RAINBOW LORIKEETS

We are lucky in Australia to see these beautiful birds in our gardens even in the City!

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CONTRAIL SKY

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SUMMER BOUQUET

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AQUARIUM

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BRUNSWICK TOWN HALL

Brunswick was declared a municipality in 1857, after residents petitioned for municipal government. The first municipal chambers were erected in 1859 on Sydney Road at Lobb's Hill, between Stewart and Albion streets. The present Town Hall began with the construction of what is now the central section in 1877, designed in Renaissance Revival style by Evander McIvor, consisting of three bays, with arched windows, rustication at the ground level, and paired pilasters above.

In 1888 a competition was held for a new structure, won by architect Sydney H Wilson, with a very grand scheme with a central clocktower, similar in style and elaboration to the just completed Collingwood Town Hall. The project however did not proceed, and instead an addition to the north in matching style was built in 1908, the same year Brunswick became a City.

In 1926 it was decided to finally complete the building, and include a smaller and larger hall, as well as offices for the Council. Sydney H Wilson was again the architect, along with Charles R Heath. The design incorporated the 1908 wing, with new sections to the south matching in detail, as part of an imposing building in Victorian Second Empire style, with a taller central section, mansard roofs, and a porte-cochere. The completed building, without the planned finials and cresting, opened in August 1927 with a 'brilliant spectacle'.

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VIRTUALITY

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A digital mosaic created using Photoshop.

SHOPPING MALL

At the Victoria Gardens Shopping Centre.

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DUCK

The chestnut teal duck (Anas castanea) is a dabbling duck found in Australia. Males have a distinctive green head.

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CLOUDSCAPE

We've had a cool and wet Spring this year, with plenty of opportunity to enjoy dramatic skies like this one here!

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ASIATIC LILY

Asiatic lily (Lilium spp) 'Heartstrings' 

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