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Tours for Photographers
— diverse
locations — help and advice
Designed for visitors
to Sydney and
locals
alike, our photographic tours are flexible and
without structured
instruction. But our guide is available for queries and
advice
on the big photographic questions. All levels of experience. Join
fellow
devotees to expand your photographic repertoire.
Arriving in a new city and only having a brief period to explore, it is easy to miss some of the best visual interest it has to offer. Equally, long-term residents can be unaware and surprised at new and different angles and subjects hidden away. Join our tours to make the most of Sydney's pictorial potential. |
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Hyde Park & The
Domain 2.30pm Tuesday 22 July 2008 Long vistas and varied visitors in the long public space in the city centre. From the war memorial and pool at one end to the formal garden and then the Archibald fountain at the other: much to see and photograph in between. Capture the avenue of fig trees before they start to come down in replacement program which will change the park for 50 years. The Domain is as wide a space as Hyde Park is long. Trees, criss-cross paths and cityscapes challenge composition; and then there's the Art Gallery too. Buses and trains to the city. Car parking plentiful in city (but expensive). Next tour 2.30pm Tuesday 22 July 2008 $60.00 2.5 hours. Book on Tel: (02) 9264 6185 or Email Greg |
| Glebe & Sydney
University 2.30pm Thursday 24 July 2008 A walk around Australia's oldest university, quiet cloisters to busy student union. Then to adjacent suburb of Glebe and row by row of restored Victorian terraces. Down through village to harbour foreshore and vistas of the big bridge and views of ship terminal, Chinese temple, convent school, cricket oval and viaducts. Buses to Broadway (University). Meter car parking in Glebe. Next tour 2.30pm Thursday 24 July 2008 $60.00 2.5 hours. Book on Tel: (02) 9264 6185 or Email Greg |
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Opera House &
Circular Quay 2.30pm Tuesday 29 July 2008 The city's architectural wonder and no wonder – shoot it from every angle. And from the facing cruise ship/ferry terminals. Buzzing with visitors and city desk pilots taking a break. View from the Botanical Gardens. Infinite visual potential. This building is the symbol of Australia's post-colonial aria to the world. Through it we seek cultural identity. The radical design was inspired by sailing ships but for photographers, the building makes many visual statements. Car parking: off Roundabout at harbour end of Macquarie Street. Buses, ferries and rail: To Circular Quay. Next tour 2.30pm Tuesday 29 July 2008 $60.00 2.5 hours. Book on Tel: (02) 9264 6185 or Email Greg |
| Botanical Gardens
& Mrs Macquarie's Chair 2.30pm Thursday 31 July 2008 Sowing creative seeds in city centre shrine to plant and animal world. Second home to the famed Wollemi Pine, the fossil that wood survive. Bottle trees against the skyscrapers, Harbour and Opera House from an entirely different standpoint. People too, at picnic, lovers in hidden corners, formal garden fit for a palace and tropical pyramid glasshouse. Birds everywhere: ibis, ducks, kookaburra, sulphur-crested cockatoos. Bats and possums compete for space in the trees. Car parking near park gates on Mrs Macquaries Road (meter, expensive). Buses and ferries to Circular Quay and walk. Rail: Circular Quay or St James Station. Next tour 2.30pm Thursday 31 July 2008 $60.00 2.5 hours. Book on Tel: (02) 9264 6185 or Email Greg |
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City Lanes 2.30pm Tuesday 5 August 2008 Dark caverns, canyons between the skyscrapers; hidden secret passages of the old city beckon photographers seeking a real challenge. Light is sparse; the inhabitants move on quickly. But there are endless surprising vistas to frame great pictures. Buses and trains to the city. Car parking plentiful in city (but expensive). Next tour 2.30pm Tuesday 5 August 2008 $60.00 2.5 hours. Book on Tel: (02) 9264 6185 or Email Greg |
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The Rocks &
Observatory Hill
2.30pm Thursday 7 August 2008 Historic
first area of settlement in Sydney. The Rocks, dominated and
in the shadow of the Harbour Bridge is one of those classic tourist
areas and is often the host to a range of entertainments including
music, art and markets. But away from the milling crowds, a maze of
secret lanes, stairways and narrow streets offers a feast of
photographic opportunities. The backdrop includes some of the oldest
architecture in the country. Moving up to the park at Observatory Hill,
capture some of the best views in Sydney – but now with the
Bridge
below. The garden and grounds of the observatory are open, spreading
giant fig trees are some of the best of nature’s sculptures
in Sydney.
Back down the hill, endless picturesque streets and return to
Circular Quay.
