Thursday, 6 November 2008

Greetings from Watson's Bay!

Today was the perfect day for a walk through Watson's Bay; my favourite place so far.

Little boats sunbathing...




More trees looking like strange creatures...


This one was huge!!!

I even made a new friend... Punk is not dead at Watson's Bay!
And this is what you find at the end of the little park... The Gap!

Looking to the left...

Looking to the right...


This is the most famous place in Sydney for... suicide!

It also used to be a key point for the protection of the city.

Terrible things happened here in the past.


But today, nobody seems to care anymore...


People go fishing near the beach...


And this big blue-tongue lizard was probably the slowest in the world...


Sailing is safer than ever...










On my way back I got jealous of this little fairy wren.


So I made a crucial decision: I'm gonna dye my feathers as soon as I get home!

Another lighthouse... I like them all...


Well... This was close to Lady Beach, one of the most beautiful places to go and swim... I don't know why it has such a name, because the only living beings I could see there were a crowd of naked men staring at me while I was passing by. Sure, they've never seen a photographer-pelican before... I quickly turned my camera towards the opposite side and tried to concentrate on something less problematic...

I wouldn't mind living in this place...


But unfortunately, this is not the case... This bridge led me to the bus stop, back to Enmore...





Once again, this was a fantastic day, and I jumped in bed with loads of beautiful images to dream about...

Tuesday, 4 November 2008

From Cremorne Point to Taronga Zoo

This morning a big cruise ship arrived at Circular Quay.


A cruise ship from...


I wonder how much time it may take by sea...

In comparison, the ferry to the North of Sydney looked not bigger than a little ant...

We arrived at Cremorne Point and its white light house.



Like many others in the area, this was once the place to be. People used to go there for amusement in the late 19th century.
The point almost became a mining center, but thanks to the many protesters, this never happenned.



It is now a natural reserve, and it is hard to imagine all the activity that went on there in the past.



I had to cross a little forest... but didn't see any dangerous spiders.




I did see some enormous termite nests...


Some of them were so heavy that they just fell on the ground... So I watched my head.
I saw many wicked trees...




Another feathered creature...


And ships "resting" in Mosman Bay at the end of the afternoon...


This was a nice and easy walk. In 15 minutes by ferry, you can really feel kilometers away from the big city.

Sunday, 2 November 2008

Sculpture By The Sea

Today I took a bus to Bondi... Surprise! It was the last day of Sculpture by the Sea. The walk between Bondi and Bronte beach was crowded, but there were many good works on show.

Here are some of them. I couldn't find the names of all the artists yet, so I will complete this post as soon as I get more info...
































Someone was living there...