I
went to the Rose Seidler House today, which was built by Harry Seidler, an
Austrian famous for his architecture. He has contributed quite a few buildings
to the Sydney skyline, as well as building this house. The area around the
house is beautiful and smells of hickory smoke because at this time of year
they are burning some of the bush in the surrounding area to prevent
uncontrolled summer bush fires. It smelt amazing as soon as I stepped off the
bus.
I was
basically in the middle of suburbia though, so my friend Ed who lives near the
house joined me with his dad’s car. We took the short tour through the house
and watched a video downstairs about the architect. I found it fascinating, but
I could tell he was bored (as most guys would be). I was really excited to find
a wallaby in the backyard though!
 |
| Rose Seidler House |
 |
| I believe this is a wallaby |
We
drove over to the nearby Bobbin Head National Park afterward and wandered
around for a bit. There were quite a few people there since it was a weekend in
the middle of the day and all of the picnic tables were full. We wandered about
ten minutes into the bush though and found a shady place to sit and hang out. I
was startled when we first sat down because a huge lizard crawled out from
under the rock and I thought it was a snake. There was a lot of interesting
looking flies and mosquitoes around too. I think it’s because we choose to sit
next to a stagnant-looking creek, but it was weird to see the different sorts
of bugs they have in Australia.
 |
| Bobbin Head |
It’s
also nice to know someone with a car, as I saved much time and money instead of
taking the bus. I also have no idea how I would have caught the bus home from
where we were.
No comments:
Post a Comment