Geelong Botanical Gardens

Lovely winters day today, so went to the Botanical gardens for a wander. Not much colour being the middle of winter but still such a beautiful place. The welcoming bollards, carved in reclaimed timber pier pylons, are the work of Melbourne born artist Jan Mitchell. Five years and 103 bollards later she has created a unique tourist attraction, the Waterfront Bollard walk. In this shot the late afternoon shadows are prevalent which I quite like.

Little wren http://365project.org/dianeburns/365/2014-07-02
Birds of a feather http://365project.org/dianeburns/others-2014/2014-07-04

[Ilona]

Lovely capture fav :)

[Sam]

What a gorgeous garden, even in Winter!

[Helen]

Looks a lovely place to wander around, the bollard figures made me smile....... nicely captured

[Poppo Livy]

Lovely winter shot Diane

[Christine]

Lovely shot Di! We are lucky to have such nice gardens in Geelong.

[Babs]

Fantastic shot. I have seen these bollard sculptures on the waterfront at Geelong. I must go back again next time we are down there. I just love them.

[Tony]

Love the lead-in of that path and the tall trees.

[Nicola Henderson]

You have blue sky..!!!!!!! Lucky you..

Gorgeous crystal clear shot

[Jan Rose]

The wooden statues are great maybe a little scary.

[Joy Maguire]

now I want to walk this path. Beautiful

[Candace]

They are so cute, nice to greet you as you wander in the amazing garden!

[Graham Thresher]

A super capture. Fav

[Tom]

Love your use of the light and shadow

[Carol]

Great shot! And I love the welcoming bollards - a fav.

[Firefly]

really cool shot!

[Debi 🐩]

love those bollards

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Beautiful capture of the gorgeous looking gardens. I love how you included the statues.

[Lyn Berriman]

How fabulous!

[Jonathan Darrell]

Lovely shot of a beautiful place. I have to say there is a slightly sinister Dr Who feel about those figures for me in the image; I'm sure in real life they are very welcoming!

[Cindy E]

Beautiful! I would love to visit!

[Margaret Brown]

Lovely capture so peaceful, like the lighting and pov

[Lynn]

Congratulations on making it to the Trending page, really nice image.

[sally agnew]

What quaint bollards, looks very inviting, lovely capture Diane :-)

[June]

Love the composition and colours of this one. Fav!

[Yolanda]

Lovely composition

[Susan C Clow]

Clever image. Interesting how nicely you fit that in with the trees and road way. Very creative.

[vstap]

Nice shot. Love the wooden figures!

[Nita]

A beautiful capture and a great welcoming couple.

[Maggie]

How lovely to meet this couple strolling in the park. Is this the same park that has the carved bollard bandsmen in black and red. I have never been to Geelong but remember seeing a photo of them in a magazine a year or so ago.

[Nina Ganci]

wow! What a beautiful garden this must be. Thanks for sharing. fav

[Larry Mc]

Absolutely Awesome!

[Diane]

@snaphappi it's not the same place Maggie, they are down at the waterfront but not that far away, they are wonderful, unique to Geelong I think?

[Kat]

What an interesting couple greeting you. Great shot. :)

[Harbie]

I love all the green and the background sky!

[Stephanie Swift]

The composition and the soft light and colour make this a fav for me. Love the bollards.

[caryet]

Mid winter down under! We are in the middle of a steamy hot summer.
Love to see shots of Botanical Gardens. Thanks.