Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Fox Studios, which produced
such well-known films as
The
Matrix
and
Moulin Rouge
.
There are 16 cinema screens
where you can watch the
latest movies, and at the La
Premiere cinema you can
enjoy your movie with wine
and cheese, sitting on comfort-
able sofas. There are four live-
entertainment venues which
regularly feature the latest local
and international acts. You can
also enjoy bungy trampolining,
bowling or seasonal ice-skating,
and children love the three,
well-designed playgrounds.
In addition to shops there
are plenty of restaurants, cafés
and bars offering a range of
meals, drinks and snacks.
Every Wednesday and
Saturday you can sample
fresh produce at the Farmers
Market or try a gourmet
delicacy from one of the 40
stallholders. Many of the stalls
offer free tastings. Sunday's
market focuses on
merchandise rather than food.
Shops are open until late,
and there is a good selection
- offering fashion, books and
homewares. There is plenty
of undercover parking and
the complex is a pleasant stroll
away from Oxford Street.
clothes or a tarot reading, to
Oriental massages, bonsai
trees and handmade soaps.
Five Ways
4
Cnr Glenmore Rd & Heeley St.
Map
5 C3.
@
389.
At this picturesque junction,
a busy shopping hub develo-
ped by the tramline that once
ran to Bondi Beach. On the
five corners stand Victorian
and early 20th-century shops,
one now a restaurant.
On another corner is the
impressive Royal Hotel
(see
p197),
built in 1888. This
mixed Victorian and Classical
Revival building, has a charac-
teristic intricate cast-iron “lace”
screen balcony offering
stunning harbour views.
Paddington Street terrace house
Paddington
Street
1
Map
6 D3.
@
333, 378, 380.
Juniper Hall
5
250 Oxford St.
Map
5 C3.
Tel
9258 0123.
@
333, 378, 380.
¢
to public.
www
.nsw.
nationaltrust.org.au
With its huge plane trees
shading the road and fine
two-, three- and four-storey
terrace houses on each side,
Paddington Street is one of
the oldest, loveliest, and at
the same time most typical of
the suburb's streets.
Paddington grew rapidly as
a commuter suburb in the late
19th century and most of the
terraces were built for renting
to the city's artisans. They
were cheaply decorated with
iron lace (some of which had
arrived in ships as ballast), as
well as Grecian-style friezes,
worked parapets, swagged
urns, lions rampant, cornices,
pilasters, scrolls and other
fancy plastering. By the 1900s,
these terraces had become
unfashionable but in the 1960s,
tastes changed again and
Paddington experienced a
renaissance.
Paddington Street now has
a chic atmosphere where
small art galleries operate out
of quaint and grand shopfronts.
The emancipist gin distiller
Robert Cooper built this
superb example of Colonial
Georgian architecture for his
third wife, Sarah. He named it
after the main ingredient of
the gin that made his fortune.
Completed in 1824, it is the
oldest building in Paddington
still standing. It is probably
also the largest and most
extravagant. It had to be: he
already had 14 children when
he declared that Sarah would
have the finest house in Sydney.
Juniper Hall was saved
from demolition in the mid-
1980s and restored in fine
style. Now part of the
National Trust, it is used as
private office space.
Paddington
Markets
3
395 Oxford St.
Map
6 D4.
Tel
9331 2923.
@
333, 378,
380.
#
10am-4pm Sat.
¢
25 Dec.
6
7
See
Shops and Markets
p203.
www
.paddingtonmarkets.com.au
This market, which began
in 1973, takes place every
Saturday, come rain or shine,
in the grounds of Paddington
Village Uniting Church and its
neighbouring school. It is a
place to meet and be seen as
much as it is to shop. Stall-
holders come from all over
the world, and many young
designers, hoping to launch
their careers, display their
wares. Among the offerings
are jewellery, pottery new and
secondhand clothing and an
array of other arts and crafts.
Whatever you are looking for,
you are likely to find it here,
from designer bags and
The Entertainment
Quarter
2
Lang Rd, Moore Park.
Tel
8117
6700.
Map
5 C5
.
@
339, 355.
#
Many retail shops open 10am-10pm.
www
.eqmoorepark.com.au
There's a vibrant atmosphere
at the Entertainment Quarter,
which is located next door to
Balcony of the Royal Hotel in the
heart of Paddington
