The Sydney Pulse

Love Lace - Powerhouse Museum

2011-10-25T18:36:00.001+11:00

Cronulla - Sydney surfers paradise

2011-10-10T16:54:00.001+11:00

Jan Baker-Finch dance and Renata Buziak biochromes

2011-09-21T15:20:00.000+10:00

Renata Buziak and Jan Baker-Finch

Sydney Fashion Festival: Camilla

2011-08-27T18:55:00.001+10:00

Sydney Fashion Festival: GQ Style

2011-08-26T23:24:00.000+10:00

GQ Australia czyli Gentlemen’s Quartely Australia to australijski magazyn dla mężczyzn. Jest tym w swerze stylu i mody dla panów czym dla pań jest magazynVogue.

W czwartek na sydnejskim Fashion Festival, edytor nowego wydania tego magazynu , Nick Smith pokazał wybór nowych trendów, które w męskiej modzie będą obowiązywać w nadchodzącym sezonie Wiosna/Lato 2011/12. Najbardziej gorace projekty na sydnejskim wybiegu pochodziły z pracowni Featuring Farage, Saint Augustine Academy, Subfusco, LAB, Stolen Girlfriends Club, Herringbone i Saxony.

Fashion Festival: Speedo

2011-08-25T23:11:00.014+10:00

Po raz pierwszy w historii sydnejskiego Fashion Festival zaprezentowane zostały wczoraj plażowe propozycje na nadchodzące lato, zaprojektowane przez Speedo - najbardziej znaną na świecie markę australijską produkującą stroje pływackie, cenione przez sportowców.

Historia Speedo zaczęła się w 1928 roku na słynnej sydnejskiej plaży Bondi Beach. Użycie nylonu w strojach Speedo zrewolucjonizowało sporty wodne. Australijska marka przyczyniła sie swoją innowacyjnością materiałową do bicia rekordów olimpijskich. Na olimpiadzie w Monachium w 1972 roku 31 z 32 ustanowionych tam rekordów, zostało dokonanych przez zawodników startujących w strojach Speedo. W 2004 roku Michael Phelps został pierwszym sportowcem na świecie, który zdobył sześć złotych medali olimpijskich, a cztery lata poźniej aż osiem, pływając wlaśnie w Speedo.

Wczoraj Speedo zabawila się w modę w kooperacji z nagradzanym fotografikiem – Eugene’m Tan’em, też pochodzącym z Bondi. Zaproponowała kolekcję strojów plażowych dla pań, panów i dzieci pn. Speedo Aquabumps z graficznymi i fotograficznymi nadrukami z kolekcji Tana. Tan prowadzi internetową stronę pn. Aquabumps, gdzie wszystko kręci się wokól oceanicznych fal.

Mercedes-Benz Sydney Fashion Festival

2011-08-24T22:45:00.002+10:00

Wczoraj w sydnejskim Town Hall pokazem strojów dla pań o pełnych rozmiarach czyli 14 + , rozpoczął się doroczny Fashion Festival . Po erze mody na anoreksję coraz częście promuje się rubensowskie kształty. Gwiazdą pokazu była Robyn Lawley – pierwsza plus-sized modelka pokazana w biblii mody – magazynie Vogue. Na wybiegu oprócz profesjonalnych modelek pojawiły się panie, które zwyciężyły w konkursie sieci handlowej Myer’a – Big is Beautiful.

Record run: City2Surf

2011-08-16T22:36:00.002+10:00

W niedzielę, 14 sierpnia odbył się po raz 41. największy bieg uliczny w Australii – City2Surf. Do pokonania 14 kilometrowej trasy od sydnejskiego Hyde Parku do Bondi Beach zgłosiło się 85 000 uczestników, więcej niż do słynnych maratonów organizowanych w Londynie i Nowym Jorku razem wziętych. Większość uczestników potraktowała bieg jako niedzielny relaks. Mimo nienajlepszej pogody – z początku padał drobny deszcz - wielu przybyło na linię startową ze wszystkich stron metropolii, nawet całymi rodzinami, niekiedy z małymi dziećmi w wózkach. Niektórzy pobiegli w wymyślnych, cudacznych strojach i maskach. Wszystkim przyświecała jedna wspólna myśl: zebranie pieniędzy na cele dobroczynne – humanitarne, socjalne, zdrowotne czy edukacyjne. Uczestnicy mieli swobodę w wyborze organizacji charytatywnej, dla ktorej przeznaczali swoje wpłaty. Zebrano prawie 4 mln AUD.

Zwycięzcą 41 biegu City2Surf zostal Liam Adams z Victorii, z czasem 41 min, 9 sek., pokonując swego rywala z hotelowego pokoju, Michaela Shelley'ego o 2 skundy. Najszybszą kobietą tegorocznego biegu okazała się Jessica Trengove zAdelajdy, ktorą przybiegła do mety na Bondi Beach w czasie 47 min, 5 sek. W ubieglym roku zajęła trzecie miejsce.

Vivid Sydney 2011

2011-06-01T21:54:00.001+10:00

Spektakularnym oświetleniem “żagli” Opera House rozpoczął się już po raz trzeci festiwal Vivid Sydney – festiwal świateł, muzyki i ideii. Znaczące, historyczne budynki miasta iluminowane są różnokolorowymi światłami tworząc niezwyłą dekorację wieczorną ulic przez kolejne dwa tygodnie. Jednym z celów festiwalu oprócz stwarzania atrakcyjnej wizualizacji jest pokazanie technologii mądrze i oszczędnie wykorzystujących energię elektryczną przy jednoczesnym maksymalnym osiągnięciu efektu oświetleniowego. Festiwal potrwa do 13 czerwca.

RAFW - Lanphi

2011-05-17T22:26:00.000+10:00

Lanphi, new fashion label has worked with some of the best local and international designer such as Marc Jacobs. She has come back to Austalia to launch her Spring/Summer2011 collection. The runway featured head to toe prints, colour blocking, and well tailored silhouttes.

RAFW - Garth Cook

2011-05-12T22:02:00.000+10:00

Leading Garth Cook to graduate at the top of his class from the West Australian School of Art and Design in Fashion and Textiles in 2006 was a keen interest in design and architecture forged at a young age.
Fascinated with the construction of Parisian haute couture garments and the intricate details of skilled patternmaking, Garth took a leap of faith by moving to London in order to intern and work under the helm of designers Marios Schwab and Husam el Odeh.
During his three year stay in the fashion capital, the young designer immersed himself in the European fashion industry by not only training with such skilled creators, but also taking up the opportunity to assist at London Fashion Week, study at the London College of Fashion and attend the Premier Vision Textile Fair in Paris.

Describing his design ethos as ‘defined, clean, contemporary and forward’, Garth Cook has received several accolades since launching his eponymous label in 2009. Winning the ‘Absolut Emerging Designer’ award at Style Aid allowed the designer to utilise the $5000 cash prize towards the business development of the Garth Cook fashion label.

RAFW - Subfusco

2011-05-11T21:35:00.000+10:00

W pierwszym dniu Rosemount Australian Fashion Week na wybiegu zobaczyliśmy projekty nowej , powstalej zaledwie 3 lata temu marki z Brisbane - Subfusco.
Jej projektanci koncentrują się na pokazaniu wielokulturowej europejskiej elegancji. Kobieta Subfusco jest uosobieniem ideałów mody z preferencją pokazania swego swobodnego stylu życia.
Mężczyzna Subfusco wkracza na obrzeża mody, jednoczęsnie traktując ją jako dodatek do uwypuklenia swojej osobowaści. Odważne i pełne życia i wibracji projekty pokazane na sydnejskim wybiegu znakomicie wpisują się w australijski charakter lata.

