Have added to these 'bush' pages to give a hint of the variety of wildlife that we are coming into regular contact with, and some more of Ulric's sculptures, especially impressive is the one in the lake showing an almost perfect reflection. [For David and Hazel-- reminiscent of Mnt. Cook on Lake Mattheson]. Have also seen a whole range of finches, honey eaters, a bower bird, bush turkeys [photo], wallabies[of course], parrots[photo], a small brown and very poisonous snake and various reptiles of all sizes. Ibises[photo] have moved into the city for food. They're nice to look at but their new diet doesn't suit.
Quite a contrast, moving from a frenetically busy Bangkok to Anne and Ulric's house in the bush in the Sydney suburb of Galston, though it continues to be very hot, hence the 'whacked'! We are surrounded by wildlife, mostly 'live', but otherwise in Ulric's wonderful stainless steel sculptures.
I wanted to learn to swim whilst I was out here."Fancy him not being able to!" I hear you say. Anyway I've made a start, in Bangkok tentatively in the shallow end amongst all the learning 3 year olds and now in the pool here, so some progress! Off today to the Steiner's beach house in Copacabana and then to Sydney for a couple of weeks.
Couldn't resist a few more of Ulric's fantastic ''sculptures'', all dotted around the garden adding to the sense of being in the bush. We are in Sydney now, but have not yet done the sites; that's next weeks work, but we have just returned from Canberra and have lots of impressions and photos to follow......
