Archive for the 'Canberra' Category

Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra
Our holiday in Canberra
September 2007
Our main objective in having a few days’ holiday in Canberra earlier this year was to visit the Floriade display. I’ve written extensively about that visit over recent days.
Our next objective was to spend a whole day in the Australian National Botanic Gardens. We had […]

Australia Fair Street Organ, Floriade 2007
Our holiday in Canberra
September 2007
One of the more unusual things we saw at this year’s Floriade floral display in Canberra was the Australia Fair Street Organ (shown in the photo above). This magnificent machine travels around the country giving renditions of well known songs at fairs and festivals. We stayed […]

Display of Gnomes at Floriade 2007
Our holiday in Canberra
September 2007
Over recent days (weeks actually) I have written about the delights of our visit to Floriade 2007 in Canberra. We were astounded at the magnificent displays of flowers in bloom. Floriade this year did not only display flowers. In one quite corner of the park there […]

Clown at Floriade 2007 in Canberra
Our holiday in Canberra
September 2007
On our wanderings around the magnificent displays of flowers in bloom at Floriade 2007 in Canberra, we came across several different forms of entertainment. One of these was a clown who was engaged to entertain the crowds that came along to see the flower displays.
Clown […]

Floriade 2007, Canberra
Our holiday in Canberra
September 2007
The theme of Floriade 2007 in Canberra this year was “Aussie icons, myths and legends.” All of the floral displays related in some way to this theme. One of the more startling and appropriate displays was that shown in the photo above.
The photo shows a vehicle that would be […]