Rosemount Australian Fashion Week 2011

2011-05-09T21:08:00.002+10:00

Rosemount Australian Fashion Week rozpoczął się w ubiegly poniedziałek pokazem najnowszych projektów na sezon 2011/12 Alexa Perry'ego. Perry jest uważany za najbardziej prominentnego i fascynującego projektanta mody w Australii. Uczestniczy od 1997 roku regularnie w Australijskim Tygodniu Mody olśniewając fashionistów swoimi interesujacymi projektami strojów kobiecych.

Alex Perry

Archibald Prize 2011

2011-04-16T14:48:00.002+10:00

Ben Quilty's portrait of Margaret Olley wins this year's Archibald Prize.

When Ben Quilty first asked legendary painter Margaret Olley to sit for him she said no. ‘Her lack of ego is so appealing,’ says Quilty. ‘Margaret didn’t understand why anyone would want to see a portrait of her.’

Quilty met Olley when she was a guest judge for the 2002 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, which he won. ‘She’s been a friend and great supporter of my work ever since,’ he says.

Born in Lismore in 1923, Olley was awarded the Order of Australia in 1991 for service as an artist and to the promotion of art. In 1996, she was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia.

‘She’s such an inspiration,’ says Quilty. ‘She was a feminist ahead of her time. She’s vigorously passionate about social and political issues, as well as art, and is enormously compassionate. Margaret has such an infectious attitude to both life and death. Recently, I was amazed at how many new works she had on the go. She said to me, “I’m like an old tree dying and setting forth flowers as fast as it can, while it still can.” I thought that was such a powerful metaphor.’

As for the bright palette: ‘You just need to walk into her home, which is also her studio, to see that you couldn’t use anything but striking colour. It’s full of translucent works-in-progress, beautiful drawings, sculptures and flowers, so I wanted the portrait to reflect that.’

Most of Quilty’s work to date has been about masculinity but he says, ‘Margaret has had such a powerful bearing on my career. She has asked me constantly for years to stop painting ugly skulls and paint something beautiful.’ Quilty has just finished a series of paintings of his wife.

This year, the 90th year of Archibald, there were 798 entries for Archibald, 810 for the Wynne and 633 entries for the Sulman. The Archibald and Wynne prizes are judged by the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The judge for the Sulman Prize was Richard Bell.

The Archibald winner receives $50,000, the Wynne Prize winner receives $25,000 for landscape painting or figure sculpture, the Sulman Prize winner receives $20,000 for subject/genre painting and/or mural work and the Watercolour Prize (part of the Wynne Prize) winner receives $2,000.

On view
16 Apr – 26 Jun 2011
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery Road, The Domain, Sydney

No Carbon Tax Rally

2011-04-02T23:59:00.000+11:00

Ponad cztery tysiace ludzi zebrało się dzisiaj w sydnejskim Hyde Parku aby zaprotestowac przeciwko planom premier Julii Gillard wprowadzenia podatku od emisji CO2.

Przemawiali m.in. lider opozycji w Senacie, Eric Abetz, znany muzyk rokowy Angry Anderson i prezenterzy radiowi z 2UE i 2GB, Jason Morrison i Mike Williams. Niezadowolenie Australijczyków z polityki rządzacej Labour Party obwiniania ludzi za zmiany klimatyczne i karania ich dodatkowymi podatkami zostalo wzmocnione po wczorajszym ujawnieniu analizy ekspertów , iż każde gospodarstwo domowe zapłaci ok. $900 rocznie za tzw „Carbon bill” Julii Gillard.

Julian Assange's Support Rally

2011-02-09T13:52:00.023+11:00

On 6th February 2011 the Wikileaks Support Coalition held a rally in Sydney on behalf of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Speaking at a rally held at Sydney's Town Hall in support of the 39-year-old Australian, Mr Brett Assange, Julian’s stepfater urged people to support his stepson as he prepared to face a London court this week.
The court will decide whether Julian Assange will be extradited to Sweden to face sexual-related allegations.
There is growing concern the internet whiz will then be extradited to the

, after a catalogue of high-profile leaked diplomatic and military cables were published on the WikiLeaks website.
Mr Assange said that the Swedish government had abused his stepson's human and his legal rights by "having him in line" for this extradition.
"They should be ready to grant him shelter instead," Mr Assange told the crowd assembled at the rally on Sunday.
"He's been nominated for a Nobel Prize so how could he be a criminal?
He's exposed global corruption everywhere, he's done no harm except to those who do harm the people," he said.
Julian Assange was nominated for the Sydney Peace Foundation's gold medal and the Nobel Peace Prize on the same day last week.
Both Julian Assange's mother and stepfather have criticised Prime Minister Julia Gillard for washing her hands of him.
Mr Brett Assange said that people could show their support for Julian by getting in contact with their local member of parliament.

Chinese New Year Twilight Parade

2011-02-08T00:38:00.004+11:00

O zachodzie słońca, w minioną niedzielę 2500 wykonawców wzięlo udział w dorocznej paradzie z okazji rozpoczecia nowego roku księżycowego. W paradzie uczestniczyli oprócz sydnejskich Chińczyków, 250-osobowa grupa tancerzy i muzyków z chińskiej prowioncji Hubei. Były również obecne maszerujące i tańczące zespoly koreańskiej społecznosci. W tym roku wśród dekoracji dominował Królik, jako że pod tym znakiem będzie przebiegał rozpoczęty wlaśnie kilka dni temu nowy chiński rok. Parada przeszła od Town Hall do Chinatown wśrod stutysięcznego tlumu mieszkańców Sydney. Jest to najwieksza tego rodzaju parada poza Azją.

Year of the Rabbit *3

2011-01-31T00:26:00.000+11:00

Year of the Rabbit *2

2011-01-30T00:22:00.001+11:00

Year of the Rabbit

2011-01-29T13:01:00.001+11:00

Wczoraj wieczorem w Belmore Park przy Central Station w Sydney zainaugurowano 15 festiwal chiński, największy tego rodzaju poza Chinami.

W tym roku Chińczycy ale równiez Koreańczycy i Wietnamczycy celebrują w ten sposób rozpoczęcie księżycowego roku Królika. Inauguracja odbyła się otwarciem trzydniowego chińskiego marketu w Belmore Park oraz ceremonią „ożywczego znakowania” smoków przez zaproszonych gości, m.in. przez vicepremier NSW Carmel Tebbutt, burmistrzynię Sydney Clover Moore i ambasadora ChRL oraz występami artystów z chinskiej prowincji Hubei i samego Sydney, które póki co nie jest jeszcze calkowicie miastem chinskim, choc z pewnością przez najbliższe dwa tygodnie nim będzie.

Program festiwalu wydrukowany w dwóch językach – angielskim i mandaryńskim przedstawia bogatą ofertę ponad 50-ciu różnych wydarzeń kulturalnych w tym wielką paradę ulicami Sydney Chinese New Year Twilight Parade w niedzielę, 6 lutego oraz Dragon Boat Races 12 i 13 lutego na Darling Harbour.

Australia Day: Motorfest

2011-01-28T23:28:00.000+11:00

Australia Day 2011

2011-01-27T23:03:00.004+11:00

January 26, 2011 is Australia Day! This is an official national public holiday of Australia that commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove in 1788 and the proclamation at that time of British sovereignty over the eastern seaboard of New Holland.
In this year Sydney is experiencing its hottest Australia Day in 20 years.
A high of 31 degrees was reached in Sydney's CBD about 2pm yesterday, making it the hottest Australia Day on record in the city since a high of 32.1 degrees was recorded in 1991.
In the western suburbs the temperature had reached 34 degrees by 2pm, which was below the forecast peak of 42 degrees predicted for Penrith.

FFN - Hanggai

2011-01-17T19:01:00.006+11:00

Plenty of rebelion in the air and fire in the belly was during performance on Martin Place six member band from Inner Mongolia and Beijing called Hanggai. They vocalist, former punk rocker IIchi traveled to Inner Mongolia to learn hoomei - throat singing, an Mongolian technique in which singer simultaneously emits two or even three pitches.

