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Crimson Rosella

The ridiculously good-looking Crimson Rosella - accessorised with gum blossom.

Red Capped Robin

A Red Capped Robin and berries.

Showy Boronia and July flora and fauna (part II)

Below is the first Boronia of the season: Showy Boronia. It's absolutely everywhere in some parts of the bush at the moment.

Below are more July (mostly!) flora and fauna. From top left: Pine-leaf Geebung (actually I took this photo in February, but only recently found the name for this flower), more wattle currently in bloom, a Phebalium squamulosum type flower out now, a Snow Wreath, Blackeyed Susans, bundled Guinea Flowers, a very large and industrious echidna foraging for food in a park I visited recently, a cobalt blue Dampiera triloba.

Sydney flora and fauna: July

Top left hand corner and down as follows: Acacia longifolia or Sydney Golden Wattle, Slender Rice Flowers (a lot along bush paths but only in one park!), Sweet Wattle, a mum Swamp Wallaby (joey in pouch), Long-leaved Fivecorners, Gingko tree, white duck, and black and white duck.

Art Deco Sydney CBD Beauty - City Mutual Life Assurance building

I was lucky enough to actually go into the board room of this Art Deco beauty one Open Sydney day a few years back. It still had its original art deco interior wood panelling and light fixtures which still looked good some seventy odd years after they were first put in. I am not sure if all that still exists, but as you can see, the exterior is still a very handsome example of high art deco. 

It is heritage listed, and has a sizeable wikipedia page dedicated to its history and architect which is well worth a read. As for me, I am enamoured by the concetina-ed windows, the choice of materials in sandstone and polished black granite, the bronze details, and the Raynor Hoff bronze relief over the entrance. Finished in 1936, the architect Emil Sodersten was praised for the contemporary (at the time) design of this stylish building which still looks as lovely as ever today.

All information courtesy of wikipedia.