Took the walk from the opera house to the royal botanic garden and we stopped to see the ruins…read more Cool spot.

Walking past I thought it looked like a strange art project. Love walking around all the different…read morepieces of the old architectural pieces from the city. This is just outside our hotel (Sir Stamford) on our way into the botanical garden

Fig Tree Bridge is a girder bridge completed in September 1963 to cross the Lane Cove River, just…read morewest of central Sydney. It is just north of Tarban Creek Bridge and the more well known Gladesville Bridge. The bridge carries Burns Bay Road and a footpath and connects the suburb of Hunters Hill to Linley Point. It is a toll-free alternate route to Central Sydney to the Harbour Bridge that has a toll. The current Fig Tree Bridge was built in conjunction with the Tarban Creek and Gladesville Bridges as part of the planned north-western expressway linking the city with the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway. This grand road was cancelled before construction. This bridge replaces the original Fig Tree Bridge built in 1885 just west of this location. The southern abutment still exists at the end of Joubert Street The Fig Tree Bridge is one of the seven bridges in the annual Seven Bridges Walk, a loop circuit that crosses seven of Sydney's harbour bridges in a clockwise direction, which are: Sydney Harbour Bridge to Pyrmont Bridge to ANZAC Bridge to Iron Cove Bridge to Gladesville Bridge to Tarban Bridge to Fig Tree Bridge. You can start at any one of seven "villages" along the route and the starting point nearest to Fig Tree Bridge is Lane Cove village in Central Park.

I literally passed by this museum on my way to the botanical gardens several days ago. Noting the…read morelimited hours I slightly rearranged my schedule to make the Tuesday hours work. I was expecting a small museum that would take 30 minutes max to go through. Thankfully I was so wrong. Before even opening the door of the museum I was greeted by one of the docents who was lovely throughout the tour. The entire tour lasted about 70 minutes and was fascinating. She explained the origins of the hospital and detailed history of the nursing staff who truly started the practice of nursing, as directed and sent by Florence Nightingale. While I was vaguely aware of the Nightingale connection I was surprised to find so many items that were either owned by Nightingale or given to the nurses from Florence Nightingale. With all the objects of the museum donated I think they have a truly remarkable collection, including old medical objects, photos of nursing staff, training uniforms, chemist set, to go bag of pharmaceuticals (for visiting rural areas), and medals received for service in the Crimea War. In general, I think it helps to have a medical background in order to understand how great this collection is and to be able to easily compare the collection to current medical practice. That being said, the docents ask prior to the tour if you have any medical knowledge. The only area of the museum that I didn't enjoy was part of the new wing and was two rooms of medical specimens, including the preserved fetus from an abortion. There were many different cancers (breast, ovarian, colorectal) also on display. I think generally people should be warned prior to going into those rooms. $5 Admission per person, cash only Photos are ok, no flash Will be asked to leave larger items (camera bags, backpacks) in the office Very limited hours! Martin Place metro stop

Tarban Creek Bridge, on Burns Bay Road, spans Tarban Creek from Hunters Hill to Huntleys Point…read more The bridge forms part of the northern approaches to the Gladesville Bridge. Its main arch is a complex and distinctive structure, spanning approximately 90 metres. The bridge was opened to traffic in 1965.

Tarban Creek Bridge is a concrete arch bridge over Tarban Creek, a tributary of Sydney Harbour…read more It is located between Gladesville Bridge and Fig Tree Bridge. The bridge allows Burns Bay Road and a walkway to connect the suburb of Hunter's Hill to Huntley's Point. This one looks like a mini Gladesville Bridge. Completed in December 1965, Tarban Creek Bridge formed the "missing link" between the existing Gladesville and Fig Tree Bridges, which traffic used to flow through the residential areas of Hunter's Hill to the annoyance of residents. The three new bridges were built for the proposed North Western Expressway that was cancelled by the Neville Wran state government. Tarban Creek Bridge is one of the seven bridges in the annual Seven Bridges Walk, a community fitness event to raise money for charity. It consists of a loop circuit that crosses seven of Sydney's harbour bridges in a clockwise direction, which are: Sydney Harbour Bridge to Pyrmont Bridge to ANZAC Bridge to Iron Cove Bridge to Gladesville Bridge to Tarban Bridge to Fig Tree Bridge. You can start at any one of seven "villages" next to the bridges. As an aside to an otherwise boring review, in the 1920s a beloved Aboriginal woman named Lucy Willerri ("Black Lucy") originally from Alligator River in Queensland, lived next to Tarban Creek. She was ancient but of unknown age from 70 to 100. Her and her dogs lived in a shanty of scrap iron and wood on the banks of Tarban Creek. When her hut burnt down in 1923, the citizens of Gladesville organized and built her a cottage on nearby Auburn Street. More than 200 people attended a ceremony where the Mayor of Hunters Hill handed over the keys. When Lucy died in 1928,the residents of Gladesville paid the costs of her burial in the Presbyterian section of Field of Mars Cemetery. No word on the dogs.