Where our apartment lacks some modern conveniences, it more than makes up for in character. A beautiful art deco style building with easily 12 foot high ceilings, original mouldings and plaster walls. Our apartment is large for Sydney standards and the building is relatively quiet. The landscaping in front resembles a lush rain forest and probably shades the building well during the summer months but in winter makes for a cold and dark apartment. Australians call the woods or forest, the bush, so that is what I will refer to it too. The bush provides shelter and a food source for the birds and urban wildlife, being on the second floor, you can sometimes have a nice view of the birds in the trees.

Front Steps

Front of our building

Front of building

Front walkway to sidewalk

Front of building

Apartment building lobby

Lobby stained glass window

Front garden

front garden and building

This stunning plant/flower is in the front of our building, does anyone know what it is? It reminds me of a peace plant on steroids!

Peace plant