Car parking difficult but meter parking on Kent Street. Pay car park at Clock Tower Square, Harrington Street. Buses & ferries: To Circular Quay. Rail: To Circular Quay Station. Next tour 2.30pm Thursday 7 August 2008. $60.00 2.5 hours. Book on Tel: (02) 9264 6185 or Email Greg |
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Darling
Harbour 2.30pm Tuesday 12 August 2008 Waterside locations with a thousand visual angles. Start with kids fun park and water rides. Chinese gardens and waterways, the conference and exhibition complexes, then Cockle Bay/Darling Point show unique modern approach to ancient architecture. Sydney's famed monorail crosses the split bridge to the maritime museum, warship, sailing boats and cruise liners jostle for space. Once you learn its scale — secret places, nooks and crannies — come back time and again for great pix. Car parking at Exhibition Centre. Buses/trains to city and walk to Darling Harbour — well sign posted. Monorail or Light Rail. Next tour 2.30pm Tuesday 12 August 2008 $60.00 2.5 hours. Book on Tel: (02) 9264 6185 or Email Greg |
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Callan Park, Rozelle
2.30pm Thursday 14 August 2008 You don't have to be crazy to be a photographer . . . but it helps. And what better place to test your head for making great pictures than exploring the extensive parkland and grounds of the former mental institution at Callan Park? Includes heritage buildings now housing Sydney College of Art, landscape gardens and harbour foreshore. Buses: 440 and 445 + 433 to Darling Street Balmain; L39 and L40 and 470 and 502. Car parking on Balmain Road and inside the park itself. Next tour 2.30pm Thursday 14 August 2008. $60.00 2.5 hours. Book on Tel: (02) 9264 6185 or Email Greg |
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Sydney Park & St
Peters 2.30pm Tuesday 19 August 2008 Sydney Park is on the site of the old brick works at St Peters and has heritage houses, community and industrial buildings, great views to the city and endless photo opportunities on rolling hills and broad paths. Car parks on Princes Highway (from city) and Opposite Mitchell Street. Buses: 422 from City. Rail: St Peters Station Next tour 2.30pm Tuesday 19 August 2008 $60.00 2.5 hours. Book on Tel: (02) 9264 6185 or Email Greg |
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The Rocks &
Observatory Hill
2.30pm Thursday 21 August 2008 Historic
first area of settlement in Sydney. The Rocks, dominated and
in the shadow of the Harbour Bridge is one of those classic tourist
areas and is often the host to a range of entertainments including
music, art and markets. But away from the milling crowds, a maze of
secret lanes, stairways and narrow streets offers a feast of
photographic opportunities. The backdrop includes some of the oldest
architecture in the country. Moving up to the park at Observatory Hill,
capture some of the best views in Sydney – but now with the
Bridge
below. The garden and grounds of the observatory are open, spreading
giant fig trees are some of the best of nature’s sculptures
in Sydney.
Back down the hill, endless picturesque streets and return to
Circular Quay.
Car parking difficult but meter parking on Kent Street. Pay car park at Clock Tower Square, Harrington Street. Buses & ferries: To Circular Quay. Rail: To Circular Quay Station. Next tour 2.30pm Thursday 21 August 2008. $60.00 2.5 hours. Book on Tel: (02) 9264 6185 or Email Greg |
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Balmoral Beach 2.30pm Tuesday 26 August 2008 Part of the city's unique charm is that it has beaches within the urban spread. Balmoral is one of the best with a full frontal view of the Sydney heads. Sheltered and charming, the centre piece is a heritage building housing a restaurant and cafes. This place has been a favourite with painters from way back, so it's not surprising that it offers a great deal to photographers. Public transport is challenging, so those with a car have the advantage . . . but it can be done. Ferries go to Taronga Zoo. Then there's a fair walk to the beach. Buses are the other option. Check out www.131500.info to find the best route on public transport. There is parking at the beach. Next tour 2.30pm Tuesday 26 August 2008 $60.00 2.5 hours. Book on Tel: (02) 9264 6185 or Email Greg |
| Newtown &
Camperdown 2.30pm Thursday 28 August 2008 Sydney's alternative lifestyles hangout, weird shops, wall murals and grafitti. Narrow streets lined with terraced houses. Camperdown Cemetery with early settlement graves with history and a 1000 vistas and angles. Car parking in side streets. Buses from City and trains to Newtown. Next tour 2.30pm Thursday 28 August 2008 $60.00 2.5 hours. Book on Tel: (02) 9264 6185 or Email Greg |
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