Walk ONE Central Station
to Crown Street circuit
Walk TWO Central Station
to Danks Street circuit
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Walk Two: Central Station to Danks Street circuit
Overview: From Central Station, exit at Elizabeth St. Walk to the right along
Elizabeth St to the Dank St galleries. Then return
along Young St and Marlborough St, then via a bus from Cleveland St to Central
Station.
It is quite a long walk from Central Station to Danks Street - about 30 minutes.
If you prefer to start the walk closer to the Danks Street galleries, you
can take a bus from Central Station, at the Elizabeth Street exit. Bus
#343 runs along Elizabeth Street. Alight at the corner of Phillip Street,
which is parallel to Danks Street.
You can also take other buses from Circular Quay: Buses #301-3 and alight
in Bourke Street near the corner with Danks Street. Bus #343 also starts
from Circular Quay.
Start at the Central Station at the Elizabeth St exit. Cross Chalmers
St. Turn right and walk south along Elizabeth
St, then veer right into Randle St for the first gallery:
MILS
Gallery 15 Randle St Surry Hills ph 0423 237 663 Hours Wed-Fri 1pm-6pm,
Sat 12pm-5pm email: info@milsgallery.com Artist-run
initiative to showcase Australian and international artists.
Walk back to Elizabeth St, then continue walking south where you
will find the next gallery on the other side past Devonshire St.
M2
Gallery Shop 4/450 Elizabeth St Surry Hills ph 0416 209 567 Hours: 12pm-7pm
email: info@m2gallery.com.au Tribal,
fine and decorative arts.
Continue walking south along Elizabeth St, crossing Cleveland
St to Redfern Street, where you will find the next gallery.
Jason
Mowen Gallery 34 Redfern St Redfern ph 8084 3564 email: info@jasonmowen.com Tribal,
fine and decorative arts.
Cross over Elizabeth St and walk to Young St where you should turn right
and walk to Danks St. On the corner with Danks St you will find
a large warehouse full of galleries, mainly displaying contemporary
art, as well as the Devon on Danks Cafe.
This space includes the following galleries: The complex is called 2
Danks Street Galleries and is on the corner of Young and Danks Sts.
Stella
Downer Fine Art ph 0402 018 283 Hours: Tues-Sat 11am-5pm email: info@stelladownerfineart.com.au Contemporary Australian art across
a variety of artistic mediums.
Brenda
May Gallery ph 9318 1122 Hours: Tues-Fri 11am-6pm Sat 10am-6pm
email: info@brendamaygallery.com.au Brenda
May Gallery is committed to the exhibition of both two-dimensional
and three-dimensional work by Australian artists. The gallery also
houses an extensive stockroom of paintings, drawings, ceramics and
sculpture.
The
Depot and The Depot II ph Depot I 9319 4420 Depot II 9319 5185
Hours: Tues-Sat 11am-6pm email: thedepotgallery@2danksstreet.com.au Changing
contemporary exhibition art spaces available for rent by galleries
and artists.
Aboriginal
and Pacific Art ph 9699 2211 Hours: Tues-Sat 11am-5pm email: info@aboriginalpacificart.com.au Specialises
in community-based Aboriginal art.
Utopia
Art Gallery ph 9699 2900 Hours: Tues-Sat 10am-5pm email: art@utopiaartsydney.com.au Indigenous
and Australian contemporary art.
Studio
20/17 ph 9698 7999 Hours: Sat 11am-5pm. email is via a form
on the website. Contemporary
and Australian jewellery artists.
Camellia Morris Gallery ph 0423 987 904 Hours: Sat 11am-5pm. email is
via a form on the website. Featuring the work of the landscape and portrait artist Camellia Morris.
At this point, if you have had enough walking for one day, you can
walk to the other end of Danks St and catch a bus back to Central Station
from the stop just around the corner in Bourke St.
However, if you would like to visit the last gallery on
the walk, return along Young St, following it across Cleveland St where
it
becomes
Marlborough St. The gallery is on the corner with
Goodlet St.
Friends
of Leon Gallery 82 Marlborough St Surry Hills ph 0403 248 978 Hours Thu-Fri
6-8pm Sat 11am-4pm email: leon@friendsofleon.com.
A gallery specialising in portraiture, fashion illustration and pop art.
Walk back to Cleveland St and cross to the other side where you can
catch buses back to Central Station.
Hope you had a fantastic day!
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