Outing – Parramatta: Visit Parramatta at night and dinner.

Initial meet: 4:00 pm at Bankwest Stadium (Opposite St Patrick’s Cathedral)

2^nd Meeting place: 6.00pm at George St Gatehouse

Dinner @7.15 at Alex & Co 125 Church St Parramatta Directions: from Parramatta Heritage & Visitor Information Centre. Walk over the Lennox Bridge and it will be on your left.

Getting There:

• Drive and park – you will be lucky to get a free car park, so some options are park near the Catholic School after school hours, or the shopping Centre car park (Westfield) or the parking lot just south of the Bankwest Stadium
• Catch a bus – from the city west along Victoria Rd; Bus from Parramatta Railway Station up Church St; Bus from Castle Hill down Windsor Rd and then Church St: Bus 600 from Hornsby to Parramatta (it goes around the world)
• Ferry – Catch a ferry from Circular Quay or Meadowbank or Rydalmere to Parramatta
• Train – Disembark at Parramatta Station and navigate to Bankwest  Stadium

You can get maps from the Parramatta Heritage & Visitors Information Centre near the north eastern end of the Lennox Bridge that crossed Parramatta River on Church St across the road from the Riverside Theatre.

Hope to see you there. Email/phone me with any questions.

Contact Nancy for more info

This year’s PHPC Photo Rally will be advised closer to the date.

Members’ photos taken at the Photo Rally can be entered into PHPC Competition 2008 to be judged on the 31st August 2020.

This outing will be instead of the presentation scheduled for the 5th September, ie outing on the 4th no meeting on the 5th

Meet at Luna Park at 5:30pm (sunset). Luna Park is at Broughton St, Milsons Point. The nearest train station is Milsons Point; and there is limited, metered street parking. Take shots of historic Luna Park, Milsons Point Wharf (which is under refurbishment), the Harbour Bridge and the city skyline at night. Take a 5-minute walk along the foreshore (the Peter Kingston Walkway) to the Lavender Bay Jetty and Wendy Whiteley’s Secret Garden (Lavender Street, Lavender Bay). Whiteley’s Garden is a NSW State Heritage protected area with Brett Whiteley’s home at 1 Walker Street as well the railway viaduct, Quibaree Park, part of Clark Park and the waters of Lavender Bay. Note: parts of Whiteley’s park are steep and should be walked with care. Walk north up the Lavender Bay stairs to Walker Street. Walk along Walker Street with its historic gothic building, Christ Church Lavender Bay. Continue along Walker Street, turn right at Middlemiss Street and travel to Arthur Street. Arthur Street takes you under the Pacific Highway-Bradfield Highway-Cahill Expressway and you can get shots of the skyline of the North Sydney CBD. Return to Middlemiss St and follow it to the roundabout. Cross the roundabout into Alfred Street with another historic building, the Chinese Christian Church at 100 Alfred St, Milsons Point. Follow Alfred Street to Milsons Point Train Station and cross over to Ennis Road. From here is it’s a short walk to Kirribilli Hotel 35 – 37 Broughton St Kirribilli. Meet at the Kirribilli Hotel at 8:00pm for a meal together. From here it is about a 10-minute walk back to Milson’s Point Station or Luna Park. If you want to kick on, however, visit the Lady Gowrie lookout (Kirribilli Ave, Kirribilli) and Kirribilli House: who knows, you might run into the Prime Minister or other dignitaries if they are staying overnight!

Bring your camera, fully charged battery and tripod.

Important please let me know if you intend to have dinner at the Hotel within the next week as I have to book a table.

Chris

Sydney University Outing – Photograph its Heritage and Modernist architecture.

8am – meet at Central station for breakfast. More details to come.