Clad in traditional Mongolian costumes, playing Mongol instruments and singing folk songs, they seek to transport audiences back to the original place of the music they make - Hanggai, which refering to an idealised landscape with grassland, mountains, rivers, trees and blue sky.

FFN - Alice & Alice by Cocoloco

2011-01-16T18:05:00.004+11:00

Cocoloco is a performance company from UK specialising in dramatic and comical street actions based on accentric or stereotypic characterization.
They have been described variously as charming, eycatching, daring, bizzare, idiosyncratic and hysterically funny.

Performance during First Night of Sydney Festival in Hyde Park.

FFN - Western Sydney Dance Action

2011-01-15T17:42:00.001+11:00

Western Sydney Dance Action performance on Macquarie Street.

Festival First Night - TaikOz

2011-01-10T07:28:00.002+11:00

TaikoOz is Australia-Japanese a high energy ensemble ronowned for its physicality and spirit. Combining the visceral power of the taiko with the ethereal, translucent sound of the bamboo shakuhachi. ThaikOz is exploring a synthesis of East and West, old and new. Since 1997 TaikOz has established a unique performance with a desire to create new music for today's audience. During First Night on Sydney Festival ensemble of more than 150 drummers performed extraordinary sound in space from Martin Place to The Mint on Macquarie Street.

First Night - You can ukulele!

2011-01-09T21:50:00.001+11:00

The humble ukulele, the diminutive instrument is making worldwide comeback.

Ali Mills - the dauther of famous Aboriginal performers David and Kathy, and Ukeladies with ukuleles led the crowd with a stirring and irreverent version of "Waltzing Matilda sung in Krol, a pigeon English language from the Northern Territory.

Ukulele clubs from around Sydney has been mustering they forces for massive invasion with they ukuleles and Havaian print shirts to Hyde Park during first Night of Sydney Festival yesterday.

Sydney Festival - First Night

2011-01-09T18:24:00.000+11:00

Ponad milion uczestników spodziewanych jest w rozpoczętym wczoraj dorocznym Sydney Festival, który potrwa do 30 stycznia wypełniony atrakcjami kulturalnymi światowej rangi, takimi jak występ hipnotycznego Johna Malkowicha w przedstawieniu muzycznym The Giacomo Varioations czy pokaz najbardziej sensualnego baletu naszej planety – Entity w choreografii Wayne McGregor’a. Tymczasem ulice i parki centrum Sydney wczorajszego popołudnia i wieczoru należały do tysięcy wędrujących mieszkańców i gości metropolii głodnych festiwalowych atrakcji.

Pierwszy dzień festiwalu zwany First Night zmienia całkowicie charakter miasta – centrum staje się karnawałowo-festiwalową areną. Na kilku scenach w Hyde Park, Martin Place, Chifley Square , St Mary’s Cathedral Square i na The Domain odbywaly sie występy artystyczne, których – jak mi się wydaje - głównym przesłaniem była nostalgia za minionymi czasami. Prawdopodobnie ukłon w stronę starszego pokolenia. Tańce uliczne z ubiegłego wieku, hawajskie melodie przy akompaniamencie miniaturowych giterek „ukulele”. Stare filmy o Sydney z lat 20-tych i 30-tych z podkładem pianina, bałkańsko-cygańskie rytmy szkockiej Orkestra del Sol i dużo muzyki country, której gwiazdą była kończaca wieczór w parku na The Domain weteranka gatunku z Alabamy, Emmylou Harris.

Nostalgiczną atmosferę rozładowywały występy kilku innych wykonawców m.in. na Martin Place - Hanggai – mongolskiego zespołu z Chin łączącego progresywnego rocka z tradycyjną muzyką Mongołów. Z tego co widziałem , była to najlepsza i najciekawsza prezentacja muzyczna pierwszego dnia Sydney Festival.

Sydney makes its mark for new X

2011-01-02T15:34:00.006+11:00

A giant handprint made its mark on our iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge last night as another breathtaking fireworks finale welcomed the new decade.

An awe-inspired audience of 1.5 million people was treated to a visual feast, featuring never before seen firework shapes, including bowties, lightning bolts, crescent moons and a star inside a ring.

For the first time, a multi-layered Bridge Effect on the Sydney Harbour Bridge transformed from a peace symbol to a smiley face and a target before the stunning finale - a giant hand waving to the audience.

“What a remarkable start to 2011! Last night’s amazing Sydney New Year’s Eve celebrations demonstrated just why Sydney is the New Year’s Eve capital of the world,” said Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore.

“We were the first major city to ring in the New Year and our unparalleled 9pm Family
Fireworks, Midnight Finale and Bridge Effect delighted more than 1.5 million people who lined
the harbour for Sydney’s party of the year!”

The Lord Mayor said the display helped Sydney make its mark on the world with a global television audience of 1.1 billion viewers from 160 countries.

Merry Christmas, Sydney

2010-12-24T06:45:00.001+11:00

Sydney Harbour *2

2010-12-21T13:39:00.002+11:00

Sydney Harbour

2010-12-20T13:29:00.000+11:00

Oprah day in Sydney*2

2010-12-16T16:10:00.001+11:00

Oprah day in Sydney

2010-12-15T23:28:00.000+11:00

Thousands of eager Oprah Winfrey fans have descended on the Sydney Opera House forecourt ahead of the taping of two special shows by the American talk show queen.

Twelve-thousand lucky audience members were chosen by a lottery to attend the shows featuring US musicians Bon Jovi and Jay-Z, as well as Australian stars Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman and Olivia Newton-John.

Yesterday was a high point for Winfrey and her 302 audience members who have travelled from the US to take part in her "Ultimate Australian Adventure".

The episodes will wrap up Winfrey's 25th and final season on air and are expected to be broadcast in 145 countries.

Taping of Oprah Winfrey's afternoon show at the Sydney Opera House was briefly suspended when Australian actor Hugh Jackman injured himself during a stunt.

Jackman, who portrays Wolverine in the X-Men movie series, crashed into a light as he zipped down on a flying fox from the top of the Opera House sails.

Winfrey was immediately concerned for Jackman and called for a doctor, as well as saying: "Let's take a break and get some ice."

Winfrey also welcomed Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban , U2 frontman Bono, Olivia Newton-John to the stage for interview.

Russell Crowe then joined Jackman, Urban, Kidman and Newton-John on stage, closing the show in spectacular style with a rendition of I Still Call Australia Home backed by the Gondwana children's choir as a massive Australian flag moved over the crowd.
Meanwhile, Winfrey showed she was still in a giving mood by announcing she would be giving diamond necklaces to all 6,000 members of her audience, prompting hysterical scenes.

Earlier, Winfrey told a press conference she had been promised a trip to Australia for her 50th birthday by her partner, Stedman Graham.
"Australia was an ultimate destination for me, I always wanted to come to the country," she said.
She says one of the things that has surprised her most about Australia is the people, which she referred to as the "open face of Australia".

As well as Sydney, Winfrey and her entourage have criss-crossed Australia, visiting iconic tourist sites including the Great Barrier Reef, Uluru and Byron Bay.
The federal and NSW governments spent $4 million to lure Winfrey and her show to Australia in the hope of boosting the flailing tourism industry.

Meanwhile, Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson has defended the use of taxpayers' money to help stage The Oprah Winfrey Show in Australia.
A "small investment" of $4 million to $5 million by the Federal and several state governments is money well spent, according to Mr Ferguson.

Australia had already reaped a benefit of $71 million in Australia and $14 million in the United States, he says.

St. Marys Cathedral with lights of Christmas

2010-12-09T23:49:00.000+11:00

The Lights of Christmas, a dazzling light show featuring traditional Christmas imagery and colours, were switched on at Sydney's St Mary's Cathedral last night.

