Every local neck of the woods in Sydney has a weird street. Possibly it’s some neighbourhood residents that give the place a bit too much character.
Possibly it’s a form of eccentric architecture or local feature that makes the street merely a bit bit odd, or altogether awesome.
Or there’s a wonderful urban legend or human history close by a particular street in Sydney.
It could be that it’s your favorite street in the CBD and you’ve got a damn good reason or fondly-held recollections as to why.
Maybe it’s a just a really idiotic name for a street in Sydney.
Let us know yours!
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Crows Nest has a “There and Back Again Lane”. I’ve only ever seen a single photo of the street sign. It doesn’t turn up on any maps and I’m yet to actually find it.
It’s awesome just for the name, and for the fact that I’m discovering all sorts of amazing little North Shore secrets trying to find it. :-)
O’Connell Street, Parramatta… just because you can occasionally see people injecting under the bridge (the street goes over the river). It makes you wonder if they have ever fallen in.
crown lane, behind club 77. It’s dirty and secluded. I’ve spent the happiest and saddest moment of my life in that little lane.
Butt Street (Surry Hills), because I have the mind of a five year old!
Blacktown has a ‘Love St’ but apart from the name it is rather unspectacular. The sign gets stolen alot though…
May Lane because of the awesome awesome graffiti.
Bent St in Lewisham[?] has ‘the gender centre’ [support for transgendered peeps]- I love that.
The upper end of Enmore Rd is good for all things punky and gothic. I’m always amused by the Thai massage place with ‘legit’ massage downstairs and ‘happy ending’ upstairs- I suspect the girls work both floors but have never been in to be certain. Any straight boys willing to research I’d love to know…
New South Head Road at sunset as you’re travelling on a bus and can take in the view of the harbour and the city as you round the corner near Kincoppal. So beautiful!
Trebor road at Pennant Hills, because spelt backwards, IS MY NAME!
Crown Street in Surry Hills! I’m glad I’m the first one!
The guy in the C’s Flashback store smokes pot, you can smell it when you step inside. The BEST second-hand stores ever! Great and wacky vintage buys. There’s one Cafe which makes a good hot chocolate, and it looks pretty too (the cafe and the chocolate).
Then there’s the bootmakers, the Perkel brothers, who I’ve grown rather fond of these past years… ah look at me ranting on as if I’ve even lived that long…
Lois Lane in Pennant Hills makes me smile =)
About the “There And Back Again Lane” in Crows Nest – it’s a short laneway that leads to three carpark entrances branching off Bruce St, Crows Nest. The sign seems to be a replica of the real There And Back Again Lane sign in Bristol, UK about which information is abundant on the internet.
Still, cool sign! =)
Macleay Street Potts Point because of all the glamorous high rise Art Deco Apartments still in their unadulterated state