Tempe, Cooks River

Tempe is not the most glamorous suburb in Sydney, considering it is made up of mostly industrial and commercial developments and the skyline is dominated by a large concrete water tower. Given the right weather conditions, the area around the Cooks River can look quite picturesque. This area was once a popular resort, with large crowds attracted for swimming and boating on the river, until it became too polluted by industrial estates further upstream. Later, part of the suburb became landfill, colloquially known as 'Tempe Tip'. These days, much of that area has been redeveloped for commercial use and some beautiful parklands have been created near the river. Seeing the high density residential redevelopment that has occured to the industrial areas south of the river, in the area known as Wolli Creek, I can imagine Tempe as a future redevelopment site.