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overhead
above the level of the head; in the sky.
Two photos which are both
14 hour flights from Australia.
African Hawk-Eagle soars above me
in Kruger National Park.
From Butchart Gardens.
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Canada
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-Gardens
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During our travels of the past twelve months
we were fortunate to visit several gorgeous gardens.
Butchart Gardens, Schönbrunn Palace, Versailles Palace
and finally Hamilton Gardens in New Zealand.
Schönbrunn Palace
Schönbrunn Palace
Schönbrunn Palace
Versailles Palace
Versailles Palace
Versailles Palace
Versailles Palace
Versailles Palace
Versailles Palace
Versailles Palace
Versailles Palace
Geelong Botanic Gardens
Geelong Botanic Gardens
Geelong Botanic Gardens
Geelong Botanic Gardens
Geelong Botanic Gardens
The Gardens which I really wanted to visit were
The Butchart Gardens on Canada’s Vancouver Island.
We were so pleased that we arrived a day or two early.
This gave us time to look around Victoria
prior to our tour commencing.
Because of this we spent much more time exploring
Butchart the our tour had allocated.
We were just finishing a walk through the Sunken Gardens
when were were scheduled to leave.
Public transport took us back to Victoria
and we both would recommend this to anyone visiting
Victoria and Butchart Gardens.
Hamilton Gardens,
New Zealand.
Hamilton Gardens,
New Zealand.
Hamilton Gardens,
New Zealand.
Hamilton Gardens,
New Zealand.
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Tuesday-PC-Wk170-Sculpture
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While these two terms are related to each other, they do not mean exactly the same.
A statue is a carved or cast figure of a person or animal.
Sculpture is a piece of art that is made by carving or molding clay, stone, metal, etc.
A sculpture that contains a human or animal figure can be termed as a statue.
I miss-defined the statue/sculpture definition,
so this is take two.
Vienna, Austria.
Avignon, France
St Paul de Vence,
France
Taupo,
New Zealand
Statue or sculpture.
Grouse Mountain,
Vancouver, BC.
Canada.
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Word-of-Day-Challenge-Dragon
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dragon
1. a mythical monster like a giant reptile.
2. another term for flying lizard.
Dragons.
Dragon Fly
Dragon Fountain in Butchart Gardens…
…on Vancouver Island,
British Columbia,
Canada.
Finally, Geelong Gardens
provides a Dragon Tree.
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Word of the Day Challenge: Dragon
FOWChallenge-Aquarium
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aquarium
a transparent tank of water in which live fish and other water creatures and plants are kept.
a building containing tanks of live fish of different species.
My images are not exactly aquarium images…
…but they all show fish…
…in water.
Looking through a glass bottom boat on
the Great Barrier Reef,
near Cairns in Queensland
is probably the closest I have to an aquarium shot.
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Fandango’s One Word Challenge: Aquarium
SUNDAY-STILLS-PC-Great-Outdoors
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Two continents and one island this week.
A scene from Day 2 of our
Rocky Mountaineer Train trip
to Vancouver, June 2018.
Whistler ski slopes, Canada, June 2018
Across the Pacific Ocean
and much closer to home is
New Zealannd’s…
Mount Ruapehu,
which is an active volcano
in Tongariro National Park.
New Zealand’s North Island’s major ski resorts
and only glaciers are too be found on Mt Ruapehu.
Across the Indian Ocean is the Mt Sheba Resort.
And a not too long drive from Mt Sheba
is an area known as God’s Window.
Stunning views
From
Sausage Tree Safari Camp…
…we were able to admire the Drakensberg Mountains
and enjoy a drink or meal while doing so.
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SUNDAY STILLS PHOTO: The-Great-Outdoors
Tuesday-PC-Wk164-Road
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Since 2013 we have travelled sorts of roads.
Dirt tracks upon which a pride of lions rested.
Then a road which was not much more
than wheel tracks across Sua Pan,
one of the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans in Botswana.
The Sua Pan (or Sowa Pan) is a large natural topographic depression
within the Makgadikgadi region of Botswana.
The Makgadikgadi Pans were once a lake which
was larger in area than Switzerland.
It dried up several thousand years ago
(Source: Wikipedia)
Could we call this a water road, in Venice?
An extraordinary trip across to France and return via Eurostar.
Extraordinary because I was ‘talking’ to MGW’s cousin
via Facebook while under the Channel.
Last year another Railroad ride on
The Rocky Mountaineer.
Two days of travel through glorious scenery
with first class comfort and service
back to Vancouver.