The display includes a constellation of sparkling stars, lights candles, Christmas wreath as well as a traditional and inspirational montage of bush blossoms, gum leaves and Sydney summer skies.

Visitors to the Lights of Christmas can listen also a free choral performance by a range of top Sydney choirs including the Australian Girls Choir, Sydney Philharmonic Choir, Sydney Street Choir and Cafe at the Gates of Salvation.

Ilumiantion go on every night from 8 pm to midnight, choral performance: Wed-Sun, 7.30 - 9pm until 25 December.

Chinese warriors in Sydney

2010-11-30T22:46:00.005+11:00

One of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century, the incredible life-size terracotta warriors have captivated audiences around the world. This amazing discovery stunned the world and exploration continues to this day.

The First Emperor: China's entombed warriors
is curated by the Gallery's director, Edmund Capon.

Discovered by villagers in 1974, this vast underground army was created to protect the tomb of the first Emperor of China, Qin Shihuang (259–210 BCE) in readiness for the afterlife.

New exhibition of Art Gallery of NSW -The First Emperor: China’s entombed warriors brings to Australia over 120 rare objects, featuring ten complete terracotta warrior figures including foot soldiers, generals, kneeling bowmen and horses.

Australia was the first country outside China to see these figures in the exhibition in Sydney in early 1983. Now is second opportunity to come face to face with the guardianwarriors of China's first emperor.

Exhibition in Art Gallery of NSW: 2 Dec - 13 Mar 2011

Liverpool Bicentenary celebration

2010-11-10T21:53:00.005+11:00

Liverpool, NSW’s fastest growing city, celebrate Bicentenary. A significant day has been chosen for celebrations a milestone in Sydney's western suburb. Liverpool Bicentenary Festival took place at Woodward Park on Sunday, 7th November.

Same day, 200 years ago, Governor Lachlan Macquarie founded Liverpool nation's fourth oldest town behind the Sydney City,Parramatta and Hobart. But unllike these cities, Liverpool was the first free planned settlement in Australia.

The 2010 Dobell Prize for Drawing

2010-11-05T22:29:00.002+11:00

It was announced today at the Art Gallery of New South Wales that Suzanne Archer is the winner of the 2010 Dobell Prize for Drawing for her work Derangement.

Suzanne Archer was awarded $25,000 for winning Australia’s most important prize for drawing. This year there were 635 entries, of which 45 are included in the exhibition.

The subject of the winning drawing is a self-portrait of the artist in her studio. At either side of the central form of her face are some of the objects she has gathered there – a desiccated kangaroo and a sculpture of a horse’s head the artist made from wood found in the nearby bush. It is part of a larger body of work that has arisen from drawings Archer made of animals at the Veterinary Science laboratories at Sydney University in 2004, as well as of skulls and bones collected near her bush studio, and from a developing awareness, arising out of her relationship with these animal remains, of her own mortality.

Suzanne Archer is a senior painter, sculptor, printmaker and teacher who has lived and worked at Wedderburn in the south-west Sydney region, since the late 1980s. Born in 1945 in Surrey, England, she studied at Sutton School of Art prior to migrating to Australia in 1965. She has exhibited widely since the mid 60s, was granted residencies in New York and Paris in 1978-79 and has won numerous awards including a fellowship from the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council in 1993 and the Wynne Prize in 1994. She has been a Dobell Prize finalist three times (in 2000, 2002 and 2009).

The Dobell Prize for Drawing, initiated by the Trustees of the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation, is an acquisitive prize, first awarded in 1993.

This year's judge was Alun Leach-Jones. Alun is a Sydney painter, draughtsman, sculptor and printmaker.

Alun Leach-Jones comments: the work is expressive, darkly poetic and full of drama. There is an ambiguous narrative, alive and sinister images that are depictive, symbolic and metaphoric. The subject of drawing is drawing itself. Suzanne Archer’s winning work clearly shows her awareness of this profound aspect of the art of drawing - regardless of its apparent subject matter.

Scalpture for Canonisation first Aussie Saint.

2010-10-17T16:27:00.002+11:00

The Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, commissioned Australian sculptor Louis Laumen to produce the bronze sculpture which depicts Mary MacKillop with a boy and a girl.

The dimensions of the statue base are: 2.5metres wide (width across the front including engraved lettering); 1.5 metres deep and 800mm high from top landing. The statue of Mary weighs 200kg, the girl 160kg and the boy 150kg.

Mr Laumen said he gladly accepted the offer to create this work, understanding the “great significance of the occasion of canonisation and the work’s placement at St Mary’s Cathedral, a masterpiece of the neo-gothic style”.

New monument at the Collage St entrance to St Marys Cathedral

Picassos and Chinesse warriors coming to Sydney

2010-10-15T16:32:00.003+11:00

Yesterday in Art Gallery of NSW

Premier of NSW, Kristina Keneally and Arts Minister Virginia Judge announced yesterday during a media call at Art Gallery of NSW, inaugural the Sydney International Art Series, which will bring major exhibitions from around the world to Sydney, including China's famous Terracotta Warriors and a collection of Picasso paintings, as part of a new annual event.

Ten of the life-size warriors and horses, buried more than 2,000 years ago near the city of Xian in northern China, will be on display at the Art Gallery of New South Wales from December to March.

The exhibition will be the first in the Sydney International Art Series, launched today by Events New South Wales, the Art Gallery of NSW and the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Also on display at the gallery will be the largest-ever collection of Picassos to come to Australia.

The Museum of Contemporary Art, meanwhile, will host a retrospective of work by celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz.

Premier Kristina Keneally says the new event will draw thousands of tourists to Sydney bringing $20 million a year for the NSW economy.

Art Gallery of NSW director Edmund Capon says the Picasso exhibition will likely be the biggest show the gallery has ever hosted.

Edmund Capon,
Director of Art Gallery NSW

Premier Kristina Keneally
during announcement

Spring in The Royal Botanic Gardens

2010-10-09T00:03:00.000+11:00

Bed of tulips in the Sydney Botanic Gardens

Art & About Sydney *2

2010-10-08T00:32:00.002+11:00

Dressed up and flamboyantly decorated some of Sydney's iconic statues are putting on their finery for Art & About Festival.

Prince Albert The Good

Captain Cook

Queen Victoria

Art & About Sydney

2010-10-07T23:04:00.005+11:00

Art & About Sydney is Australa's foremost outdoor public art festival, bringing contemporary art to city streets, laneways and public spaces. It is vibrant celebration of our city's creative spirit.

This year, the event is focusing on Sydney itself, with much of the work explorin and questioning what it means to live in this exiting and eclectic city.

One of interesting events of this festival is photographic exibition in Hyde Park. The park provides stunning backdrop for large-scale images reflecting Sydney's unique character and diversity. The exibition shows us the many sides of the city through the eyes of 22 most exciting photographers.

Dean Sewell, Sydney Dust Storm

James Hill, The Five Ways Theatre

Tom Williams, The Osman Family - Southerly Storm Approaching Brighton Beach

Paris Spellson, Bondi Beach Local

Art meet fashion at Cell Block Theatre

2010-10-02T00:35:00.005+10:00

Installation, fashion, wonderful music from Jack Colwell and the Owls, Guineafowl, Yoni Diamond and MA, green cocktails, light displays, quilts, weavings, blow up animals, stop motion films and gorgeous models such as Eliza Humble, Simone Kerr and Tiah Delaney on the runway during Emerald Couture the Born Again Spring Fashion Gala, at the Cell Block Theatre, The National Art School, Darlinghurst on Thursday, last day of September.

