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by Craig on November 21, 2009 · 2 comments

In mathematics, a spiral is a curve which emanates from a central point, getting progressively farther away as it revolves around the point.

And that’s exactly what we are doing.  We’ll be spiralling out from a central point (Killara), visiting all the suburbs of Sydney that we encounter in the process.  After we have finished with Sydney, we’ll continue to spiral out until we have covered the whole of Australia.  The further we are from the central point, the greater the size of the target area – that way, while we are still within the city limits we’ll be able to visit all the suburbs, but as we get further from the central point, the granularity of the sections and zones is decreased so that we don’t have to visit every square kilometer of Australia!

There are 651* official suburbs in Sydney, plus a few localities that are strangely not considered suburbs, that we’ll visit too.  As you can see this is going to take quite a while, so this is a very long term project.

* According to Walk Sydney Streets (an amazing project, by an amazing guy by the way), there are 651 suburbs plus quite a few areas that are commonly thought to be suburbs, but that are not.  According to Wikipedia, there are 656 suburbs and localities.

Our goal is not to walk every street in Sydney, like Alan from Walk Sydney Streets’ goal is, but we will visit every suburb, and we hope to do this as much as possible on public transport.  We’ll also be taking photos of the area as we go.

The photos that we’ll be taking will primarily be of the nature of the particular suburb, but we will include photos of anything else that we find interesting.

Updates will be approximately every two weeks depending on what else is going on in our lives at the time, and depending on the weather – clouds and cold we don’t mind, but I’m not going to deliberately go somewhere when it’s pouring with rain.

The inspiration for this project came primarily from wanting to explore the city that we live in.  We came up with the idea for the project without knowing about other peoples’ projects, but clearly people like to explore Sydney as not only Alan from Walk Sydney Streets is undertaking a similar project, but we also found Louise Hawson doing an amazing photographic project called 52 Suburbs.  Her project was to visit a suburb a week for a year.  For her efforts she now has an exhibit at the Museum of Sydney.

You can imagine this project is going to take a long time.  In fact our calculations show that we should be finished (if we’re ever really finished) during 2019.

You can view our master list of areas to visit here.

List of Sydney Suburbs (visited suburbs are highlighted)

