Monday, 5 February 2018

A picnic in Rockhampton, Queensland

A lovely park in Rockhampton not far from the Catholic Church.  We bought some good fish and chips from a shop near by and ate them at one of the tables provided with a large shady tree, being winter in 2017 and rather warm there was hardly anyone around just a view birds.
The fountain looks lovely and inviting to put ones toes in.




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Location: Rockhampton City QLD 4700, Australia

37 comments:

  1. David M. Gascoigne,Monday, 5 February 2018 at 00:24:00 GMT+11

    Nice to see the ibises feeding on the lawn.

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    1. Margaret DMonday, 5 February 2018 at 11:49:00 GMT+11

      These were a lot more scattered about looking for a bit of fish and chips to eat..

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  2. SussiMonday, 5 February 2018 at 00:27:00 GMT+11

    big birds!

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  3. Author R. Mac WheelerMonday, 5 February 2018 at 02:04:00 GMT+11

    that's a variety of ibis we don't have in Florida

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    1. Margaret DMonday, 5 February 2018 at 11:50:00 GMT+11

      Oh well, different places have different birds even if it's a similar climate.

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  4. krishnaMonday, 5 February 2018 at 05:38:00 GMT+11

    Beautiful area.. which bird are those? they are quite big!!!

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  5. VENTANA DE FOTOMonday, 5 February 2018 at 06:19:00 GMT+11

    Esas aves quisieron acompañarte en la comida, para que no te encontraras tan solitaria.

    A pesar de que mi tierra es calurosa, en invierno suele hacer frío.

    Besos

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    1. Margaret DMonday, 5 February 2018 at 11:51:00 GMT+11

      The Ibises usually come for a feed thinking they may get something to eat, they usually do.

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  6. AnonymousMonday, 5 February 2018 at 06:37:00 GMT+11

    The bin chickens look very large in Rockhampton. I would describe the fountain as a Municipal fountain, that is one put in by local government in a prominent civic area. Nevertheless, always good to see fountains.

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    1. Margaret DMonday, 5 February 2018 at 11:52:00 GMT+11

      Being a hot winter's day it was good to have a fountain with running water, seemed to keep us from frying :)

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  7. José RamónMonday, 5 February 2018 at 06:37:00 GMT+11

    Es un placer pasar por su blog Saludos

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  8. ElaMonday, 5 February 2018 at 08:57:00 GMT+11

    I've never seen ibises! They are beautiful!
    Great photos !!
    Happy new week !

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    1. Margaret DMonday, 5 February 2018 at 11:59:00 GMT+11

      Well that's a first for you to see the Ibises :)
      Thanks re photos and the week.

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  9. AdamMonday, 5 February 2018 at 10:23:00 GMT+11

    cool birds

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  10. Jo-Anne's RamblingsMonday, 5 February 2018 at 11:20:00 GMT+11

    Such large awesome looking birds

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  11. CatarinaMonday, 5 February 2018 at 14:01:00 GMT+11

    It was a nice day for a picnic.
    Nice view.
    : )

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    1. Margaret DWednesday, 7 February 2018 at 11:44:00 GMT+11

      Indeed it was as most of the days that we stayed in Rockhampton .

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  12. diane bMonday, 5 February 2018 at 15:16:00 GMT+11

    That is a lovely fountain.

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    1. Margaret DWednesday, 7 February 2018 at 11:45:00 GMT+11

      We had never visited that park until 2017 and that's when we came across that lovely fountain.

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  13. RiverMonday, 5 February 2018 at 18:08:00 GMT+11

    fish and chips with no marauding seagulls? That's new. The park and fountain are lovely.

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    1. Margaret DWednesday, 7 February 2018 at 11:45:00 GMT+11

      Never saw a seagull at the park - perhaps it's wasn't their lunchtime :)

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  14. Bob BushellMonday, 5 February 2018 at 20:04:00 GMT+11

    I love the Ibis, beautiful.

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  15. AndyMonday, 5 February 2018 at 21:19:00 GMT+11

    The scene reminds me so much of my vacations in Florida.

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  16. RosemaryTuesday, 6 February 2018 at 05:57:00 GMT+11

    The Ibis know a good spot to be - near the Fish and Chip shop. I haven't had bought fish and chips for years, and we have the shop that won best Fish and Chip shop in the country in our town, must give them a try.

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    1. Margaret DWednesday, 7 February 2018 at 11:49:00 GMT+11

      When the Greeks migrated to Australia many of them opened a fish n chip shop and always made wonderful fish n chips, then they the Greeks children didn't necessarily follow in their parents footsteps so you hardly see any Greeks these days owning fish n chip shops. We go without that meal for ages then we get a fad on them.
      How wonderful the shop is not too far from you then :)

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  17. HuggybearTuesday, 6 February 2018 at 10:10:00 GMT+11

    I hope you refrained from feeding those damn scavenger birds!
    I absolutely detest them like the Indian Mynah 'murderous" birds.
    How people can tolerate the last named which hopefully are not up
    as far as "Rocky" but I suspect they are there killing all the
    native small birds.
    What type of fish did you eat..........the resorts and restaurants up
    the Capricorn Coastline do have excellent fish dishes and the "fish and chips"
    shops are pretty good also.
    Cheers between sneezing fits (head cold)
    Colin

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    1. Margaret DWednesday, 7 February 2018 at 11:51:00 GMT+11

      Someone has to eat the rubbish and we only gave them those very small chips that are left in the bottom of chips.
      We had my favourite - Barramundi of course, and I know it's not yours.
      Hope your cold is soon better, nasty this time of year but then nasty anytime of year.

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  18. orvokkiThursday, 8 February 2018 at 16:48:00 GMT+11

    Those birds are wonderful.
    Hugs

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  19. bailiSaturday, 17 February 2018 at 22:21:00 GMT+11

    lovely birds Margaret!

    and fountain is so appealing my friend ,i agree one can wish to put his toes in

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