Theme Day - Fountains

Located immediately outside the Wooloomooloo Gates to the Royal Botanic Gardens on Mrs Macquarie's Drive, is this simplest of fountains. The simplicity attracted, before the geometry magnetised.

The bird is a White Ibis, endemic to this city for the last decade of drought, and, I fear, never to be banish-ed. During the drought, the Trustees determined to re-orient some of their plantings to encourage domestic gardeners away from northern hemisphere yearnings, and to open their eyes to the beauty (and wisdom) of gardening with less moisture. During this period, this 1873 entry-way was relandscaped.


Coming Soon: Autumn of the Arts in our Gardens



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Sitting in the morning sun

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Sitting in the morning sun - a story to take you deeper.

Weekend Reflections: how the other half lives

The Reflecting Pool, State Parliament House, Macquarie Street

There is not much reflecting occurring in this Parliament House at the moment. Within 24 hours of my tour, they had tossed out the State Premier and installed another. Thank God there is only 15 months until another election. Although the leader of the other party in contention comes across as a whinger and naesayer, I did meet the Shadow Minister for Transport who was quite impressive - and will need to be.

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