist unknown

Graffiti on wall, St Peters