I can’t imagine how different it must have been in this neighbourhood 30 years ago, but these guys might.

Our photos are usually our own, but this time I’ve included these photos of Darlinghurst in the early ’80s from a new blog called Darlinghurst Eats Its Young.

It’s all punk and post-punk, squats, fun, beautiful and sometimes bleak scenes.

They were put together for a show at the great Sedition record shop/barber/gallery.

This one’s a bottle wall at the Gladstone Hotel squat, on the corner of William and Palmer Streets, Darlingurst.

Madeleine Preston put it together, and took the photos of familiar but alien spots in the inner city, and truckloads of great bands, music makers and artists. It’s quite strange working your way through the posts, but I recommend you do.