Floriade 2007, Canberra
Floriade 2007, Canberra
Our holiday in Canberra
September 2007
While moving around the various displays of flowers at Floriade I experimented a little with my camera. I tried various techniques, angles and aspects to avoid the usual shots one takes of flowers. I was very pleased with the results.
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Floriade 2007, Canberra
Floriade 2007, Canberra
Floriade 2007, Canberra
When we visited Floriade in Canberra earlier this year I arrived with a sense of anticipation. I had heard from my son that the displays were fabulous. He and his wife had visited several years before us. I anticipated a visual feast and eagerly looked forward to testing out my camera and photographic skills. I came away very pleased on all counts.
The display of hundreds of thousands of flowers, mostly bulbs, was truly amazing.
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Floriade 2007, Canberra
Floriade 2007, Canberra
Floriade 2007, Canberra
Our holiday in Canberra
September 2007
I was amazed at the extent of the flowers on display when we went to visit Floriade in Canberra earlier this year. The flower beds seemed to stretch on and on, and just when you think you’d come to the end of the displays, you turn a corner and there before you were another fifty or hundred thousand flowers all in full bloom.
Incredible.
Floriade 2007, Canberra
Floriade 2007, Canberra
Floriade 2007, Canberra
Our holiday in Canberra
September 2007
One of our main objectives during our extended holiday earlier this year was to visit Floriade in Canberra. This is an annual festival of flowers held in the spring every year in our nation’s capital city Canberra. I had planned to visit this special festival for some years, and this year everything worked out enabling us to experience this amazing display of flowers. Over coming days I am going to share some of the amazing photos I took of this display.
Floriade 2007, Canberra
National Carillon, Canberra
Lake Burley Griffin and National Carillon, Canberra
Our holiday in Canberra
September 2007
One of the more unusual structures in Canberra is the National Carillon. On our first day there we could clearly hear all the bells pealing out their tunes across the lake. This collection of bells which can play tunes was a gift from the British people to the city of Canberra in 1970. It was to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of Canberra as the nation’s capital.