Next we drove to the University of Southern Queensland campus to visit the Japenese garden there. It was, as expected a very quiet and serene place. DH has had no experience of such gardens and was a bit disappointed that there were no garden beds brimming with flowering annuals. There was that usual feeling of 'naturalness', the water features and the curves that feature so often in these types of gardens.
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| The hedge in the foreground clipped into a curved mound |
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| The very typical bridge... |
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| More shrubs clipped into dome shapes |
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| Light 'dancing' on the water |
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| Most of the ducks were swimming too fast for me... |
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| More lovely reflections...and a lantern nestled under the tree... |
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| A small man made waterfall... |
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| The echiums at the front of the cafe/restaurant complex at Picnic Point |
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| The view from our table in the cafe... |
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| A panorama photo of the lookout at Picnic Point; the restaurant/cafe is on the right of the photo |
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| Looking out from Picnic Point |
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| Looking towards the gardens of PP |
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| DH had one of the special sundaes...mauve icecream, vanilla icecream, purple sprinkles and caramel sauce. ( since 1932 the floral symbols of Toowoomba have been the wattle and the violet and these are represented in the sundae :-) ) |
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| The flag pole on PP; you can see it from way back from the bottom of the range |
