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Coasters Retreat

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Coasters Retreat has some secret houses.
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Coasters Retreat

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Why do all the houses in this suburb have no garage? Because the only access to Coasters Retreat is by water to these wharves, so the suburb has no cars.
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Coasters Retreat

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But it does have this impressive unnamed street…
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Coasters Retreat

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…which takes you to a typical Coasters Retreat house…
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Coasters Retreat

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…with these features on the open veranda at right as theft in Coasters Retreat is almost unknown.
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Cremorne Point

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Not too many houses have a walk for an address. This one on the pathway below Spofforth Street, Cremorne Point, does.


Crows Nest

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At Crows Nest, it's fascinating when a church becomes a private house.
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Crows Nest

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But we rarely get the chance to see what it's like inside now. The former Church of Christ in Falcon Street, Crows Nest, gave an opportunity. Where the congregation sat in the pews is now open plan. The kitchen and dining-room are on the former preacher's platform.
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Crows Nest

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From the preacher's platform we look back to the main entrance and see the church ceiling.
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Crows Nest

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Finally, the heavenly view
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Crows Nest

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We get permission to go through the fence for two quaint, 150-year-old houses in Hayberry Street, Crows Nest, to get to our fence.

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