The new Hunter Theatre at the Hunter School of Performing Arts Broadmeadow. 

A sign bowled me over, in perhaps, the largest newest shopping centre outside Sydney, namely Charlestown Square.

The shopping centre is like a space station in that humans scurry around totally indoors in long disorienting passage ways and sloping escalators, down down into the depths.
All of which is par for the course if outdoors were covered in two metres of snow or were lashed by desert sand storms but, hey, we won't have anything less than air con, no matter what, in our mild climate.
Hang the environment and energy use. Ignore the existing stock of empty shops available for reuse in the district. 
'Onya, Kate Blanchett!

An abundance of waterfowl, emus, mutton birds, wild ducks, pigeons and swans were once common in the area.

Plover with offspring - a single tiny chic shelters right under the adult bird some of the time while in survival mode during a patch of bleak, cold, rainy, windy, racey weather.

A second adult bird patrols in the vicinity and flies and chases away intruding birds and everyone else. The birds live on a school playground and were also shown here a few days ago 

Will this be iceboarding or snowboarding? 

These targets were on the move.  A pair of very frolicsome 'hounds' enjoyed fetching a ball and were making their way home from King Edward Park.

 

In King Edward Park. Fun sliding down a hill is still an ok thing to do on a warm Sunday in May. 

King Edward Park Newcastle.