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I end this trip with a rather lovely corner of the sculpture garden.  The tree ferns remind me of our lovely Blue Mountains.

At that's it for a while until I find somewhere else to go ... maybe I will find somewhere this weekend.  But if not, I am currently posting some majestic trees over at Blue Mountains Journal.

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  1. JulieSeptember 24, 2011 at 7:33 AM

    This is around the back of the National Gallery, yes? I have wandered through there on previous visits, but they were massively dry periods. Hoping it will be less dry this time around.

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  2. DianneSeptember 24, 2011 at 7:57 AM

    It's an unusual but not unlike-able effect - I guess I not used to seeing tree ferns this tall and with their solitary stems.

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  3. SusanSeptember 24, 2011 at 11:28 PM

    A lovely spot.

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  4. Red Nomad OZSeptember 28, 2011 at 9:20 PM

    Like Dianne, it's a different take on how tree ferns look in their 'natural' state. Love the lines!!

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  5. UnknownOctober 1, 2011 at 2:26 AM

    Beautiful setting! Fern Tress are fantastic.

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  6. Megan CoyleOctober 6, 2011 at 11:54 AM

    Looks so peaceful and relaxing - just lovely.

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  7. diane bOctober 30, 2011 at 11:49 PM

    Just been back peddling through your blog. great shots of Canberra.

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  8. ABNovember 1, 2011 at 10:19 PM

    This looks rather Mediterranean.

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  9. JulieNovember 13, 2011 at 8:22 AM

    You are posting to BMJ some of the trips that you used to post to SWF. Is that a deliberate change? I do that with my blogs too, when I get overwhelmed with how many blogs I have and what do I post where.

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  10. Joan ElizabethNovember 13, 2011 at 1:10 PM

    This year I left BMJ for about 3 months without any posts and thought I should get back to it because it is my CDP blog and also has the most followers. The recent trips have been within the area known as the Greater Blue Mountains, which takes in Wollemi, Gardens of Stone, Yengo, Kanungra- Boyd, Nattai and Thirlmere Lakes national parks as well as Jenolan Reserve and the traditional Blue Mountains National Park. The trips over at BMJ have all been within or at the edge of this area. I save up SW for further away trips and now we have Whistlers Rest and I have been a worker slave for over a year we have not had much chance to get away far. We are hoping to get to the beach sometime in the summer though.

    This year I certainly have not had the time and energy to have all of the blogs publishing at the same time, so I keep SW and BMJ running alternately, I always post on at Burnbrae on Sunday (and sometimes during the week) and WR is more of a random thing.

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