Tag: Canberra
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Bus stop update
I originally posted about our local bus stop here. On a recent walk, I met the man behind the aesthetic upgrade. Turns out he is on a mission to bring a little splendiferousness to our suburb. We chatted for a while, and spent some time vacillating over the correct shade of grey to paint the…
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An evening walk through the sculpture garden
Last evening took an aimless evening amble down by Lake Burley Griffin. Sat for a while listening to the music at ‘The Jetty’ food and entertainment precinct. Before we left I threw a couple of ice-cold brews and a bag of savoury snacks into my satchel because who wants to pay $25 bucks for a…
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Bus stop.
Hidden handsGift a sprayOf sun. These concrete cylindrical bus shelters with their striking orange fibreglass window frames and matching seats were designed and built around Canberra from the mid-seventies. Despite their impracticalities and moth-to-flame attraction for vandals and graffiti artists (the Lexan windows were particularly vulnerable to being melted with cigarette lighters and are mostly…
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Floriade 2022.
ducks.clean.traded Kelly and I took our mums out to see this year’s Floriade today. A perfect warm spring day to wander amongst the curated beds of the largest festival of flowers in the Southern Hemisphere. Floriade has only been open a couple of days and the artisanal palates of Daffodils, Triteleia, Irises and Poppies are…
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