Just the usual Beaumont Street, Hamilton.

Remember the circus tents in Burwood Park? Remember when we drive down King Street it was the scene of an earlier urban 'battle' when the park was given up to the roadway as I seem to recall.
I am mistaken. This is really Birdwood Park not Burwood.


A smaller version of Birdwood Park remains in between the roadways.




An old stadium was near this end of the park.
I think the stadium held popular housie games but of course would have had other uses.





Marketown was built there with something of the circus or stadium theme in mind.

In Gregson Park Hamilton last month.

Hope is not glib or simplistic. It is not a bubbling, cheeful optimism; it is the grinding, hard-won strength we find to enable us to live our lives as tough as they might be.. . Bishop Malone, Easter message in The Herald.

It would be crass to add it's time for a genuine kick start and do we approach this with hope as a combination of Little Miss Sunshine and Iron Lady rolled into one.

Famous Tiananmen Square in 'Jing has classic heroic statues. People's Republic of China.


Yonghe Lamasery is described as a monastery for monks of Tibetan Buddhism in central Beijing.
A Palace of Peace and Harmony with a Pavillion of Infinite Happiness is found there.
The Middle way meets the Middle kingdom.

Close to Newcastle city centre, below The Hill in the background, looking green and restful is this Mental Health Facility and sports oval. This site has been occupied for a long time and has tall Norfolk Island Pines and to some extent the site is 'cut into' the hill behind it. The Law Courts and Police HQ occupy land to the right but are not shown. Other buildings seem to be disused. What's around the corner - a sell off?
My grand scheme, mine alone, would open this area and make it all continuous parklands with the high open land of the parks nextdoor- Fletcher park and King Ed park- and re-route the through traffic out of there onto the roads in the built-up area but leave some means of access for day visits. It acts as a parking lot as it is.

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The lighted candle is symbolic in this post. Who knows, candles with a romantic glow could be on a par with electric light as far as environment is concerned.

A perfect day on Lake Macquarie, Belmont.