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Adventures in Sydney

























I recently had a week's holidays in Sydney. There are so many wonderful things to see there, the Bridge of course, and the Harbour, but the best things as in most cities are those things which you chance upon. One such thing for me was the beautiful art installation "Forgotten Song" by Michael Thomas Hill.
This work features 120 birdcages suspended between the buildings in Angel Place. The cages are empty which is sad and haunting. There is an eeriness as you listen to the recordings of birds which used to live in Sydney and area, but which were pushed outside the city as European settlement occurred. A sad, sweet moment to pause and consider how we live with nature and each other.