Emerald Couture brings together fashion designers, artists and the world of fine couture jewellery. Participating artists and designers:Lindy Lee, Akira Isogawa, Nicola Finetti, Susan Andrews, Leigh Schubert, Andrew Hopkins, ANTO, CASI((O)) ONO, Parris Dewhurst, Mies Nobis, Fernando Frisoni, Eduardo Wolfe-Alegria, Lara Merrett, James Broadhurst, Phoenix Keating, Justin Trendall, Carabott, Coen Young, Andéol, Lisa Thom, Jessica Klingelfuss, Elizabeth Eastland, Juz Kitson, Melissa Chalker, J.D Reforma, Shayli Harrison, Susie Williams, Hamish Ta-mé, and Sarah Breen Lovett.

Nice evening.

10th Anniversary of the Sydney Olympic Games *5

2010-09-21T18:16:00.008+10:00

Sydney 2000 Volunteers Reuniuon

10th Anniversary of the Sydney Olympic Games *4

2010-09-20T17:07:00.003+10:00

John Paul Young singing Love Is In The Air during anniversary concert at Olympic Park.

10th Anniversary of the Sydney Olympic Games *3

2010-09-19T08:51:00.002+10:00

Concert in The Overflow, Olympic Park - Maricia Hines

10th Anniversary of the Sydney Olympic Games *2

2010-09-17T08:28:00.008+10:00

Po zachodzie słońca nastąpił wzruszający moment, na który wszyscy czekali: olipmijski znicz ponownie zapłonął zapalony przez tą samą Cathy Freeman wraz z Luise Sauvage ( złotą medalistką z paraolimpiady). Obu złotym medalistkom pochodnię przekazały dzieci z the Royal Institute for Deaf i Blind Children's School.

10th Anniversary of the Sydney Olympic Games

2010-09-16T07:53:00.006+10:00

15 września minęło dokładnie 10 lat od chwili, kiedy to oczy całego świata skierowane były na Sydney, gdzie późniejsza złota medalistka aborygeńskiego pochodzenia, Cathy Freeman zapalała znicz najlepszej – zdanien Antonio Samarancha – olimpiady nowożytnej ery. Dziesięc lat po tym wydarzeniu do Olympic Park zjachali sie woluntariusze, którzy pracowali podczas igrzysk aby spotkac się ponownie w tym samym duchu jaki dekadę temu panował w te wrześniowe dni w Sydney i powspominac to historyczne wydarzenie sportowego świata.

Po południu odbył sie koncert i spotkanie z olimpijczykami m.in. pływakami z Sussie O’Neill, Ianem Thrope’m i Grantem Hackett’em .

Na wspomnieniowy wieczór sydnejskiej olimpiady przybyli m.in. premier NSW, Kristina Keneally i prezydent Australijskiego Komitetu Olimpijskiego, John Coates.

Hymn Australii zaśpiewała Nikki Webster , dziś młoda kobieta a 10 lat temu mała słodka dziewczynka z ceremonii otwarcia igrzysk.

Park obok stadionu olimpiskiego , w którym odbywała się uroczystośc zapalenia znicza w 10 rocznicę sydnejskiej olimpiady, został nazwany Cathy Freeman Park.

Ceremonię zakończył pokaz sztucznych ogni oraz koncert Johna Paula Younga.

RSFF: Alex Perry

2010-09-01T23:36:00.001+10:00

RSFF: Camilla Franks *2

2010-08-29T18:52:00.002+10:00

RSFF: Camilla Franks

2010-08-28T23:16:00.000+10:00

Models showcase designs for the Camilla Franks' Avatar-themed Camilla Babylom catwalk show as part of Rosemount Sydney Fashion Festival in Sydney Town Hall.

RSFF: Nacho & Tiaan

2010-08-27T23:02:00.004+10:00

Cool choreographer Nacho Pop and his girlfried, pop singer Tiaan Williams arrive for RSFF unique Camilla's collection show tonight in Town Hall.

RSFF: Swim & Resort Wear *2

2010-08-26T22:20:00.001+10:00

RSFF: Swim & Resort Wear

2010-08-26T21:32:00.001+10:00

Ella Bache Splash Swim & Resort Wear 2010 Sydney Fashion Festival was all about swim suits – stripes, shapes, accessories, little tiny skirts and long sheer cover-ups.

RSFF: Charlie Brown

2010-08-25T00:15:00.003+10:00

Spring Summer 2010/11 collection of Charlie Brown.

Nicky Hilton on the runway RSFF

2010-08-24T23:47:00.005+10:00

Nicky Hilton, the American heiress, fashion model and socialite, sister of Paris Hilton, and great granddaughter of Conrad Hilton (founder of Hilton Hotels), walked the runway for acclaimed Australian designer Charlie Brown in Sydney tonight.

Nicky paraded in front of a packed crowd of VIPs and fashionistas on the opening day of the Rosemount Sydney Fashion Festival. She wore three outfits including a nude sequined dress with sash, a stretch jersey leopard print dress with matching turban, and a turquoise party dress to close the show.

Front row guests included the current face of Charlie Brown and former Miss Universe Australia, Laura Dundovic, who was still nursing a broken ankle injury. Other celebrity guests included Natalie Gruzlewski, Kylie Gillies, and the winner of last year’s Australia’s Next Top Model series, Tahnee Atkinson.

Nicky Hilton on the runway

Nicky Hilton and other models with designer Charlie Brown

RSFF: The Gala Opening *4

2010-08-24T17:31:00.000+10:00

Model Rebecca Twigley arrives at the "Marie Claire Presents The Gala Opening" catwalk show at Sydney Town Hall. She opened the show in a lime green tunic and trousers from Wayne Cooper's inaugural 1996 Brave collection, and closed it in a one-shoulder silver-grey 2010 chiffon gown by Toni Maticevski.

RSFF: The Gala Opening *3

2010-08-24T09:42:00.001+10:00

Designers featured in the Gala Opening show include: Wayne Cooper, Leona Edmiston, Toni Maticevski, Aurelio Costarella, Jayson Brunsdon, kate Sylvester, Karen Walker, Akira, Easton Pearson, Collette Dinnigan, Sass&Bride, Lisa Ho, Zimmermann, Kirrily Johnston and Alex Pery.

RSFF: The Gala Opening *2

2010-08-24T09:20:00.003+10:00

In celebration of 15 years of Marie Claire and 15 years of Australian Fashion week, Marie Claire presents the Gala Openinig of the 2010 Rosemount Sydney Fashion Festival with a retrospective showcase of the most inspiring looks to be sent down the runway over the past 15 years, from some of australia's most celebrated designers.

RSFF: The Gala Opening

2010-08-24T00:25:00.007+10:00

Sydney came in at number seven on the list of global fashion cities, while Melbourne was 11th.

New York won the top gong on a list compiled by the non-profit group Global Language Monitor, while Hong Kong, London, Paris and Los Angeles rounded out the top five cities.

The news coincides with the launch of this year's Rosemount Sydney Fashion Festival on Monday.

NSW Arts Minister Virginia Judge said on Tuesday the survey showed there was "no doubt" Sydney was leading Melbourne in the fashion stakes.

"Sydney is the home to Australia's best fashion designers including Akira, Carla Zampatti, Collette Dinnigan, Jayson Brunsdon, Romance was Born, Zimmerman, Lisa Ho to name but a few," Ms Judge said in a statement.

Virginia Judge, Minister for the Arts and Jackie Frank, editor of Marie Claire
Jayson Brunsdon

Kate Waterhouse, media celebrity and fashion editor for the Sun Herald in Sydney

Alex Perry

Sydney Fashion Festival in Town Hall

2010-08-23T23:23:00.006+10:00

The Rosemount Sydney Fashion Festival is beginning today in Town Hall for everyone to enjoy showcasing Australia’s leading designer brands and retailers.

Featuring five days of free and ticketed public events, the festival profiles the contemporary Spring Summer collections of local and international fashion brands as these new season’s looks arrive into stores throughout the city.

