Australian National Botanic Gardens : Escape from Work

Close to the Australian National University, Acton, Canberra, Australia

Monday, 20 December 2004 - 04:15 GMT (14:15 local time)

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The official purpose of the gardens is : "Growing, studying and promoting Australia's flora". It is in practice much more than that. They offer lots of activities to the public (for instance free concerts every January Sunday and Saturday evenings).

For me it is a place of calm and relaxation just 5 min walk away from my work. Just to remind that this safe place is indeed in the middle of the town, I Included the Telecom tower, the main Canberra Landmark.

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Location

Australia - New Zealand / Australia

Lat: 36° 17' 42.24" S
Long: 149° 6' 39.24" E

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Equipment

Taken with a Nikon D70 digital SLR, Fish Eye Sigma 8mm (partially full frame), f10 at 1/125 second. Mounted on a Kaidan KIWI-L QTVR Pano Head (on Sony Tripod). Stitched with PTMac 2.1. Cleaned with Photoshop.

Caption in French

Le role officiel des Jardins Botaniques Nationaux Australiens est de : "Cultiver, Etudier et Promouvoir la flore Australienne". En pratique, les jardins offrent bien plus que cela au public. A titre d'exemple, il es possible de pique-niquer au son d'un groupe de Jazz ou de musique classique tous les Samedi et Dimanche Soir de Janvier (Notez bien sur que c'est le plein été à Canberra à cette époque...).

Pour ma part, les jardin m'apportent un lieu de calme et de relaxation (et de fraîcheur aussi), à 5min de mon travail, à pied. Et pour rappeler que ce havre de paix se trouve en fait au coeur de la ville, j'ai placé à dessein au centre de l'image la tour des télécoms, un des bâtiments dominant de Canberra

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