A day in Canberra

 An interesting Autumn day in Canberra.  It began as we walked out the front door past the cladding workers removing stuff from the entryway behind the plants ...

..and out towards Bunda St.

As I intended to walk through Reid later in the morning we first headed for Commonwealth Park.  As expected fencing was endemic as the garden beds for Floriade are reconstructed.

Later in the walk we passed a large bed near Stage 88 where bulbs were being planted.

In the past there have been worries about people stealing bulbs.  In (I think) 1990 it was suggested it would be more amusing to add a few bulbs to spell out a message.  At that time it was felt that a message suggesting Craig Duby went forth and multiplied was good.  Here's a suggested placement, in 2022,  of a few daffodils amongst the tulips.

Nearby some King Parrots were attending to some fallen acorns.  And were surprising camouflaged ib the tan bark and oak leaves.

The wood ducks were less well hidden, but also scoffing acorns.

I walked across to Katoomba Park in Cambell observing the most pointless job in Canberra.

Also two Canberra icons - a bus stop and piles of leaves.

A colourful fallen leaf generator!

A drift of leaves in Reid.

Falling leaves in Glebe Park (image slightly out of order).

My target for Campbell: a Superb Parrot.

The business for the afternoon was retiring our faithful Jetta ....

... and collecting our new Mazda CX5 with AWD and a twin turbo diesel motor.