Yesterday I spent much of the day wandering in and out of The Botanical Gardens here in Sydney. Rich was at work so after a blogging/email session I headed off with my streetmap to be a tourist.
The Botanical Gardens are so beautiful, no matter where I am, I love the juxtaposition of lush green against a modern city backdrop. The skyscrapers peek out at you in gaps but turn a corner and you forget you're in a city at all. Particularly here, as ahead of you, as you leave the clearings you see: The Sea!
A-mazior!
It struck me yesterday that for the second time in a row I was wandering a large city park on my own in January. Last January I was doing a show in Belfast and so relocated there for 4 months. My digs were opposite the main park and so I took to wandering in and out when I wasn't in rehearsals. It's another beautiful space where you can get lost in the trees but January in Belfast is c-o-l-d.
This January I am in Sydney and c-o-o-k-i-n-g and am surrounded by bats screeching, tropical birds calling and the sea.
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| A public drinking fountain with Diana dancing on the top. |
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| The sea! |
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| I am mesmerised by these sleeping Bats or Flying Foxes as they're called. |
P.S Just so you see what I mean about contrast, here's last year in Belfast's main park:
Walking the world's parks and loving it!
"All I need to make comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl"
-Charlie Chaplin
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