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Australia Reflections

An amusing & startling glass sculpture in the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth. The 2019 winner of the Tom Malone Prize was Mark Eliott‘s Down at the Water Table. The photo on the right is the work upside down. Do click on the photos to enlarge them.

An appropriate pair of photos to end our “down under” holiday

Australia 2019 Photos:

Australia Index

Melbourne

Great Ocean Road

Adelaide

Darwin

Kakadu National Park

Katherine National Park

Litchfield National Park

Perth

Fremantle

Margaret River

Australia Reflections

Norah’s harsh appraisal of one of the wines in a wineries’ Cellar Door

Ann approved of the Chocolaterie on the Great Ocean Road near Torquay

01Freeway sculpture

Freeway Hotel?
No, it is a large arty Freeway sculpture to keep drivers amused

02 Freeway signs

unambiguous road sign

No problems parking in carparks in Kakadu NP

This was the highest temperature we endured in the Northern Territory NPs

So no wonder we were often the only ones trekking – a case of “Mad Dogs & Englishmen go out in the midday sun”

03 Fremantle

A quaint store in Fremantle, Karmaceuticals
The shop signage incorporates the chemical structure for cannabis
Unlikely to see an outlet in Ruislip High Street anytime soon

Some of the trains were very long indeed – making for lengthy haults

In the Northern Territory we expected warning signs for crocodiles,
but not for buffaloes

06 Bukbukluk Lookout, Kakadu NP

Take two – in Bukbukluk Lookout, Kakadu NP

In Australia swans are black not white – why?
Can you eat swans in Australia – you can’t in the UK – the monarch would not be amused!

Green tree frogs are cute in the wild …

… but not in the loo in our Litchfield NP cabin