As is our wont, many of Sydney's celebrations centre upon our harbour and waterside locations but not everything happens by the water as I would no doubt have witnessed if I were in a rural area today. Whilst I haven't wandered far from home today I did relax for a while at nearby Centennial Park where the celebration of the holiday and our Australian spirit, new or old, was clearly evident.
(As usual, click on photos to enlarge)
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| Social game of cricket |
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| Family picnics |
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| Flying the flag |
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| A land of immigrants |
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| Boys at play, not a female in sight |
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| Fall of wicket, the dismissed batsman grinning broadly |
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| The fielding side celebrates the fall of wicket |
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| The batsman essays an ambitious hook but the ball passes unhit perilously close to the bails. Note the Esky in the field; on a day of 33c (91f) heat drinks were kept close to play and were partaken of with great regularity. |
The cricket game was in Centennial Park? It looks like it is in the bush in far out country.
ReplyDeleteYep, Centennial Park deep in the eastern suburbs.
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