Archive for the 'Sydney' Category

Rainbow Lorikeet, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Our holiday in New South Wales
September 2007
One of the delights we enjoyed while visiting the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney was the prolific bird life. Included in my list of birds was the Rainbow Lorikeet shown in the photo above.
This bird kept screeching at people passing below the tree. I […]

Fort Denison, Sydney Harbour
Our holiday in New South Wales
September 2007
An interesting little slice of Australian history sits on a prominent island in the middle of Sydney Harbour, not far from the Royal Botanic Gardens. It is clearly visible from near Mrs Macquaries Chair as shown in the photo above. This is the closest we have […]

Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House
Our holiday in New South Wales
September 2007
It doesn’t take much imagination to realise that the Sydney Harbour Bridge is probably one of the most photographed features of Australia. It may even be the most popular photographic subject of both local and foreign visitors to Sydney. It is certain that it […]

Sydney Harbour
Our holidays in New South Wales
September 2007
When we visited the central part of Sydney on our last day of our holiday there this year, we visited the Royal Botanic Gardens. Later we walked around Farm Cove to Mrs Macquaries Chair. Here we had an icecream and sat looking at the wonderful views of […]

Near Mrs Macquaries Chair, Sydney Habour
Our holiday in New South Wales
September 2007
From the Royal Botanic Gardens we walked around Farm Cove towards Mrs Macquaries Chair. This famous Sydney landmark is where Mrs Macquarie, the wife of an early governor of New South Wales, had a chair where she had a magnificent view of Sydney Harbour. […]