Harbour

Auckland Harbour and Rangitoto Island in the background

Kangaroo paws

Yes.. that's the intresting name of this flower,

that comes in different shapes and sizes:

King's Park, Perth

6 years on

On October12 2002, 88 Australians lost their lives in the Bali bombings.

This is part of a mural at Bondi Beach in their memory.

Sleeping in a tree

Water & rocks

King's Park, Perth

Drivers, slow down...

... Ducks crossing!
Seen in York, Western Australia

Wires and flowers

Grand Arbour, South Bank, Brisbane

Under surveillance

Broken China

Detail of a mural on Waiheke Island

Concrete monster

Grosvenor Place, Sydney

Australia's convict past

Port Arthur, Tasmania

From the early 1830s until the 1850s Port Arthur was a penal colony and what remains of the penitentiary is today one of Tasmania's main attractions. I find the contrast between the beautiful landscape and the dark history of the place quite fascinating.

Ding dong

The National Carillon, Canberra

Windows on fire?

The sun is setting on North Sydney

Stretching

Sculpture along Marine Parade, Manly

Weird architecture

Federation Square, Melbourne

Some people love that building, some people loathe it... I belong to neither group :)

Somewhere under the rainbow...

... there is Auckland

Clover

Christchurch Botanic Gardens

Lady of the Rings

Eagle Street Pier Market, Brisbane

Facing the sea

Waverley cemetery

The Opera House

Lacy sky

Underneath the Queen Victoria Memorial at the City Park

Launceston, Tasmania

Objects intertwined with objects

Detail of the painting Just Looking by Elizabeth Gower
Southgate Arts & leisure Precinct, Melbourne

For more info on the artist, click here

Fountain

Ferrier Fountain, Christchurch

Beach boys and girls

Manly Beach

Yesterday was a very hot spring day in Sydney: 33 degrees. A perfect day to go to the beach.

2 in 1

Riparian Plaza reflected in a neighbouring building

Brisbane

Underwater

Nights in color

Hotel So, Christchurch

"... what is special about Hotel SO is the location. Not so much the central Christchurch position, but the fact that it is in the building that once housed the inland revenue department that pursued developer Dave Henderson into bankruptcy." Read the full story here.

Work in progress

I was in Brisbane at the weekend and next time I'm in town I'll make sure I go back to 641 Ann Street to check out this facade. Hanging baskets .. that's a pretty cool idea!

Three Wise Monkeys

Seen in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane

The painted traffic signal boxes make an interesting feature in the streets of Brisbane. It's a great way to transform these dull but useful objects and brighten up the urban landscape and this one could be one of my favourite. Here's a few others...

You can find out more about the TSBs here, with lots more pix.

A river runs through it

South Esk River

Cataract Gorge, Launceston, Tasmania

Pretty in pink

Building facade in Launceston, Tasmania

View from above

Sydney

Checkmate

A game of chess played at Cathedral Square, Christchurch, NZ

The smell of Tasmania

Salamanca Market, Hobart, Tasmania

Tasmania is a major producer of lavender and by-products come in many forms: the usual essential oil, body lotion, soap, lip balm, sachets but also ... tea! Being a tea lover I had to try and I must admit, it has a strange taste.

Sign

Seen in Melbourne

Reflection

Story Bridge, Brisbane

Hiding

Lonely figure

Not many surfers on a late winter afternoon at Bronte Beach

Shells