This is a close-up of part of the Christmas Tree in Martin Place, with the clock tower of the old GPO (General Post Office) behind. I took this photo just before 12pm yesterday (Christmas Eve), a glorious summer’s day here in Sydney.
Season’s Greetings to everyone!
Such a great shot, and look at that sunshine! Having said that, I do hope it is not too hot for you this Christmas, and that the temperatures return to more seasonal levels soon.
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Thanks Becky! I walk past that tree to work every morning, and have been intending to take a photo for this very purpose — but the last two weeks have been grey and stormy, which is not the look I wanted! Finally our weather has turned, and we’ve got a run of clear skies. 🙂 Though our temps have not been “unseasonal” at all, low to mid 20s, which is normal. I’m off to Perth for 6 nights on Boxing Day, and who knows what exotic timepieces I may find there? 😉
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Ooh can’t wait to see what Perth holds……and how odd on temps. All the papers over here have been telling us there’s hotter weather than usual for you?!!
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Other areas have had high temperatures I think, but not Sydney itself.
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Ahha!
Safe travels today xx
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Very safe, thanks! Ensconced at my hotel with complimentary wine and cheese at the moment. 🙂 Curiously, the woman here also commiserated about the “high” temps I’ve been enduring in Bondi — I showed her the weather app on my phone to prove it’s not true!
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Excellent . . . and clearly there’s fake news out there 😦
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Great shot. It has been raining for days here. A warm but wet Christmas for us I think. Hope you have a lovely day.
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I feel for you in all that rain. We had two weeks of storms before the weather finally turned, on the 24th. Bondi Beach (where I live) will be a solid mass of sunburned bodies this afternoon!
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Ouch. Looks like you’re getting kinder weather conditions than much of Aus right now.
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Lovely shot Kaz. Have a lovely Christmas. I saw some terrible hailstones hitting Sydney the other day – hope you weren’t caught out in them! Enjoy Perth!
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That hail was astonishing! My area did not get the worst of it, only sort of grape sized, and luckily for me I was inside a bus when it fell, but the noise as the hail hit the metal roof was astonishing. As for Perth, I’ve never been so I’m looking forward to it. 🙂 Didn’t your son and family live there for a time?
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Yes, they lived there for two years until this February when they moved back to Sydney – now in Brisbane! Hard to keep track of him 😀
Fremantle is lovely, I have been there, and the King’s Park Botanical Garden is supposed to be fabulous. I would have loved to have visited them, but just didn’t get the chance.
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King’s Park is definitely on my list of things to do. Plus Rottnest island. And my first two nights are Fremantle. Should be good!
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Oh, yes, they went over to Rottnest island and hired bikes to get around. 😊
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Lovely shot Karen! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas 🎅🎁🍸🍰💕
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LOL could you have squeezed in more icons? 😉
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Maybe 🎈🎊🎍⛄🍬 xx
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