Sunday Selections #296

Sunday Selections was originally brought to us by Kim, of Frogpondsrock, as an ongoing meme where participants could post previously unused photos languishing in their files.
 
The meme is now continued by River at Drifting through life.  The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent.  Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to River.  Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.
 
Like River I usually run with a theme. After our trip to Tulip Top (see Friday's post) we took a detour.   Tulip Top is just off the highway between my city and Sydney.  Beside that highway is a lake, Lake George.  Lake George has been a puddle or a patch of green grass for many years now.  However, this winter and spring we have had real rain (and naturally some areas have had too much).  And the lake has returned.

Starting with Lake George as it was in 2010, when we took a trip to see an (illegal) sculpture installation.  The zebras were fun, but they were vandalised and later removed.

Not a drop of water to be seen.  And even the green disappeared in the intervening years.

Last week was a different picture.

Local talk-back radio suggests it hasn't been this full since the late 1970s.  Perhaps water sports on Lake George will resume...

If you embiggen the later photos you may be able to see wind turbines on the hills to the rear.  Some of our politiicians have been appalled at their ugliness and the blight they cast on the scene.  Sigh.  I would much rather look at wind turbines than coal mines.

Sunday Selections

Sunday Selections, brought to us by Kim, of Frogpondsrock, is an ongoing theme where participants post previously unused photos languishing in their files.

Anyone can join in, just post your photos under the Sunday Selections title, link back to Kim, then add your name to her Linky list at Frogpondsrock.

My theme for this week is quirky public art: and a big thankyou to Paper Chipmunk who made me think of these pieces.  About this time last year, some local artists livened up a dull part of the road between Canberra and Sydney.

Just off the road, on the largely dry floor of Lake George, they installed these fibreglass beauties.

Initially there was a bit of strife because the artists had not got the necessary permission from the farmer whose land they were on, or from local government, but these glitches were soon resolved.  On the day we went out to see them there were a number of other enthusiastic viewers - including a bus load of people from one of the local nursing homes.  And all of us were smiling happily.

However, shortly after that, some anti-social scum climbed the fence and vandalised them.  The artists took them home, repaired them and created a baby zebra, but they are no longer to be seen on that dull stretch of highway.  Humph.