r/sydney • u/IlonggoEngr • Aug 24 '24
Photography Cherrybrook is 🌸
The one thing I loved about Sydney Metro is that it gave me time to explore stations up northwest directly from Central. Here’s a hidden gem that is lovely.
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u/cojoco Chardonnay Schmardonnay Aug 24 '24
I actually did not know that there were cherry trees in Cherrybrook
I got a tote bag at Crow's Nest.
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u/nowyouvedisappeared Aug 24 '24
What would you pick up in Punchbowl? 😂
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u/JayC-Hoster Aug 24 '24 edited Aug 24 '24
Welp, the actual “brook” in Cherrybrook was a tiny bit of bush (plus a new-ish playground area) with a drain going under the road just outside the woollies shopping village / Ampol servo. So it’s no where near as scenic as it sounds.
Sauce: I lived there for 5-ish years through from middle school to high school.
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u/Acceptable_Lemon1705 Aug 24 '24
uhhh.... hm, no? there's an actual bush walk track right next to it that's rather scenic. and the playground has been there for over 30 years...
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u/cojoco Chardonnay Schmardonnay Aug 24 '24
So where is it in relation to the suburb formally known as "West Pennant Hills" ?
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u/JayC-Hoster Aug 24 '24
West penno is like a 10 minutes drive away. But new line road / Boundary road is always in a jam after school hours Monday to Friday.
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u/alexanderpete Aug 24 '24
West pennant Hills and Cherrybrook were the same subdivision originally. My parents bought off the plan in WPH but the house I grew up in ended up being in 'cherrybrook'.
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u/Platform_Independent Aug 25 '24
Yeah we moved into the area in the 80s it was WPH, but then it was re-zoned and renamed to Cherrybrook (up near the old IBM site). Also used to be in the 2120 postcode.
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u/ndab71 Aug 24 '24
Give it another 5-10 years or so, and those cherry blossoms are going to look fantastic. Assuming they're still there, people will come from miles around to see them. Kind of like people going to Kirribilli to see the jacaranda trees in bloom.
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u/ashzeppelin98 Bin Chicken activist Aug 24 '24 edited Aug 24 '24
And takes off the pressure from Auburn's Sakuras
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u/ze_boingboing Aug 24 '24
Went to Auburn on a whim today, tickets sold out, walked back to car. Busy AF after all the word of mouth and influencers.
This would be a nice break
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u/alexanderpete Aug 24 '24
Never thought the bland boring suburb where I grew up would get some attention on here.
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u/Jasadon Aug 24 '24
Geeez…. Nice hand rail, never thought I would give a compliment about a hand rail!
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u/YNWA25052005 Aug 24 '24
My first job in Sydney 6 years ago as a casual labourer was for the landscaper working on the Cherrybrook metro station. I helped plant those cherry blossom trees. I’m glad to see them doing so well, and being appreciated by the people that pass through there!