Abbotsbury Cremorne La Perouse Pymble
Abbotsford Cremorne Point Lakemba Pyrmont
Acacia Gardens Cromer Lalor Park Quakers Hill
Agnes Banks Cronulla Lane Cove Queens Park
Airds Crows Nest Lane Cove North Queenscliff
Alexandria Croydon Lane Cove West Raby
Alfords Point Croydon Park Lansdowne Ramsgate
Allambie Heights Curl Curl Lansvale Ramsgate Beach
Allawah Currans Hill Laughtondale Randwick
Ambarvale Daceyville Lavender Bay Redfern
Annandale Dangar Island Leets Vale Regents Park
Annangrove Darkes Forest Leichhardt Regentville
Arcadia Darling Point Len Waters Estate Revesby
Arncliffe Darlinghurst Leppington Revesby Heights
Arndell Park Darlington Lethbridge Park Rhodes
Artarmon Davidson Leumeah Richmond
Ashbury Dawes Point Lewisham Riverstone
Ashcroft Dean Park Liberty Grove Riverview
Ashfield Dee Why Lidcombe Riverwood
Asquith Denham Court Lilli Pilli Rockdale
Auburn Denistone Lilyfield Rodd Point
Austinmer Denistone East Lilyvale Rookwood
Austral Denistone West Lindfield Rooty Hill
Avalon Dharruk Linley Point Ropes Crossing
Badgerys Creek Dolans Bay Little Bay Rose Bay
Balgowlah Dolls Point Liverpool Rosebery
Balgowlah Heights Doonside Llandilo Rosehill
Balmain Double Bay Loftus Roselands
Balmain East Dover Heights Londonderry Rosemeadow
Bangor Drummoyne Long Point Roseville
Banksia Duffys Forest Longueville Roseville Chase
Banksmeadow Dulwich Hill Lower Portland Rossmore
Bankstown Dundas Lucas Heights Rouse Hill
Bankstown Aerodrome Dundas Valley Luddenham Royal National Park
Barangaroo Dural Lugarno Rozelle
Barden Ridge Eagle Vale Lurnea Ruse
Bardia Earlwood Macquarie Fields Rushcutters Bay
Bardwell Park East Hills Macquarie Links Russell Lea
Bardwell Valley East Killara Macquarie Park Rydalmere
Bass Hill East Lindfield Maddens Plains Ryde
Baulkham Hills East Ryde Maianbar Sackville North
Bayview Eastern Creek Malabar Sadleir
Beacon Hill Eastgardens Manly Sandringham
Beaconsfield Eastlakes Manly Vale Sandy Point
Beaumont Hills Eastwood Maraylya Sans Souci
Beecroft Edensor Park Marayong Scarborough
Belfield Edgecliff Maroota Schofields
Bella Vista Edmondson Park Maroubra Seaforth
Bellevue Hill Elanora Heights Marrickville Sefton
Belmore Elderslie Marsden Park Seven Hills
Belrose Elizabeth Bay Marsfield Shalvey
Berala Elizabeth Hills Mascot Shanes Park
Berkshire Park Emerton Matraville Silverwater
Berowra Enfield Mays Hill Singletons Mill
Berowra Creek Engadine McGraths Hill Smeaton Grange
Berowra Heights Englorie Park McMahons Point Smithfield
Berowra Waters Enmore Meadowbank South Coogee
Berrilee Epping Melrose Park South Granville
Beverley Park Ermington Menai South Hurstville
Beverly Hills Erskine Park Menangle Park South Maroota
Bexley Erskineville Merrylands South Penrith
Bexley North Eschol Park Merrylands West South Turramurra
Bidwill Eveleigh Middle Cove South Wentworthville
Bilgola Fairfield Middle Dural South Windsor
Birchgrove Fairfield East Middleton Grange Spring Farm
Birrong Fairfield Heights Miller St Andrews
Blackett Fairfield West Millers Point St Clair
Blacktown Fairlight Milperra St Helens Park
Blair Athol Fiddletown Milsons Passage St Ives
Blairmount Five Dock Milsons Point St Ives Chase
Blakehurst Forest Glen Minchinbury St Johns Park
Bligh Park Forest Lodge Minto St Leonards
Bondi Forestville Minto Heights St Marys
Bondi Beach Frenchs Forest Miranda St Peters
Bondi Junction Freshwater # Mona Vale Stanhope Gardens
Bonnet Bay Galston Monterey Stanmore
Bonnyrigg Georges Hall Moore Park Stanwell Park
Bonnyrigg Heights Gilead Moorebank Stanwell Tops
Bossley Park Girraween Mortdale Strathfield
Botany Gladesville Mortlake Strathfield South
Bow Bowing Glebe Mosman Summer Hill
Box Hill Glen Alpine Mount Annan Surry Hills
Bradbury Glendenning Mount Colah Sutherland
Breakfast Point Glenfield Mount Druitt Sydenham
Brighton-Le-Sands Glenhaven Mount Kuring-Gai Sydney
