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| Australian White Ibis Tortoises? Toowoomba Japanese Gardens, Queensland, Australia 2007-2008 |
Was reading at the start of the week that the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers had officially commenced for 2013. Made me a touch homesick. I recall I attended a parade ten years ago. Before that, it had been two to three decades earlier that I went enthusiastically with big eyes. I remember beautiful carnival floats covered with flowers puttering by with pretty girls smiling and waving. Famous radio announcers described the floats and said who they were sponsored by. I also remember being scared of the guys wearing giant paper-mache heads wandering around between the floats. I was just little.
These photos are files from 2007 and 2008. Maybe the end of winter. I remember there were plenty of flying foxes in the trees. I think they have been rid of by now. I think it's actually pretty cool. No matter how hard you work to make something authentic the local animals have got to stick their noses in it. I think it is a richer place for it. All the Australian species making the gardens home.
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| Australian Darter |
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| Hardhead also known as White-eyed Duck |
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| Flying Foxes |
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| Black Flying Fox July 31, 2008 Pentax K200D with Sigma 28-300mm lens |
4 comments:
Beautiful photos. I add you to my friends :)
AHA!
Good to see the comment window is up and working!
How I envy you to have lived in Japan... So many fabulous memories you have accumulated and you must ave learned so much, the language included, perhaps?!
What a beautiful set of images... That is what a blog is all about too, keeping those memories alive and sharing them with friends and family!
I especially like pic N°2, so lively!
Keep well Russell!
Thank you, Noushka. I'm really happy to receive your comments at this blog again! I hope you can comment without trouble in the future.
Thank you, Hid-aka. I look forward to your visits and I will visit your beautiful blog sometimes too.
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