The Lotus Pond is located beside the Oriental Garden, close to the Palm Grove Centre, in the Royal Botanic Gardens. The fountain in the centre, known as the Bird Bath Fountain, was likely installed some time before 1879 for the International Exhibition. Due to damage, it was replaced in 1987 using a marble bowl sourced from Carrera in Italy. There were quite a few flying foxes (or fruit bats) sleeping in the trees above.
What a beautiful place. Love this picture.
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Very beautiful! I would love to be there...
ReplyDeleteSo much beauty. It looks peacefull.
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Meraviglioso giardino botanico :)
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Beautiful! I guess it's a loveley place to visit!
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That's a LOT of fruit bats, Jim... eeek! Then again, I'm not that squeamish. Last night I was sharing my home office with an old mouse whom I first met nibbling my toe. Then he sauntered around the room for a while, paying me no mind. Hmmm... I wonder where he is now.
ReplyDeletelovely picture :)
ReplyDeleteSeems indeed to be a great place to have a little bit of sleep. Alluring. Please have a good weekend.
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A very pretty water scene. So calm and peacful looking.
ReplyDeleteSo peaceful. The sleeping bats on the tree add to the atmosphere.
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely, peaceful place! Marvelous capture as always, Jim! Enjoy your weekend!!
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Such a great place, the Botanic Gardens, and this is a lovely image to bring back memories. I think I like those bats more than you people in Sydney...
ReplyDeleteDid some Aussies give you Kiwis a hard time in Sydney, Paul?
ReplyDeleteA fruit bat? Here's an American Dingbat: Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi.
ReplyDeleteI love gardens, so I think I'll like it there. Bats outside in the daytime??
ReplyDeleteHi there. You have a great blog with beautiful pictures. Congratulations for your work! And thank you for visiting mine, althought is a new one and I have a lot to work at it. Have a great day! I'll be back, watching your new posts. :)
ReplyDeleteI love fountains - did you post more pics of the Royal Botanic Garden?
ReplyDeleteEvelyn, the fruit bats sleep in the trees during the day and are active at night, flying around looking for fruit.
ReplyDeletejeanette, I've posted a few shots in the last few weeks and more last year. If you click on my Botanic Gardens tag (below) or link (right column), you should be able to see all of them.
My family on the gold coast don't like the flying bats, they eat the mangoes.Even if they don't eat them, it seem they spread urine or saliva and cause black spots on the mangoes.
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful water feature. I didn't know the term flying foxes! I'd love to see them. (We like bats!)
ReplyDeleteNice. I love visiting botanical gardens.
ReplyDeleteSorry Jim, I did not express myself well: I meant to say that the bats are less popular with people in Sydney than they might be with me when I come as tourist. :-)
ReplyDeleteNo worries, paul. I think you're right. There a terrific oddity for tourists but some of the damage that they cause in large numbers makes them less popular with locals. :)
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