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Just in time for St Patrick’s Day we visited St Patrick’s Church in Sydney City, for the first time ever, the traditional heartland of Sydney’s Irish working class Catholics.

St Patrick's Church
St Patrick’s Church
St Patrick's himself
St Patrick’s himself

Well, we didn’t only visit St Patrick’s, we spent 2 hours walking approximately 7km around Circular Quay and The Rocks. The City of Sydney have very useful Historical Walking Tour brochures  which we used this week while playing tourists in our home city. We chose to do the COLONY walk. And we saw things that we had walked past a thousand times in our lifetime but never really stopped to learn about it or even really “look” at it.

Customs House - where shipping was cleared and goods were taxed
Customs House – where shipping was cleared and goods were taxed
The flag post where the first British flag was raised. The flag flies permanently here.
The flag post where the first British flag was raised. The flag still flies permanently here
The original anchor of the ship that sailed into Sydney Cove back in 1788.
The original anchor of the ship that sailed into Sydney Cove back in 1788
Lands Department Building
Lands Department Building
Old steps leading to Cumberland Place and Susannah Place.
Old steps leading to Cumberland Place and Susannah Place
Susannah's Place - a museum into the lives of the mid-19th century residents
Susannah Place – a museum into the lives of the mid-19th century residents
The entrance to Susannah's place - unfortunately it was closed.
The entrance to Susannah place – unfortunately it was closed
View from Observatory Hill towards Walsh Bay Wharves
View from Observatory Hill towards Walsh Bay Wharves
Iconic Moreton Bay Fig trees on Observatory Hill with the Harbour Bridge just peaking through
Iconic Moreton Bay Fig trees on Observatory Hill with the Harbour Bridge just peaking through
Lord Nelson Hotel - one of the oldest pubs in Sydney
Lord Nelson Hotel – one of the oldest pubs in Sydney
Garrison Church - the first official military church in the state.
Garrison Church – the first official military church in the state
Heading down Ferry Lane to the wharves
Heading down Ferry Lane to the wharves
Walsh Bay Wharves - established in 1901 to contain the chaos at Sydney's waterfront
Walsh Bay Wharves – established in 1901 to contain the chaos at Sydney’s waterfront
Walking underneath the Harbour Bridge
Walking underneath the Harbour Bridge
One of several murals painted on Cumberland St.
One of several murals painted on Cumberland St
Our wedding reception (thrown in for good measure)
Our wedding reception venue (thrown in for good measure)

We are a day early but Happy St Patrick’s Day 🙂

Have a great week ahead.

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