Though it's been a few years since one of my "discarded" posts, I've been keeping an eye out for new and interesting stuff left in the back laneway of my apartment in Surry Hills. Sadly, there hasn't been anything as "interesting" as some of the items you'll see below if you follow the link "discarded". [...]
"Oh my goodness, that looks just like something I made in wordwork class thirty-something years ago" was my first reaction when I saw the shell-covered jewellery box in the second hand shop on Oxford Street late yesterday. On closer inspection, I noticed this one displayed a greater level of professionalism (you might say) than might [...]
Although I know for a fact a lot of people in my 'hood really hate it (our Body Corporate sends regular reminders the City of Sydney has regular pickups for large items), I really quite like that people use our back lane-way as a short-term dumping ground for items they no longer need. By doing [...]
Although it's been quite some time since I posted something in my "Discarded" category, I was instantly compelled to do so tonight. My "Discarded" category of posts is about the interesting and unusual things often left in my back lane way for other people to take away. Although I realise the dumping of old furniture [...]
Only in Surry Hills would you find not one, but two, "artificial limbs" in the communal garbarge room of your apartment block. Calling them "artificial limbs" is a little dramatic, I know, as they're just part of a mannequin. But using the phrase "artificial limbs" sounds a little more dramatic. And I did feel a [...]
As I left the house I couldn't help but notice the rather exotic looking bar stool in the back laneway. There were shades of "The Sound of Music", I thought to myself, with the material looking like discarded 70s curtains. "The chair underneath must have been REALLY bad", a mate commented when I showed him [...]
