This parrot is colored like a budgie but it was about 12-16″ long so I think it was a different bird. It was so fun hanging out at the Botanic Gardens and looking for all the birds we don’t have in the NW.
Birds of a color…
Category: Photos by Colleen
I am so Powerful!
The Powerful owl is the largest on the continent. I saw someone walk by and do a double take and ran over to see what they saw–and here she was. Another local photographer told me she had two chicks that have fledged to other parts of the Botanic Garden but we never could find them.
Eyes On Ibis
The Australian Ibis was EVERYWHERE in all the parks. This one was taking a branch up to the nest (next photo).
Royal Botanic Garden of Sydney
The gardens comprise 30 hectares adjacent to Sydney Harbour. They are open and free and exquisitely maintained. This was a green house with a wrap around living mosaic wall and so many types of orchids and succulents. (These were all taken with my pixel phone.)
Room with a view!
We had a great view from our room of the opera house WHEN a cruise ship was not docked (which was hardly ever!)
Our view with said ship!
Just to the right of the Opera House is the Royal Botanical Gardens. You can see the huge rock wall that they had to build around. More on the amazing gardens later this week.
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Sydney Harbour Bridge, steel-arch bridge across Sydney Harbour (Port Jackson), Australia. The bridge, opened in 1932. Its in the Rocks District of Sydney. All of the old architecture is made of of carved stone including this bridge. The surrounding area has many areas and walls of rock that they had to build around.
You can walk up the top of this bridge look close at the top and you’ll see tiny people. The photo below shows a close up.
Welcome Down Under!
I’ve been in Australia and New Zealand for the last month. So I managed to avoid the snow/ice storm that hit Sequim!
So travel vicariously with me and I hope you enjoy the next few weeks of photos.
The opera house is stunning in person–the photos just don’t do it justice. It has such texture to the roofing. It’s made of hundreds of thousands of individual tiles that you can see in the next photo.
