A cooling retreat from the 32oC heat in downtown Port Douglas, Mossman Gorge offers rainforest walks and a waterhole for swimming. Not many people opted for the 2km circuit walk up the side of the gorge down to the creek and back up again. The earthy smells of fertile soil, decaying vegetation and unpolluted air was intoxicating.
I couldn’t resist taking a picture of one of my favourite Australian natives.
There is a profusion of fig trees in Sydney, the bats love to eat the fruit.
These orchid-like flowers line some of the footpaths in Sydney.
We saw fluoro green ones outside Customs House in Circular Quay last weekend, the pinks cousins above were spotted having a chat this morning in Sydney Park.
The snails are part of the Art and About Festival, more information is available from the ABC: Giant snails slide into Sydney for arts festival
We were fortunate to see the Rogers and Hammerstein classic, South Pacific at the Opera House last weekend.
I caught the early evening sun on St.Benedict’s while walking from Central Railway Station to Newtown. The intoxicating jasmine fragrance provided relief from the peak hour traffic on Broadway.
Man made structures like this water tower in Petersham stimulate my imagination. In another dimension this could be a spacecraft launch pad, helipad or lookout. I wonder if in one hundred years from now it will still be here or will it have been transformed into a penthouse residence with 360o views.
There is nothing wrong with beneath.
Sometimes I prefer to dwell here
Among earthly things to amuse,
Running the risk of being caught
In tangled grip of undergrowth.
Too much to distract and let go,
Impeding my return aloft.
Inner light shines through the darkness,
Showing me the way to rejoin
The path, to soar above again.
Just over two weeks into Spring, this beautiful old rose has the most heavenly fragrance.
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