For any photo request from The Rosemount Sydney Fashion Festival call accredited photographer Chris Bajkowski: 0425 303 221

Election 2010

2010-08-21T23:30:00.000+10:00

Dziś w Australii odbyły się wybory do parlamentu federalnego. O władzę rywalizują rzadząca od niemal trzech lat Partia Pracy ( Labor Party) premier Julii Gillard i opozycyjna koalicja liberalno-narodowa, której liderem jest zdobywający coraz większą popularnośc Tony Abbott. Komentatorzy spekulują, że po serii pomyłek, niespełnionych obietnic i niespodziewanym w czerwcu usunięciu ze stanowiska popularnego premiera Kevina Rudda, który trzy lata temu wygrał wybory przejmujec wladzę po dekadzie prosperity liberalnych rzadów Johna Howarda , obecne wybory może wygrac Tony Abbott. Dzien wyborów nie zakończyl się rozczygnięciem, kto wygra

ł. Aby rzadzic samodzielnie rywalizujące partie muszą zdobyc minimum 76 miejsc w parlamencie. Dzien zakończyl sie wynikiem 70 dla Labour Party I 72 dla Liberalów.Jeden mandat zdobyli Zieloni, 5 niezależni a trzy nadal są nierozstrzygnięte.Może powstac sytuacja patowa i wtedy Gubernator Australii będzie musiała podjąc decyzje, kto ma rzadziec lub oglosic powtorkę wyborów.

Winter in Royal Botanic Gardens

2010-08-16T00:44:00.000+10:00

Street Action: We Are Change

2010-08-15T00:18:00.000+10:00

20.Kaldor Public Art Project

2010-08-14T23:22:00.004+10:00

Od ponad 40 lat Kaldor Public Art Projects tworzą zapierające dech w piersiach artystyczne prezentacje w otwartych przestrzeniach Australii. W projektach tych uczestniczą międzynarodowi artyści, począwszy od słynnego Christo i jego opakowania fragmentu wybrzeża australijskiego, instalacji nazwanej „Wrapped Coast” po instalację Jeffa Koons’a - gigantycznego pudla z kwiatów „Puppy”, ustawionego przed budynkiem Museum of Contemporary Arts na Circular Quay w Sydney.

20. Kaldor Public Art Project w Sydney Park jest jedyną australijską prezentacją dwutygodniowych łowów dźwiękowych Amerykanina Stephena Vitiello w rejonie Kimberley w Zachodniej Australii. Nagrywając stamtąd dźwięki australijskiej przyrody, Vitiello stworzył unikalny mix artystyczny p.n. „ The Sound of Red Earth”.
Vitiello już w przeszłości zaslynął w prezentowaniu dźwiękowych instalacji w muzeach i w otwartych przestrzeniach. Nagrywa on niezwykle precyzyjnie odgłosy cywilizacji i przyrody, tworzac z nich dźwiękowe krajobrazy.

W pomieszczeniach starej cegielni w Sydney Park, w dzielnicy St.Peters do 12 wrzesnia można posłuchac - spacerujac po autentycznej czerwonej ziemi, czarnych kamieniach i pustynnym piasku - niezwykle precyzyjnie, wielokanałowo odtworzonej natury australijskiego outbacku: wiatru, wody i fauny. Wystarczy zamknąc oczy i poczuc sie na chwile w świecie odległym setki a może tysiące kilkometrów od cywilizacji.

Artist Stephen Vitilleo in Sydney's Brickworks

Metropolitan Elevations *3

2010-08-13T11:00:00.002+10:00

One Shelley Street

Most Ecological Building

2010-08-12T16:12:00.006+10:00

One Shelley Street (The King Street Wharf precinct) is one of the most recognisable new commercial premises in Sydney. The development by Multiplex consists of 33,000 square metres of office space over 11 storeys and feature a unique ‘diagrid’ support façade. Upon completion in mid 2009, One Shelley Street is the only diagrid constructed building in Sydney.

The $350 million development is a state-of-the-art building employing cutting edge technologies throughout.

The Green Building Council of Australia have awarded this building "A6 Green Star - office design rating", which is the highest enviromental building rating achievable in Australia, demonstrating world leadership in sustanable building design. " Ecological features of this building: passive chilled beams and harbour water for heat rejection to cool the building, carbon dioxe monitoring, enhanced indoor air quality by substantially reducing formaldehyde and volatile organic compounds through the careful selection of finishes, automated lighting controls, minimising PCV throuth using enviromentally sustainable timber.

The King Street Wharf precinct (consisting of other new developments such as; Amex, KPMG and Westpac) is set to have over 20,000 people working in the area in 2009 and is now the gateway to the East Darling harbor precinct. With this development complete it will finally restore public access to this part of the harbor for the first time in many years.

"Little Rose" in Sydney

2010-08-10T00:38:00.007+10:00

Film "Różyczka" od 1 do 22 sierpnia jest pokazywany w Australii. Obraz Jana Kidawy-Błońskiego otworzył stałą i regularną dystrybucję polskich filmów na antypodach, w sieci kin "Reading Cinemas". W każdą niedzielę miesiąca polska produkcja jest pokazywana w multipleksach, w Melbourne, Canberze, Sydney, Perth i Adelajdzie.

Na pokazach "Różyczki", uhonorowanej na festiwalu gdyńskim przez australijskich dystrybutorów nagrodą Kangura, sale kinowe wypełnione są po brzegi. Film zdobywa uznanie nie tylko widzów, ale także prasy australijskiej. Najstarszy i opiniotwórczy dziennik australijski "The Age" umieścił "Różyczkę" wśród dziesięciu najlepszych filmów prezentowanych obecnie w Australii.

Twórcy "Różyczki", m.in. Jan Kidawa-Błoński i szef WFDiF Włodzimierz Niderhaus, odwiedzili już Canberrę, Sydney i Melbourne, a przed nimi jeszcze wizyty w Perth i Adelajdzie. Spotkaniom z publicznością, organizowane po projekcji filmu, towarzyszą ciekawe dyskusje, widzowie są bardzo zainteresowani polską kinematografią, odbierają "Różyczkę" jako opowieść o wielkiej miłości z historycznym tłem.

Pomysł promocji polskich filmów wyszedł od działacza polonijnego Tadeusza Matkowskiego, który już zapowiedział, że kolejnym polskim filmem w australijskich kinach będzie "Enen" Feliksa Falka.

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Reżyser Jan Kidawa-Bloński z malzonka, Malgorzatą (poslanką PO, rzeczniczką Bronislawa Komorowskiego w kampanii wyborczej) i producentem filmu Włodzimierzem Niderhausem podczas pokazu filmu w Auburn w Sydney.

Metropolitan Elevations *2

2010-08-03T21:49:00.002+10:00

Sydney Boat Show

2010-08-02T12:33:00.003+10:00

Jessica Watson, the 17-year-old Australian sailor who claims the title as the youngest person to sail around the world solo, was the special guest speaker at the Sydney International Boat Show this weekend. Her yacht Ella's Pink Lady was at Cockle Bay Marina, Darling Harbour alongside 250 others small and large, historical and new luxuary boats.
With 70,000 attendees this was the largest boat show in the Southern Hemisphere.

The Sydney Rail Bus

2010-07-25T09:59:00.003+10:00

In 1937 the NSW Department of Railways introduced six rail buses to its fleet as an economical form of passenger transport on small branch lines.
The concept derived from passenger rail motors, introduced in 1919, which used a traditional timber railway carriage mounted on a converted road truck chassis and drive train. Rail buses took the concept one step further and adapted road vehicle styling, coach-building and technology for rail use. Within a year of their introduction, they were withdrawn for economic reasons, having failed to attract sufficient passenger numbers to make the services viable.

