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The Limb Shift / James O'Brien

Surry Hills

With the exception of four years in Brisbane, I spent the first thirty years of my life in the country: Lismore, Bourke, Renmark and Wagga. When my career brought me to Sydney, I was really excited.

As I knew I didn’t want to live too far from work, I drew a “walking circle” (old style protractor) around Ultimo, that reached out to Glebe and Pyrmont, but I quickly settled on an apartment in Surry Hills. And even though I’m a country boy at heart, Surry Hills has pretty much become “home”.

Discarded Everything
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Discarded Everything

ByJames O'Brien 29/04/200821/04/2017

It’s been a while since I did one of my “discarded posts”. Hi Andrea! There’s no particular reason, other than my neighbours haven’t been throwing much out lately. There was … Read the rest “Discarded Everything”

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Ridge Street
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Ridge Street

ByJames O'Brien 17/04/200827/09/2014

James, next time you’re on one of your Surry Hills photo-taking jaunts, could you please have a look at what is at 15 Ridge St, Surry Hills? My great Aunt

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Little Oxford Street

ByJames O'Brien 15/04/200818/12/2014

I wandered over to Victoria Street this morning for a coffee at the lovely little French patisserie there. On the way back I came across a street I’ve never been … Read the rest “Little Oxford Street”

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Daytime Surry

ByJames O'Brien 14/04/200816/01/2009

By night it’s lots of glamorous restaurants, while by day it’s often a lot of people with substance abuse problems. This morning, for example, there were two blokes at the … Read the rest “Daytime Surry”

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Kepos Street
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Kepos Street

ByJames O'Brien 06/04/200823/07/2017

I’ve just been for lunch at a cafe on one of my favourite streets in the Surry Hills/Redfern area: Kepos Street. I really love the housing, the greenery, the wide … Read the rest “Kepos Street”

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