One light rail trip to Central and a few stops along the T2 (train) line and we were at Petersham, a suburb known for its large Portuguese population, a diverse mix of other migrant groups and the more recently arrived inner city bohemians and "lefties".
Petersham's Town Hall is a real landmark ....
...... as is the water tower on New Canterbury Road
The old Petersham Fire Station on Stanmore Road is magnificent - now converted into a hotel!
We found the very cool little Saigon Story Cafe (recommended by our Annabel Crabb) for a delicious lunch .... and we loved the way it faced on to Maundrell Park........
The food was light, fresh, delicately flavoured - and delicious!
We enjoyed dessert at the famous "Sweet Belem" on New Canterbury Road.
a proper, old school Portuguese bakery .......
and yes the pasteis de nata from Sweet Belem were DIVINE!!!
We walked from Petersham to Newtown after our beautiful lunch, along Stanmore and Enmore Roads, around 3klm all up. We loved looking at the character filled terrace houses, the mix of high and low end food shops in this diverse area, the shabbiness alongside the affluence.
The very cool and retro Enmore Theatre .....
We caught the train at Newtown and made our way back to Coogee. We've loved our week (almost) here. Our walks in various directions each morning are a delight..
....and its been fun to get to know our "hood" again after a four-and-a-half-year absence (the pic below is my favourite colour scheme along Coogee Bay Road).
Our little apartment feels comfortable and homely despite our minimal set up. We even had a surprise visitor there yesterday. The lorikeet was itching to come in but we tried to discourage it ....
It wasn't fazed by us - no doubt it expected some food, but we'd rather admire the local birdlife from more of a distance.
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