Archive for the 'Floriade Canberra' Category

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 for a while [...]

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 was a display [...]

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. We arrived just as [...]

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 [...]

Our holiday in Canberra September 2007 As far as I could tell, most of the flowers on display in this year’s Floriade festival in Canberra were tulips and daffodils. There was a generous sprinkling of other flowers too, including plenty of pansies, one of my favourites. My mother used to grow these in twin beds [...]