They're far braver and more skilled than me! Fire twirling performance, in front of the bus statue in Parra Square, as part of the 2026 Parramatta Midwinter Festival. #performance #performanceart #prrformingarts #art #Parramatta #nsw #australia #firetwirling #dance #dancing

Night market food stalls at the Parramatta Midwinter Festival at night. #Parramatta #city #NSW #photo #photograph #photography#photo#cityStreetPhotography #Australia #market #urban

Toasting marshmallows at fire pits, and other attractions from this year's Parramatta Midwinter Festival. #Parramatta #NSW #australia

The official opening of this year's Parramatta Midwinter Festival, which runs from 4 – 18 July. I'll post more photos over the coming days. More info here: https://atparramatta.com/midwinter #Parramatta #NSW #Australia #city #urban#australia#festival

The Macquarie St/Gasworks Bridge, Parramatta, NSW. This iron lattice bridge on sandstone pillars was built in 1885, and still carries thousands of cars a day. It now also has a shiny new bike path underneath it. #bridge #engineering #building #structure #Parramatta #NSW #australia

Inspired by a recent post by @[email protected], I just had to take a look at Parramatta's unique new George St bike lane and obstacle course for myself... #bike #bikes#bike#bicycle #cycling#Bicycle#cycle #walking#cycle#urbanism #urbanplanning #parramatta

Continuing from yesterday, here are some more photos from in and around Auburn. #Auburn #WesternSydney #StreetPhotography #city #cities #building #buildings #architecture #NSW #australia

Auburn, a dense multicultural suburb east of Parramatta (between Granville and Lidcombe) has a really remarkable collection of buildings from around the 1920s and '30s, including many art deco gems. #building #buildings #Auburn #WesternSydney #NSW #artdeco #australia

A couple of days ago, I posted photos of the PHIVE building, which (among other things) houses Parramatta Library. Here's the library on the inside... #Library #Parramatta #NSW #australia #book #books #buildings #architecture

"This isn't how it looks, hooman! I'm just sitting on the dining chair because it's comfy! Pizza? I barely noticed it's there!" — Mr Snowy Tanowy #pizza #cat #cats #Catstodon #Caturday #BlueSkyCats #CatsOfBlueSky #WhiteCat #PixelfedCats #catsofpixelfed#pixelfedcats#cats#caturday#pizza#whitecattodonCats #catsofmastodon

The PHIVE building in Parramatta Square, with its iconic sloped red roof. It houses the city library, council services, convention and exhibition spaces, and is currently also the temporary home of the Riverside Theatre. #Parramatta #city #building #buildings #architecture #NSW #australia

Civic Place, Parramatta, Australia. #building #buildings #city #Parramatta #NSW #australia

St John's Anglican Cathedral in Parramatta Square is the oldest church in Australia. Originally built out of wood in 1788, the oldest parts of the current building (the church towers and spires) date to 1817. #parramatta #building #architecture #history #nsw #austria

Parramatta in the winter. #australia #nsw #Parramatta #cities

Some more photos inside the headquarters of the Greater Western Sydney Giants AFL and netball club, at Olympic Park. #sport #sports #afl #GWSGiants #netball #aflw #nsw #australia#nsw#sports#sport#netball#afl#westernsydney

Engie Stadium, home ground of the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the AFL. #AFL #GWSGiants #Sport #Sports #WesternSydney #NSW #stadium #australia

Atelier Sisu's light sculpture uses interconnected aluminium ribbons to represent streets and towering skyscrapers. Recently on display as part of Vivid. #vivid #VividSydney #Sydney #sculpture #lightart #lightsculpture #city#sculpture#Sydney#lightart#VividSydney#cities

"Mycelium Network", by UK artist Stevie Thompson, was a light sculpture that uses optical fibres to simulate the underground strands of a very large fungus. It was on display at Vivid this year. #Vivid #VividSydney #Sydney #NSW #Australia #art #fungus #light#australia#sculpture

It looks like another world. The Cutaway is a new exhibition space carved into the sandstone under Barangaroo: https://www.barangaroo.com/past-present-future/barangaroo-reserve/the-cutaway-project #VividSydney #Vivid #Sydney #Barangaroo #building #buildings #architecture #design

Peekaboo Parliament, an enchanted tree by artist collective Skunk Control, at Vivid this year. The path to the tree was guarded by robotic owls. Visitors who approached were instructed to stand still if they saw an owl open its eyes. #art #vivid #VividSydney #Sydney #NSW #australia

Everyone knows about the cancelled drone show at Vivid this year. Instead, they ran a laser light show, with a pontoon bridge over Darling Harbour in the middle of it. #Vivid #VividSydney #Sydney #NSW #laser #art #light #lights

So everyone seems to be in Parramatta Square watching a soccer game... #Socceroos #soccer #WorldCup #football#soccer#worldcup#Socceroos#parramatta

A big highlight of Vivid Sydney was the cooking displays and night markets, which they thankfully moved to Barangaroo this year. #Sydney #VividSydney #NSW #Australia #food#australia#nsw#cooking#Sydney#eating#VividSydney#dining

One of the most magical parts of Sydney's Vivid festival is seeing all the buildings, especially around Circular Quay and the historic Rocks district, lit up in bright neon colours. #Vivid #VividSydney #Sydney #NSW #australia #festival#nsw#Sydney#VividSydney#vivids

