Showing posts with label Sea-horse motif. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sea-horse motif. Show all posts

Monday, 12 January 2015

Circular Quay - Sea-horse motif

This is the motif on the railing that winds through the Circular Quay wharves. It is quite different from the railing around the rest of Sydney Cove. This Sea-horse motif echoes similar motifs which decorate the railway station immediately behind the wharves. It was recenly pointed out to me that a Star-fish was now to be called a Sea-star, because it was not a fish. A Sea-horse is not a horse, so ...