Monthly Archives: November 2018

Tombstones

Posted on November 15, 2018 by d4vid

Leaving the Royal Botanic Garden, I stumbled on this graveyard of marble. Spooky but cool.  (Later I learned that it’s an art piece titled “Memory is Creation Without End” by Kimio Tsuchiya consisting of bits of demolished buildings.)

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Government

Posted on November 15, 2018 by d4vid

This is the Government House where the Governor of New South Wales lives. But if Sydney has a Bruce Wayne I think he’d reside in a stately manor like this.

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Alien

Posted on November 15, 2018 by d4vid

Some of the flora here and in New Zealand looks positively extra-terrestrial.

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Chair

Posted on November 15, 2018 by d4vid

A view of Mrs Macquarie’s Chair as seen from the shore of the Royal Botanic Garden. (As if I didn’t have enough trouble keeping the names of Star Wars conceptual artist Ralph McQuarrie and writer/director Christopher McQuarrie straight, now I’ve … Continue reading →

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Sails

Posted on November 15, 2018 by d4vid

The Sydney Opera House. Probably the most iconic building in the Southern Hemisphere.  The seem to alternate between calling the roof “sails” or “shells” (but from some angles I think of them as conquistador helmets.) The floor of the concert … Continue reading →

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Arch

Posted on November 15, 2018 by d4vid

The Sydney Harbour Bridge, looking majestic as fuck.

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Dollarydoos

Posted on November 14, 2018 by d4vid

Hey, some trips you win, some trips you lose.  But for this one, I’m enjoying the exchange rate.

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Scorching

Posted on November 14, 2018 by d4vid

Um, this pizza is going to burn my mouth, isn’t it?

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Viticulture III

Posted on November 14, 2018 by d4vid

Picked up another of these with the label I like so much.

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Ubiquitous

Posted on November 14, 2018 by d4vid

And what did I find inside the Gateway shopping center?  Yet another Din Tai Fung!

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Gateway

Posted on November 14, 2018 by d4vid

I assumed this shopping center at Circular Quay was named after the Aboriginal mutant.

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Harbours

Posted on November 14, 2018 by d4vid

By Circular Quay and the Customs House there is a quill-shaped weathervane over a map of the early Australian settlements.

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Customs

Posted on November 14, 2018 by d4vid

Sydney’s old Customs House, ready for Christmas.

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Excellent

Posted on November 14, 2018 by d4vid

Strange things are afoot at the Circular Quay. (Note:  although “kwey” is an accepted pronunciation, the preferred pronunciation is “key”.  Just in case my dad wants to make a big deal about this from beyond the grave.)

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Variegated

Posted on November 14, 2018 by d4vid

I forget, is this how you frame giraffes?Or is this preferable?I enjoyed this Imagineer-worthy theming in Southeastern Asia area of the zoo.Goddamn langur monkeys.  Just as obnoxiously loud as they were at the San Diego Zoo!A meerkat.The apes were all … Continue reading →

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