Scaffolding

This is another photo from Newcastle when we were out with the walking group.

The first European settler in Newcastle was Lieutenant John Shortland in 1797 when he was in search of escaped convicts who had seized the HMS Cumberland sailing from Sydney Cove. He noticed there was coal in this area and in 1801 a small coal harbour penal settlement was developed.

A lot of the early settler buildings are now being replaced by these high-rise apartment and office blocks, so a lot of its history is being demolished Newcastle will be nice when it is finished won't it.

[Shutterbug]

Imagine putting that together. Nice spotting. Beautiful pattern.

[eDorre]

Love the lines

[Yao RL]

Hopefully, it is nicely designed.

[Dawn]

Nice spotting

[Diana]

what a neat shot and great symmetry, well spotted and captured.

[Wylie]

great patterns

[Valerie Chesney]

Super find & capture Babs.
History is being lost everywhere to "progress" I guess.

[Sue Cooper]

Interesting information but sad when history is lost. It’s a shame the old buildings can’t be restored.

[Susan Wakely]

Let’s hope that it has character when completed.

[Joan Robillard]

Nice capture

[Beryl Lloyd]

Well spotted - great symmetry - like one big jig-saw puzzle!

[Kathy A]

I like all the lines and the pink strip up the middle

[Dione Giorgio]

So sad about this. They will eradicate the history of the place eventually. Scaffoldings are all over our islands and many beautiful buildings have been demolished to build apartment blocks with no character, just box over box.

[Nigel Rogers]

Some fabulous symmetry in this picture but sad it is going to lead to a bunch of faceless building blocks.

[Tunia McClure]

Fun to be able to see inside the building as it is being built.

[MONTSERRAT]

Impressionnant,

[Judith Johnson]

What a shame to destroy history to make room for these apartments.

[gloria jones]

Neat study of lines

[Margaret Brown]

Nice lines and layers

[haskar]

Lovely patterns

[carol white]

Great symmetry and capture

[Pat Knowles]

Wow Babs….quite a work of angular art…..I like it…fave.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

History is being erased in a lot of places. Younger generations think there is no value in it, and those out to make money see no profit in it. Sad is not a strong enough word but it certainly demonstrates the sentiment. Still a good shot though!

[Leslie]

nice symmetry but it's always sad to see history being erased .

[Pat]

I love the repeating patterns in this and great info too.

[Kathy]

So many lines.