Category: I love Sydney

This is what I did today:

Washed the teddy bears.

Elizabeth Farelly raved on about it here. “This is a world-class weave of ancient and modern and I love it, too.” “This ruin had been home to an Anglican church, a water reservoir (part of Busby’s famous Bore), a garage, an air-raid shelter and a servo, before becoming the canvas for a decade of graffiti artists.”

Went out to have a look and it’s great. It’s opposite Paddo Town Hall/Chauvel Cinema (cross a road but same side of the street).

I was in Paddo stocking up on Mac cosmetix.

It was about youth remand centres and rehabilitation. A bloke said he “rolled” people for money in Belmore Park as they walked to the bus.

A couple of years ago I was walking through Belmore Park and was feeling very grim and preoccupied cause I was in agony with endometriosis pain AND on my way to a Lifeline counselling class. A young guy snuck up and grabbed the strap of my handbag.  I didn’t flinch or fight, just kept on walking, didn’t even look at him and he seemed really freaked out by my non-reaction. He started lecturing me on “how dangerous this area is” and it wasn’t safe for me to be walking alone (it was 5.30pm on a sunny weekday) and how people get their handbags snatched.

I didn’t answer but I was thinking it was very hypocritical since he seemed to be the only danger around. I wasn’t chatty so didn’t tell him where I was going.

He got me safely to Central.