Banksias in Sydney, 31st December 2017.

 
Banksias are such weird-looking flowers... they encapsule Australia at its deepest... 

Banksia world... 

Banksia trees are ideal for small gardens.

The humble and ordinary bouganville known as "primavera" in Brazil...

Kingsford & vicinities on 31st December 2017

 

white picket fences with red geraniums on Paton Street in Kingsford. 

main arteries around Kingsford: Anzac Pde., Avoca St., Botany St. & Bunnerong Rd.

Royal Prince of Wales Hospital on Avoca Street, Randwick. 

Park in front of RPWH on Avoca Street. 

The Randwick Destitute Children's Asylum in 1866, also the site of the first Randwick Borough Council meeting in 1859, is today part of the Prince of Wales Hospital.

Royal Prince of Wales Hospital area at Avoca Street; see St Marks Rd corner Clovelly Rd.

A Kingsford denizen decided to make his Xmas tree out of a scrotum plant aka Bishop's ball. I wonder whether one could say: Have a ball of a Christmas? In Brazil this funny-shaped bush is called 'Saco de Adão' (Adam's scrotum). 

Hitchcock would love it... Crazy magpies swooping on people's heads...

Blackie is a neighbour's cat at the house on Anzac Pde I was staying in Kingsford.

This photo of myself on the stairs of Sydenham station reminds me of a 1971 movie called "French connection" whose posters showed a man being shot in the back by a NYC cop while he ascended the stairs of a railway station.

Streets of Randwick in the summer of 2017-2018

 

3 different colour rubbish bins: red, green & yellow. 

Kangaroo's paws

Carrington Road looking at Queen's Park and downtown Sydney in the background. 

Blogger on the corner of St Marks Road & Clovelly Road.

on St Marks Road, Randwick.

St Marks Road.

corner of Clovelly & St Marks Rd; Carrington Road.

ripe olives on people's front gardens in the streets of Kingsford.