KIng George gate.jpg
KIng George gate.jpg
Originally uploaded by Newtownia.
Spent a lovely couple of hours wandering thru Sydney's Hyde Park on Sunday morning in gorgeous spring weather. There was a festival of some sort in the main part of the park, so I took the path less travelled & rediscovered a delightful little 'royalist' park tucked away in a back corner.
I say 'royalist' because the parklet, ornamental gates & 1950s fountain were dedicated by Queen Elizabeth 2 to the memory of her father George VI and grandfather George V in 1954 when she visited Australia for the first time, & I am a republican.
(The gate is not on fire, BTW - it's some sort of banner showing thru the ironwork
There are more close up pics of the gate and the delightful fountain on my Flickr page.