tiabunna's photos

The path from the car park toward the front of the Nan Tien Temple. Happy Fence Friday, everyone.

Australian trees are evergreens and don't show autumn tones. Most deciduous trees have been planted in the cooler mountain areas, so it was a pleasant surprise to find these in their full autumn tonings.

The Nan Tien Temple was built by the Mahayana Buddhist organisation known as Fo Guang Shan and was completed in 1995. It is certainly Australia's largest Buddhist temple and, I understand, probably the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. In the PiP, one of the gate guardians.

Looking for a quiet shady corner to rest for a while? This may be just the answer - though it does look a little hard. Happy Bench Monday everyone, and have a great week.

Another in my growing rock pool collectoin. Care for a dip? Second image in PiP.

Best viewed large. Another view of the mysterious Lake George (previous a few days ago) which is occasionally near full (as here) and often totally dry and used for grazing. In the distance, the wind turbines of a 140 MW wind farm. HFF and have a safe and enjoyable weekend, everyone.

The board surfer went off just before I took this image - hence this musical link. :-)

Lake George is not far from Canberra, Australia's capital city. It is an endorheic lake, as it has no outflow of water to rivers and oceans. (I didn't know that word either, it was on Wikipedia). Several small creeks and rivers feed water into it, but it is very shallow and often is dry, sometimes for years (when its area has had pasture, fences and sheep). Apparently the geology is interesting, the rivers etc once flowed to the sea but were blocked by rising mountain ranges over a million years ago. Best viewed large.

A sunny autumn day at the side of the harbour in Wollongong - even a swimmer going by near the buoy and someone sitting on a bench. The 'old' lighthouse at left, the 'new' one at right. Happy Bench Monday, everyone.