By June 1939, five of the rail buses had been relaunched as mobile pay cars, while the sixth remained a rail bus until some time later.

For almost fifty years, the vehicles were used to move cash on NSW rail lines to pay employees at stations and maintenance gangs working on the tracks. The vehicles were a familiar sight on the network as they made the fortnightly pay runs and were affectionately known as 'pay buses'.

Today, they are no longer in operation, having been replaced by electronic banking. The sole survivor of the first fleet of pay buses, FP1, is today recognised as a significant item of rail heritage.

Modern Walsh Bay

2010-07-21T16:52:00.001+10:00

Breathtaking early 20th Century Walsh Bay Finger Wharves, a family of timber wharves and shore sheds that extend out into Sydney's harbour. They are the largest timber structures in the world, romantic symbols of Sydney's maritime history and the first structures in Australia to be nominated as a World Heritage Site. Over the last few years the wharves and shore sheds have been reworked into a modern residential and cultural precinct by Bates Smart, Australia's oldest architectural firm with the help of renowned French architect Phillipe Robert. Now one of Sydney’s most exclusive harbourside addresses.

QVB

2010-07-04T15:46:00.003+10:00

The Queen Victoria Building, now affectionately known as the QVB, was designed by George McRae and completed in 1898, replacing the original Sydney markets on the site. Built as a monument to the long reigning monarch, construction took place in dire times, as Sydney was in a severe recession. The elaborate Romanesque architecture was specially planned for the grand building so the Government could employ many out-of-work craftsmen - stonemasons, plasterers, and stained window artists - in a worthwhile project. Originally, a concert hall, offices, showrooms, warehouses and a wide variety of tradespeople were accommodated, Now QVB contains mostly upmarket boutiques, coffee shops and "brand-name" shops.

Interior of Queen Victoria Building

World Cup Celebration in Sydney

2010-07-03T22:44:00.002+10:00

The Sydney International FIFA Fan Fest has been a great success with hundreds of thousands of fans coming to Darling Harbour to celebrate and support their team in the 2010 World Cup! While 32 nations played in the World Cup in South Africa, Sydney has joined London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Rio de Janeiro and Mexico City to host this fest.
More than 500,000 people celebrated football festival 2010 in Darling Harbour. During the month long event the public was entertained by numerous cultural performances, kids football clinics, roving street entertainment, visits by the official mascot Zakumi, Community Street Soccer National Championships & multiple live performances from national and international artists.

Macquarie Visions *3

2010-07-01T22:53:00.001+10:00

Governor Macquarie was passionate about horses and commissioned convict architect, Francis Greenway to design the extravagant stables for Government House. The neo-gothic style building is now the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

Lions Clubs Parade

2010-06-30T13:54:00.002+10:00

12 tys. delegatów ze 146 krajów przybyło do Sydney w ostatnim tygodniu czerwca na doroczną konwencję Lions Clubs International. Tym razem światowy zjazd Lionów organizowali Australijczycy.
Członek Klubu Lwów – jak czytamy na stronie internetowej organizacji - to ten kto osiągnął sukces, kto żyje dobrze, dużo się śmieje i kocha ludzi. Kto wśród mądrych traktowany jest z respektem i kogo kochają małe dzieci. To ten, kto zostawia świat lepszym, niż go zastał, kto widzi w drugim tylko to, co dobre i kto sam z siebie daje to, co najlepsze.
Wczoraj ulicami Sydney od Hyde Park do Opera House, uczestnicy konwencji - członkowie Lions Clubs, przeszli w barwnym pochodzie. Wśród nich byli Polacy: pięć pań z Gdanska: Katarzyna Gebert, Joanna Wasiluk, Elżbieta Szmyd, Helena Polejko i Lucyna Czajka oraz Ryszard Jakubowski z Poznania, który obecnie pełni funkcję Gubernatora Okręgu - 121 Polska.

Slash's Dr. Dan Theme is in Sydney !

2010-06-29T21:59:00.006+10:00

Sydney's Radio Triple M listener Nick Prichard returns from Paris, where he got meet Slash, ex-member of Guns N’ Roses and collect the guitar legeend's version of the Dr.Dan theme.
This iconic piece of rock was Triple M’s theme music for around 20 years.Everyone knows this classic riff as the ‘Spirit of Aussie Rock 'n' Roll.’

See all my photos of the world exclusive delivery of Triple M's Dr. Dan theme recorded by Slash! Nick's trip with Harley bikes escort from Sydney Airport early morning today to Triple M studio at Goulburn Street in city.

See also: Triple M

Suicide in Bondi Junction shopping centre

2010-06-09T21:19:00.005+10:00

46-year-old man prepared to jump from a balcony ledge on the top floor of one of Sydney's busiest shopping centres in Bondi Junction today.
It was a scenario all too common in Australia, which has one of the highest suicide rates in the Western world.
The final moments of the man's life, which unfolded before hundreds of lunchtime shoppers, including children, at Westfield shopping centre in one of richest Sydney's suburb - Bondi Junction have raised questions about whether shopping centre management handled the situation effectively.

Few minutes latter the man died.

This is also question for designers of public spaces.

Macquarie Visions *2

2010-06-06T18:31:00.001+10:00

Governor Macquarie laid the fundation stone for St Mary's Catholic Cathedral in 1821.

Macquarie Visions

2010-06-05T23:23:00.002+10:00

Macquarie Visions is public event celebratingin imersive light displays the 200th anniversary and story of two visionary liders, Governor Lachlan Macquarie and his wife Elizabeth.

From 1810 to 1821 the Macquaries made an unparalleled contribution to the growth of NSW and Australia, instaling hundreds of ground-bracking public programs and championing the importance of agriculture, education, justice, benevolence and "fair go" for all.
Lachlan and Elizabeth Macquarie are attributed with much of the infrastructure building of NSW including churches, schools, hospitals, roads and banks.

Macquarie Visions illuminates the incredible legacies and achivement of Macquarie's 11-year tenure as Governor of NSW through innovative, theatrical and contemporary light displays of Macquarie Street linking St Mary's Cathedral to the Opera House as a part of Vivid Sydney Festival.

Lighting the Sails

2010-06-01T22:51:00.004+10:00

In 2009 Brian Eno's "Lighting the Sails", attracted more than 200 000 people to the festival. This year Vivid LIVE curator Laurie Anderson put her own mark.

Collingwood House - 200th birthday

2010-05-30T19:28:00.004+10:00

The 200th anniversary of Collington House, the oldes in Liverpool and the fifth oldest, still standing in Australia, was remembered on Saturday. The father of Australian whaling Eber Bunker build this house in 1810.
Organised by the Friends of the Regional Museum and Collingwood House, the birthday celebration included several exhibitions, a speach by Liverpool mayor Wendy Waller, displays by local spinners, craftsmans and beekeepers as well as local dressed in colonial ensembles.

Vivid Sydney *2

2010-05-28T23:50:00.006+10:00

Vivid Sydney, our annual festival of light, music and ideas is a bold and vibrant program of events in the heart of the city centre.
Kristina Keneally, NSW Premier

Colourful lights of Cirrcular Quay

Vivid Sydney

2010-05-28T23:05:00.008+10:00

Vivid Sydney (27 May - 21 June), a festival of light, music and ideas come back again.

Primo Italiano Festival *2

2010-05-25T00:59:00.000+10:00

Primo Italiano Festival

2010-05-24T17:13:00.007+10:00

The City of Sydney's Primo Italiano is now in its sixth year and celebrates Stanley Street's, Darlinghurst rich Italian history. Primo Italiano 2010 transformed Stanley Street into an Italian piazza to host an Italian culture.

"One of Sydney's most loved street events, Primo salutes our first little Italy in East Sydney and brings the authentic tastes and sounds of Italy to Stanley, Yurong and Riley Streets," Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP said.

