Paddington - continued

Visit to Paddington

After our visit to the Paddington Reservoir Gardens we had a look around Paddington which forms a historic part of Sydney.  We crossed Oxford Street and had some lunch in the RSL Club.  It was such a hot day, we appreciated the coolness from the air-conditioning inside the Club.  After lunch we continued to walk down Oxford Street as Ken wanted to have a look inside the gate of Victoria Barracks.  When he was in the Australian Army his platoon in 4RAR had to provide soldiers for guard duty to maintain the security at Victoria Barracks and he was stationed here, at regular intervals, until transferring to 3RAR for overseas duty.  Well, we couldn't go inside, but he was happy to look inside from the gate to revive his memories.

 This photo of Paddington Post Office was taken from the Paddington Reservoir Gardens.  The Post Office is a heritage-listed building owned and operated by Australia Post.

 The Imperial Hotel on the corner of Oxford Street and opposite Paddington Reservoir Gardens has been owned by the one family for over 100 years.

 Here is another view of the Post Office at the traffic lights where we crossed over Oxford Street to walk down to the RSL Club.  

There are some lovely old Terrace Houses in Paddington and this is one that took my fancy.  It looks so elegant with its exquisite little pocket handkerchief sized front garden.

This imposing gate of Victoria Barracks is known as the Queen Victoria Gate and fronts Oxford Street.  The Regency style main barracks building was built of Hawkesbury sandstone by convicts between 1841 and 1846.