In The Navy

Sydney Fleet Base, Woolloomooloo Bay

Finger wharf, Woolloomooloo

It was a hot sunny day. The young woman was using an umbrella to provide shade, but it looked like it had seen better days! (It wasn't windy)

Russell Crowe and family live in a multi-million dollar apartment in this converted wharf.

The Archaeology of Bathing, Woolloomooloo Bay

"This artwork by Robyn Bracken traces elements of former ladies baths at Woolloomooloo. A floating jetty and marine piles mark tidal change, the stair cage and portal frame reflect on the enclosed spaces associated with early bathing machines. "(City of Sydney Archives, CRS 904/C006). It is one of many sculptures found along the Sydney Sculpture Walk.

There have been baths at Woolloomooloo Bay since the 1820s. For a history of swimming baths in this part of Sydney Harbour, you can't beat this entry on the City of Sydney website.

Nowadays, the Andrew Boy Charlton pool is a very popular pool. I have blogged about it on my Swimming Pools Blog : here when the Queen Mary was visiting, and here.