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...was spent at centennial park. it is 1 of 3 parks (the other 2 are moore park and queens park) under the big name centennial parklands. it is situated in the paddington suburb but is accessible by foot from kensington, randwick and so on. basically suburbs ard UNSW. like botanic gardens here, centennial park means alot to OH and i. it is where we do our picnicking and unwinding, a venue where we attend various jazz and christmas concerts, or a place where we have a break from the hustle and bustle of the city.

popped by here to get a bottle of wine. not a huge range of choices (of small bottles) to choose from but we got one that turned out quite smooth and sweet.


walked past OH's ex-place where he stayed for half a year and had to move out cos one of his flatmates saw a ghost in the kitchen and refused to come home. they cant find someone to replace her and since no longer could afford the rent and so all gotto move out. what an episode!


LEFT: one of several entrances to centennial park. RIGHT: winding path leading to the 189 hectare park.


a pelican in the pond while we were walking on the winding path.


dog walkers. one day, i must try to walk my cat (when i have one).


sydney high school, mckay sports ground.


the school boys.







we walked and we walked.... to get to one particular pond where we wanna rest our feet and enjoy our packed bee hoon and wine.

many such ponds within the park. tis one reminds me of my childhood.





finally, we got there!!! here's the view we get from where we sat.




after eating, we packed up and went on to more walking and snapping. its like taking one last good walk through the park.

went through tis nature trail that was a swamp before.


the bark of tis tree feels like tissue paper.


the second place we settled down. carried on with our wine and munching of very nice thai ikan bilis (which i wasnt a fan of until these ones). we stayed here most of time, watching ducks and pelicans making splashes in the pond. thereafter, a family came and started throwing out bread into the pond. all the ducks then started flying from one part of the pond to right in front of us. that was when we noticed the way different species of ducks land on water. some species landed with such grace while some clumsy and funny.


on the way out of the park...

feasting of the pelicans and mandarin ducks.






ice-cream and hot food.


yet another pond with another kinda ducks. the usual white ones.





our day at centennial park ended with us helping these geese look for their contact lenses.



brownie: "i still cant find my lenses. hey, where are the rest of them?"