The weather yesterday was wet but this didn't deter many venturing in to enjoy the stalls and free entertainment - said Simon Leong, food lover.
The street artists this year were fun and interesting and the famed Ferrero Rondnoir stall was giving out plenty of free chocolates.

Archibald People’s Choice Prize 2010

2010-05-20T15:08:00.005+10:00

Sydney artist, Craig Ruddy has won the 2010 Archibald People’s Choice Prize for his portrait of the Aboriginal writer/director Warwick Thornton.

The portrait title refers to Thornton’s nickname – given him as he often films using as few lights as possible.

Born in Sydney in 1968, Ruddy studied design and fashion illustration and worked as a commercial art director before his true passion for drawing and painting emerged in 2001. He now lives and works in Sydney, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. He has had four solo exhibitions in Sydney and one in London and has been represented in various group shows. This is his third time in the Archibald Prize.

Craig Ruddy receives $2,500 and a $1,000 ANZ Visa Debit Card for winning the People’s Choice.

This is the 22nd year of the People’s Choice Prize, 23,376 people voted this year.

Archibald Prize is administered by the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Darling Point

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Darling Point Road is one of the main roads within the suburb Darling Point in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. Darling Point Road passes St Marks Anglican Church, situated on the highest point of the ridge.As Darling Point has magnificent views of Sydney Harbour in all but the southern direction it is a wealthy area, many fine homes and apartments line Darling Point Road, and the entire suburb. It is possibly one of the most leafy roads in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney.

Chipping Norton

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Chipping Norton is a suburb of Sydney located 27 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district. Chipping Norton Lakes is a magnificent regional park located along the Georges River on Homestead Avenue at Chipping Norton providing cycleways, barbecue facilities, picnic areas, playground equipment, boat ramps, sporting fields.
Thomas Moore was granted waterfront land that is now part of the park. 'The Homestead' within the reserve grounds was built in the 1880s. As farming activities declined, the rich topsoil and underlying sand was mined. After 20 years of mining, the riverbanks were packed with dangerous pits and eroded banks. In 1977 the Chipping Norton Lakes Authority was set up to rehabilitate the area into parkland.

Sydney scenes: Girls in the City

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The arrival

Shopping

Phone call

City walking

The rest in the cafe

Waiting

Satisfying meeting

RAFW 2010: Xiomara Australia

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The Emerge - exhibition located in the busy hub of RAFW at The Overseas Passenger Terminal (OPT), presented during fashion week over 50 hand-picked established and emerging designers of jewellery, shoes, bags, belts, sunglasses, hair accessories, lifestyle, leather goods, watches, hats, gloves, scarves and more!One of them was Xiomara.

Xiomara Australia is a lavish high end footwear label established by Eileen Chua. Inspired by the extravagance of 18th Century royalty to the elegance of silver screen sirens, Xiomara shoes are suberbly crafted with exquisite workmanship. Adorned with the finest fabrics and Swarovski crystals they are the picture perfect accessory for any special occasion.

RAFW 2010: MCA collection

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Group collection show at Museum of Contemporary Art: Elissa Coleman,
Kirstie Morris, O’Hara Designs and Thulie.

RAFW 2010: Kooey

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Kooey is an Australian owned and operated swimwear label that draws its inspiration from Australia’s flora, fauna and coastline while calling on Australia’s indigenous heritage.

The name Kooey is distinctly Australian, a phonetic derivation of the well known Australian call to attract attention over long distances –‘cooee’ – Fitting for a swimwear label originating from one of the most geographically isolated countries on the map.

Artistic and unique Kooey is set apart from other swimwear brands. Kooey features distinctive Indigenous Australian dot-art prints imparting a heart and soul to the
Kooey brand.This traditional indigenous dot-art, both beautiful and intricate, delicately features throughout the entire collection adding to the uniqueness that is Kooey.

Kooey’s new Ningaloo Range is inspired by the stunning Ningaloo Reef. The Ningaloo Reef is a coral reef and limestone cape of astonishing biodiversity on the west coast of Australia.
It is home to some of the most amazing creatures in the world, including the Whale Shark in which heavily inspired this range.

The Indigenous Australian dot-art designs of the Ningaloo range are designed by artist Anne Hanning Kngwarreye from central Australia.

RAFW 2010: Fernando Frisoni

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At the Cargo Theatre of the Sydney Overseas Passanger Terminal for Day 4 of Rosemount Australian Fashion Week, there was a genuine hype surrounding the avant-garde stylings of Fernando Frisoni.

Frisoni, who began in menswear and now offers both men’s and women’s lines, is known for his relaxed tailoring and his contemporary take on classic stylings, and this collection was no exception. Presented to an electrifying soundtrack, out came a wave of bold, bright and truly modern outfits. Not shy of colour, the collection featured aquas, reds, blacks and whites on a range of flowing materials. (Rescu)

RAFW 2010: Nookie

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Sydney designer Nikita Sernack’s bubbly personality always shines through into her label Nookie. Her designs are vivacious and fun, and perfect for Summer nights and long days at the beach. Nikita brought her latest collection for the label to RAFW on Day 3, to an absolutely packed house.

Nookie’s fun and frivolous aesthetic is bound to be a hit amongst party girls and stylish beach goers, with it’s selection of sexy tube dresses, cute shorts and relaxed knits.(Rescu)

RAFW 2010: Saily Koeswanto

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Sally Koeswanto was graduated from the prestigious Whitehouse School of Design in Sydney in 1994 and while studying had the honour of representing Australian in the Smirnoff Fashion Awards. She was also a finalist in the Australian Cotton Foundation Awards.

Upon returning to Indonesia in 1995, Sally Koeswanto opened her own fashion business in made-to-order clothing. After a numbers of successful solo fashion shows and her creative fashion outlook has led Sally Koeswanto to be a national style icon.

Rosemount Australian Fashion Week

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The Perth-based brand Flannel showed off some style in a pretty, fluffy and feminine way at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week today.

Flannel was launched by Kristy Lawrence, and specialises in effortless elegance designed to be worn at home. The label features beautiful sleepwear amongst other pieces.

RAFW 2010: Ginger & Smart

2010-05-03T13:40:00.003+10:00

Rosemount Australian Fashion Week at Circular Quay (in this year from 3 to 7 May) has become the meeting place for some of the nation’s most creative talent. An event that showcases Australian best designers, stylists and producers to commentators, marketers and everyone in between.

Australian luxury brand GINGER & SMART is about creating inspiring product to a design-literate customer. Always sophisticated and sharply modern, ‘Chic, Modern and Effortlesss’ is the strict style mantra for each collection.

The inspiration for this year RAFW collection is The Transcendent, or the fourth state of consciousness, lying beyond waking, dreaming and sleeping.

Magnetic prints illustrate this blissful wakefulness and future beauty, through diffused angles and blurred perspective – the light and images you see when you close your eyes.

The depth of colour palette meanders from calm shades of nude, lilac and mint to vibrant injections of blush and grounded tones of olive, smoke and oily blue.

Silhouettes are fluid, modern and effortless with sleeveless jackets, sexy slouchy trousers and chic dresses worn with silk printed lingerie.

RAFW 2010: Rachel Gilbert

2010-05-03T12:38:00.002+10:00

Luxury Fabrics and embellished hand beaded evening dresses are the signature style of Australian based designer Rachel Gilbert. Previously based in New York as Head Designer for Nicky Hiltons label, Rachel Gilbert has built her own Fashion Empire ‘Rachel Gilbert”

Gilbert has built an enviable reputation working alongside the who’s who of the industry. Now based in Sydney, Rachel Gilbert has already proving to be a worldwide success since re-launching the label in 2007 at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week.

Beginning her design education at the prestigious Whitehouse Institute of Design Australia, Rachel Gilbert has learnt from the best in the industry- including working for Lisa Ho and Morrissey.