Legendary Jamaican reggae band The Congos performing a free public gig on the main stage in Darling Harbour, as part of the 2026 Vivid Sydney festival. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Congos #music #reggae #Jamaica #concert #vivid #VividSydney #Sydney #NSW #australia#music#nsw#livemusic

The Sydney Opera House at Vivid 2026. #Sydney #NSW #australia#nsw#SydneyVivid #VividSydney #SydneyOperaHouse

Vivid Sydney is back for 2026. Over the coming days, I'll share some of my favourite light sculptures from this year. #VividSydney #Vivid #Sydney #NSW #australia

A white duck on the Parramatta River. #Duck #ParramattaRiver #NSW #australia

A tower of infamy. Do you remember a few years ago how the Opal Tower at Olympic Park had to be evacuated because of concrete cracking? Well, this is it... #RealEstate #Property #NSW #auspol #NSWpol #OlympicPark #australia

The Sydney skyline at night. #Sydney #NSW #Australia #building #buildings #architecture #city#australia#architecture#building#nsw#buildings#Sydney#cities

Parramatta riverfront restaurants at night. #Parramatta #NSW #Australia #city#australia#Cities #Urbanism #UrbanPlanning #building #buildings #architecture

Miss Mimi is a full-grown cat now. But she will always be Spunky's little baby. #cat #cats #BlueSkyCats #CatsOfBlueSky #CatsOfMastodon #MastodonCats #catsofpixelfed #pixelfedcats#cats#FediCats #caturday#fedicats#catsofmastodon#catstodon

An orange and purple flower that I think could be a Bird of Paradise? At the Chang Lai Yuan Gardens at Nurragingy Reserve in the Western Sydney Parklands. #flower #flowers#flower#plant #plants #park#plant#gardens#plants#westernsydney

We're continuing our trip through Nurragingy Reserve in the Western Sydney Parklands with a stroll through the New Zealand Garden. #NewZealand #Kiwi #Sydney #WesternSydney #park #parks #gardens #plants #trees#newzealand#park#gardens#plants#parks#Sydney#kiwi#botany

A book from my hold list finally showed up at Parramatta Library (it's popular and all the cool kids are reading it). If your library doesn't have it, tell them to get ISBN 9781761822117. #auspol #book #books#book#politics#auspol#johnhoward #amyremeikis

Greater Western Sydney Giants 166 to Brisbane Lions 88. The highest score in the Giants' history. They won the 3rd quarter 86 to 3; the highest third-quarter score by any team in AFL history. #AFL #GWS #GWSGiants #Brisbane #sport #australia

The iconic guardhouse gate at Parramatta Park is a local landmark. But what you mightn't know is that it contains a café... #Parramatta #building #architecture #cafe #coffee #park#architecture#building#Cafe#cities

Burwood City Council (the one in NSW) has put a billboard saying "sorry" to major cities (but mostly Melbourne) for being named as Australia's coolest neighbourhood. It wasn't intentional. The people insisted. #Burwood #NSW #australia#nsw#melbourne

Lennox Bridge (the Church St bridge in Parramatta) at night. #Parramatta #city #NSW #Australia #tram #lightrail #city#australia#nsw#tram#cities

The Parramatta River at night. Families sitting by the river, people walking their dogs, and going for an evening stroll. #Parramatta #ParramattaRiver #park #river #night#park#river#walking #Urbanism #cities

Spotted in a shop window in Church St. If you went to New Orleans and asked for a schnitty sando, would they even know what you're talking about? I'm dubious... #Australia #NSW #Parramatta #food#australia#nsw#sandwich #schnitzel

Months after putting it on hold (it's popular!), I finally get to borrow Cory Doctorow's ( @[email protected] ) Enshittification from Parramatta Library. #book #books #enshittification #Parramatta #NSW #australia

The soon-to-open Parramatta Powerhouse Museum now gets lit up at night, and it looks spectacular. #Parramatta #NSW #Building #Buildings #Architecture #city #NSW #australia

Autumn leaves. (Photo taken along George St, Parramatta.) #photo #seasons #autumn #trees#photo#tree #city #Parramatta #NSW #australia

The Rhodes skyline, as seen across the Parramatta River from Wentworth Point. Again, in Australia, this is considered a "suburb". #Parramatta #NSW #australia#nsw#Rhodes #WentworthPoint #ParramattaRiver #westernsydney

Water rats! A NSW Police boat parked on wharf on the Parramatta River. #boat #police #nsw #australia

Walking around Wentworth Point. By the way, when Australians use the word "suburb", we can be referring to places that look like this, which is different to how North Americans use the word. #city #cities #Urbanism #building #architecture #WentworthPoint #Parramatta #NSW #australia

A weekend walk in Wentworth Point. This waterfront neighbourhood on the Parramatta River is east of the Parramatta CBD and north of Olympic Park (the Olympic Park ferry stop is actually in Wentworth Point). #building #buildings #architecture #river #cities #WentworthPoint #NSW #australia

Well there's a big, big sound from the west of the town, it's the sound that's made by giants... Your Greater Western Sydney Giants defeated the Essendon Bombers 103 to 89 at Engie Stadium. #AFL #GWS #GreaterWesternSydney #GWSGiants #Essendon #NSW #australia

On either side of the main span of the Lennox bridge are two pedestrian underpasses. Along the walls, you'll find a series of murals, including one of the Sydney Morning Herald's divisive former architecture critic, Elizabeth Farrelly. Farrelly is […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]