Paintings in Rowntree Street.
Red-Flowered Mallee (Eucalyptus erythronema)
An enormous Spotted Gum (Eucalyptus maculata)
Smithville 1891 in Balmain
Sunday, 21 December 2014
Rowntree Street & Balmain - New South Wales 14-12-2014
Paintings in Rowntree Street.
Red-Flowered Mallee (Eucalyptus erythronema)
An enormous Spotted Gum (Eucalyptus maculata)
Smithville 1891 in Balmain
Christmas in Unanaderra – New South Wales 10-12-2014
Delicious shortbread trees!
More Christmas in Unanderra!
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
Potts Point - Sydney – New South Wales 06-12-2014
Elizabeth Bay water fountain.
Gypsies Flat White – one of the best!
El Alamein Memorial Fountain at Kings Cross designed by architect Robert Woodward and constructed in 1961. This lovely fountain made an immediate impact and has been copied all over the world.
Tuesday, 16 December 2014
More Lane Cove River National Park - New South Wales 09-12-2014
Not our photo! - Common name ‘Storm Bird’ Aboriginal name ‘Boggabri’
The Channel-billed Cuckoo is Australia's largest cuckoo. Like almost all cuckoos, it lays its eggs in the nests of other species of birds. When the eggs hatch, the cuckoo chicks kill or eject the chicks that belong to the nest.
We saw a group of angry Currawongs harassing three Channel-billed cuckoos that were perched in a tall Sydney Red Gum.
Monday, 8 December 2014
Lane Cove River National Park near Sydney – New South Wales 05-12-2014
The Kuringgai People are the Traditional Owners of the Lane Cove River Valley. They once occupied the East Coast from Sydney Harbour to Broken Bay. There were several clans that formed the Kuringgai People. The Wallumattagal to the southwest, the Cammeraigal to the northeast and the Terramerragal to the northwest of the valley.
The name for Lane Cove River was ‘Turrumburra’ and as now the valley was fertile, therefore a rich source of food and cultural stability for the Kurringgai People.
There are some 60 Aboriginal sites recorded within the Lane Cove National Park including rock shelters, rock art, rock engravings, grinding grooves and middens.
Photo by Gary Holmes – Storm Clouds roll over Lane Cove.
On our return from a bush walk we were caught by this storm just 300m from the campground. Hailstones battered us as we struggled along a now treacherous path, reducing visibility and turning the ground white in minutes. Needless to say we were soaked to the skin.
Our HTC photo - Lane Cove River Camping grounds.
Rainbow Lorikeet behind our camp spot.
Flannel Flowers in the National Park. Grevillea?
Bandicoot ?
Almost out of sight, within 2m of thundering traffic (Epping Highway) near Macquarie Park.
Macquarie Park Station.
Scribbly Gum (Eucalyptus haemastoma)
Our HTC photos above.
Sydney Red Gum (Angophora costata) in Macquarie Cemetery.
Our replaced Canon Powershot SX50
Pacific Black Duck.
The name for Lane Cove River was ‘Turrumburra’ and as now the valley was fertile, therefore a rich source of food and cultural stability for the Kurringgai People.
There are some 60 Aboriginal sites recorded within the Lane Cove National Park including rock shelters, rock art, rock engravings, grinding grooves and middens.
Photo by Gary Holmes – Storm Clouds roll over Lane Cove.
On our return from a bush walk we were caught by this storm just 300m from the campground. Hailstones battered us as we struggled along a now treacherous path, reducing visibility and turning the ground white in minutes. Needless to say we were soaked to the skin.
Our HTC photo - Lane Cove River Camping grounds.
Rainbow Lorikeet behind our camp spot.
Flannel Flowers in the National Park. Grevillea?
Bandicoot ?
Almost out of sight, within 2m of thundering traffic (Epping Highway) near Macquarie Park.
Macquarie Park Station.
Scribbly Gum (Eucalyptus haemastoma)
Our HTC photos above.
Sydney Red Gum (Angophora costata) in Macquarie Cemetery.
Our replaced Canon Powershot SX50
Pacific Black Duck.
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