Grand old Killara houses : May 14 2026

Another rainy day forecast. Got the umbrella walk done earlier. Idea was to walk two stations down and do a look at houses loop

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Hibiscus and raindrops theme perhaps - the last of the flowers in this spot

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Peaked my nose into park to see if there was pickleball happening. None. Chose to keep walking along the highway for something different. Maybe a different theme - tree lanes

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Back to theme one - hibiscus and rain drops

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Took the next left to walk the top end of road often walked but not this block. Always turn off at the railway line. House on the corner is pretty grand

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That set the next theme - grand old Killara homes. A Georgian block probably been rendered more recently

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Old style flowers match the houses - camellia

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A bit of a sprawling grand old house - the big house was added at the back. I gave up trying to remove the car from the front lawn. Got to use a PC

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A later version - grand old house with a touch of Spain

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Bush meets the suburbs - banksia

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Dead end and another lane shot on the way back to the highway

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Short aection along the highway - apartment for sale. Busy in front but a short walk to station behind

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Down the next road - grand house - The Oaks on the corner

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Render jobs have created a mishmash of styles

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Imagining this started as a modest red brick house. Then got extended with a bigger house extension behind

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A different then they do this - build a blockhouse

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Learned a bit about the grand houses. They were built when the railway got to Killara in the 1890s. Kind of intrigued - need to Google when the harbour bridge was built

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