The ponds are flowering in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens. Pale pinks and waterlily blue are emerging from the water.
In the heat of early afternoon a white faced egret guarded her nest in the shallows while a royal spoonbill poked and prodded at the water. The spoonbill stopped her efforts only to shake her bill before resuming the subaquatic attack.
A trio of Pacific black ducks floated in haphazard patterns turning tail-up at random moments.
In the shade of the bamboo grove a family of five spread a red and black checked blanket and feasted from an enormous blue esky.
It is autumn in Queensland's capital but the high temperatures encourage people to lie on the grass and gaze into the deep blue sky.
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Thursday, 24 March 2011
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