Saturday – an outing to see the Giants in the CBD. I thought I had it all organized, but the bus went a different way. I hadn’t seen this on the maps. So I had an extra walk. Passed this beautiful tree unaffected by the growing crowds:
A rose outside a Greek Orthodox church and a lion guarding a closed restaurant:
Then I was in the crowds. I had missed my best opportunity to see the Giants. The crowds were incredible – and I don’t like crowds, being rather small. But I wish I’d taken photos of the crowds. 1 million people visited the city during this 3 day event and the afternoon I went? In this one small area? 100’s of 1,000’s. And I was one small member of that crowd. I couldn’t see over or through and the best photos I got of the Little Girl was as she was going up the steep slope of the Horseshoe Bridge:
I escaped the worst of the crowds to catch the train to Daglish. Inside the station, it is still possible to see the old style of the building:
and I did love the geometry of the modernistic ceiling:
On the walk to my friends’ place, I was struck by the light coming through leaves:
It is a very leafy area and there will be another post of all the trees along the railway line, but here are some details. Berries on a moreton bay fig tree and the surprising colour of blossom on a young eucalypt:
The banksias are getting ready to burst into candles:
It was really too windy for photographing flowers, but I couldn’t resist this grevillea in someone’s garden:
And this – a cassia fistula the flowers cascading in the light:
Finally, after a lovely evening, although I got home when it was dark, I was still greeted by a Fattee Cattee – all purrs and cuddles. So here she is before I left, being affectionate at me:
Quite an exciting weekend. I hope you enjoyed this little taste of it.
Next post – trees! 🙂
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