More photos from Canberra.

The first one is another view of the Captain Cook water spout, this time in calm conditions with a lovely blue sky to set it off.......



.....while another fountain within sight of the spout commemorates his voyages.



There are some magnificent buildings in Canberra - this one is the National Library where a niece of mine used to work.......



.....while this one is the High Court of Australia. Inside one of he courtrooms there is a beautifully hand woven tapestry of the Australian Coat of Arms, made by the Victorian Tapestry Workshop. Being a spinner and weaver myself, I just had to go and have a look at it on a previous visit to this building but at the time I wasn't as interested in photography as I am now - so no photo...... Next time !



The Black Mountain Communications Tower. The interesting thing about this and the flagstaff on the top of the new Parliament Building is that they appear to be at different angles ..... one of them seems to be leaning slightly out of alignment with the other.



Two of our black swans on Lake Burley Griffin. The parent swan had been grooming itself before I rudely interrupted it which is why one leg is draped over its back.



I'm not too sure what this is meant to represent but it floats high in the air above a street not far from the Lake.



Canberra is a real show piece city and was purpose built as a National Capital but some people say that it is a city without a heart. Our Prime Minister must think the same because instead of living in The Lodge (his official residence), he commutes to and from Sydney where he lives in Kirribilli House, just across the Harbour from the Opera House.

Earlier in the year I spent some time in Canberra attending my niece's wedding. I took lots of photographs of the wedding and before I left for home I took quite a few of the city itself.

There may be a drought over wide areas of the State of NSW but there is always plenty of water for Canberra itself in the Australian Capital Territory which is surrounded by NSW.....

Lake Burley Griffin, in the centre of Canberra, was created in 1963 by damming the Molonglo River and is the site of the Carillon of bells, a gift from Britain, and the Captain Cook Memorial Water jet, built in 1970, which hurls 6 tons of water 147 feet into the air.

The Australian Museum. In this photo the building appears to be floating in hot air - after all, Canberra is the site of the Australian Federal Parliament.........

The Captain Cook Water Spout......

The main road through Canberra crosses the Lake on this bridge. There is a marvellous view of the new Parliament House that can be seen driving along this road but unfortunately, since I was driving and the traffic lights didn't oblige, I couldn't get a shot of it. Next time I am there.

The wedding went off very well, too.


I have more photos of Canberra but they are on the laptop - I will load them when I have edited them and transferred them over.

Other birds that visit me from time to time are the grey and pink Galahs, Eastern Rosellas and Crimson Rosellas - all very colourful and very welcome.

The grey and pink Galahs don't come here often but when they do they certainly make themselves at home !






The Crimson Rosellas are very timid birds all too inclined to fly off when they see you coming towards them - unlike the lorikeets. Called Crimson Rosellas for obvious reasons, the young birds are green in colour until they gain their adult plumage and with the red and blue showing through the green feathers, they can look a little motheaten for a while.




The Eastern Rosella is even more timid than the Crimson Rosella and so far the only photos I have of them are not very good. I am hoping to change that soon.



A few years ago, one of the Crimson Rosellas paired up with an Eastern one and the pair were inseparable right through the summer. This was the only summer I saw them together and I often wonder what became of them.