A woman runs the Windmill Stairs at The Rocks. Picture: Darren Roberts
Sydney in lockdown: eerie photos of a deserted city
As Sydney experienced its first week of a two-week lockdown over the city’s growing Covid-19 cluster, our photographers captured these images of deserted destinations.
An empty Bridge Street in Sydney’s CBD. Picture: Getty Images
Central station in Sydney’s CBD is deserted. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker
A cleaner walks through an empty train carriage in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker
A man walks through a deserted Sydney CBD. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker
There were little to no cars on the roads in Sydney’s CBD on the weekend. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker
The normally bustling Wharf F at Sydney’s Circular Quay. Picture: Darren Roberts
Birds cross an empty Kent Street in Sydney’s CBD. Picture: Darren Roberts
No coffee, soft serve, milkshakes or slushies were being served at Bar Coco in Sydney on the weekend. Picture: Getty Images
A security guard sits in front of the Apple store on George Street in Sydney’s CBD during a Covid-19 lockdown. Picture: Damian Shaw
Mounted police officers patrol George Street in Sydney’s CBD. Picture: Damian Shaw
People walk down an empty Pitt Street mall in Sydney’s CBD. Picture: Damian Shaw
People walk on George Street in a virtually empty Sydney CBD on Saturday. Picture: Damian Shaw
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