It has taken a fair while between posts to get this street up. Eve St has lots of interest to me, mainly because it is adjacent to some fascinating wetlands.
Eve St was named after an early landowner in the area, Benjamin Eve.
In inner urban Sydney there are some remnant natural habitats which have been degraded over the years. It's always a battle to protect them, and the Eve St salt marsh wetlands are no exception. They are bordered by a motorway and recreational lands, including a bike path and golf range. Efforts have been made in more recent years to rehabilitate them. They provide a haven for local and international birds who come to feed and rest there.
I am not sure of its status at the moment; last time I was there access was denied (officially).
Eve St also has a bikepath along it which I've ridden a few times. It connects Marsh St with the continuation of the path to Kyeemagh and Botany Bay. [In the other direction you can reach Sydney Olympic Park at Homebush and Ryde].
The entrance to Eve St is from busy Marsh St, just near the Wickham St intersection, or from Brennans Rd off West Botany St. It is a no-through road at its southern end, where the cycleway continues along the Barton Park Golf Range.
We'll start our look at Eve St from the Marsh St end.
Below: Looking along Eve St from Marsh St
Below: Looking slightly northeast from Marsh St across the reserved land towards the M5 motorway
Below: Looking southeast from the corner you can see the Arncliffe fire station, on West Botany St/Wickham St intersection
Below: Across that patch of grass in the photo above, visible in the adjacent backyard is this old sandstone outbuilding:
Below: Looking towards Marsh St from near the elbow bend in Eve St:
Below: Part of the way along this stretch is Eve St Reserve
Below: The M5 from Eve St Reserve
Below: Eve St Reserve on the right, and straight ahead the cycleway where it joins Eve St, having come under the M5 from Marsh St.
Below: Looking across to the reserve from the end of the cycleway
Below: Images of the cycleway as it curves under the M5
Below: The wetlands from the cycleway
Below: The Wetlands
Below: Access denied
Below: The wetlands
Below: Looking along Eve St towards the cycleway (which joins at right at the bottom)
Below: Enjoying the cycleway
Below: From the crest of the hill, looking north
Below: Looking south over the golf driving range
Below: And the cycleway continues towards Botany Bay
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