Cockatoo with bread

 Wollongong Comic Convention

                             May 2022

     The comic book convention held at Wollongong in May was a great success. There were plenty of stalls selling comic books at cheap, affordable prices. 

  

 There were quite  few people in fancy costumes in the mall and the public library, 

 

There were people in fancy costume easily recognized as the characters they were portraying. Above we have The Batman.

Look closely and you will see Spiderman with Doctor Strange.

Here we have Spiderman with a birdman.

Here we have an angel. It was a sunny day. No rain which has become a rarity this year on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia.

              Little Corellas in Wollongong, 

                    NSW, Australia

                on the 3rd of May 2022

While visiting Wollongong on the 3rd of May I came upon two dozen Little Corellas in the trees near the train station. 

Little Corellas are not often seen in Wollongong and so coming across them was a treat.  

There is something angelic about these little birds.

They are messy eaters and you have to be careful not to slip on what they leave on the footpath. 

They can be affectionate.

After a good feed nap time for these Little Corellas. 

Two Little Corellas

Friendship Wollongong style

                   Wollongong University

Wollongong University, on the south south coast of New South Wales, combines modern architecture with what nature has always had to offer, making it a rather green place to visit. There are coffee shops and an abundance of art to be found as you move from building to building. 

     The art can simply be there to beautify the grounds as you might gather from this purple woman display.

 The art can also have cultural significance such as being a reminder the Aborigines were here before many of us.

Here is a fanciful sculpture found in a campus pond where you are likely to also find Coots and Ducks.  

For overseas students it is possible for them to glimpse their first Kookaburras here in the campus foliage.

There are also swampy areas where Wood Ducks feel right at home. And yes, across the road from Wollongong University there is Wollongong Botanic Garden with its own wonders. CHEERS!