Bringelly Glenmore Park Mount Lewis Sydney Olympic Park 
Bronte Glenorie Mount Pritchard Sylvania
Brooklyn Glenwood Mount Vernon Sylvania Waters
Brookvale Gordon Mulgoa Tamarama
Bundeena Granville Mulgrave Taren Point
Burraneer Grays Point Narellan Telopea
Burwood Green Valley Narellan Vale Tempe
Burwood Heights Greenacre Naremburn Tennyson Point
Busby Greendale Narrabeen Terrey Hills
Cabarita Greenfield Park Narraweena The Ponds
Cabramatta Greenwich Narwee The Rocks
Cabramatta West Gregory Hills Nelson Thirroul
Cambridge Gardens Greystanes Neutral Bay Thornleigh
Cambridge Park Guildford Newington Toongabbie
Camellia Guildford West Newport Tregear
Cammeray Gymea Newtown Turramurra
Campbelltown Gymea Bay Normanhurst Turrella
Camperdown Haberfield North Balgowlah Ultimo
Campsie Hammondville North Bondi Varroville
Canada Bay Harrington Park North Curl Curl Vaucluse
Canley Heights Harris Park North Epping Villawood
Canley Vale Hassall Grove North Manly Vineyard
Canoelands Haymarket North Narrabeen Voyager Point
Canterbury Heathcote North Parramatta Wahroonga
Caringbah Hebersham North Rocks Waitara
Caringbah South Heckenberg North Ryde Wakeley
Carlingford Helensburgh North St Marys Wallacia
Carlton Henley North Strathfield Wareemba
Carnes Hill Hillsdale North Sydney Warrawee
Carramar Hinchinbrook North Turramurra Warriewood
Carss Park Hobartville North Wahroonga Warwick Farm
Cartwright Holroyd North Willoughby Waterfall
Castle Cove Holsworthy Northbridge Waterloo
Castle Hill Homebush Northmead Watsons Bay
Castlecrag Homebush West Northwood Wattle Grove
Castlereagh Horningsea Park Oakhurst Waverley
Casula Hornsby Oakville Waverton
Catherine Field Hornsby Heights Oatlands Wedderburn
Cattai Horsley Park Oatley Wentworth Point
Cecil Hills Hoxton Park Old Guildford Wentworthville
Cecil Park Hunters Hill Old Toongabbie Werrington
Centennial Park Huntingwood Oran Park Werrington County
Chatswood Huntleys Cove Orchard Hills Werrington Downs
Chatswood West Huntleys Point Otford West Hoxton
Cheltenham Hurlstone Park Oxford Falls West Pennant Hills
Cherrybrook Hurstville Oxley Park West Pymble
Chester Hill Hurstville Grove Oyster Bay West Ryde
Chifley Illawong Paddington Westleigh
Chippendale Ingleburn Padstow Westmead
Chipping Norton Ingleside Padstow Heights Wetherill Park
Chiswick Jamisontown Pagewood Whalan
Chullora Jannali Palm Beach Wheeler Heights
Church Point Kangaroo Point Panania Wiley Park
Claremont Meadows Kareela Parklea Willmot
Clarendon Kearns Parramatta Willoughby
Claymore Kellyville Peakhurst Willoughby East
Clemton Park Kellyville Ridge Peakhurst Heights Windsor
Clifton Kemps Creek Pemulwuy Windsor Downs
Clontarf Kensington Pendle Hill Winston Hills
Clovelly Kenthurst Pennant Hills Wisemans Ferry
Clyde Kentlyn Penrith Wolli Creek
Coalcliff Killara Penshurst Wollstonecraft
Cobbitty Killarney Heights Petersham Wombarra
Colebee Kings Langley Phillip Bay Woodbine
Coledale Kings Park Picnic Point Woodcroft
Collaroy Kingsford Pitt Town Woodpark
Collaroy Plateau Kingsgrove Pleasure Point Woollahra
Colyton Kingswood Plumpton Woolloomooloo
Como Kirkham Point Piper Woolooware
Concord Kirrawee Port Botany Woolwich
Concord West Kirribilli Port Hacking Woronora
Condell Park Kogarah Potts Hill Woronora Heights
Connells Point Kogarah Bay Potts Point Yagoona
Constitution Hill Ku-Ring-Gai Chase Prairiewood Yarrawarrah
Coogee Kurnell Prestons Yennora
Cottage Point Kurraba Point Prospect Yowie Bay
Cowan Kyeemagh Punchbowl Zetland
Cranebrook Kyle Bay Putney

{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Marc September 2, 2011 at 16:47

You guys are like the ‘borg of travel’, you assimilate experiences :-)

Nice job. Will follow your progress.

Cheers

M

2 Craig September 5, 2011 at 13:06

Thanks Marc,

Yeah, I guess we are! :-)

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