Lynn Zelmer
Memories

Sydney, NSW

Click on the image at right for a [large] pdf version of Sydney's Chinese Garden of Friendship site plan.

These images, the result of a garden visit in December 2006, roughly progress around the Gardens from the entrance to the tea house.

Image: Chinese Lion at main entrance.
Image: Dragon Wall, Gift of Guangdong.
Image: Limestone Rocks (Dragon rock) containing fossils from west of Sydney near Cumnock.
Image: Phoenix rock.
Image: Pond life, Lake of Brightness.
Image: Moongate, a traditional garden element with one of the limestone sculptures in the distance.
Image: A garden visitor.
Image: One of the garden's three waterfalls.
Image: Wandering Gallery, providing a focus and transition as the visitor climbs the mountain.
Image, Image, Image: Clear View Pavillion at the peak of the mountain.
Image: Mountain Gate, marking the beginning or the end of a mountain walk.
Image: Rock Forest, limestone characters from traditional fables.
Image: Boathouse.
Image: Back side of Dragon Wall and Lentient Jade Pavillion from Boathouse.
Image: Looking across Lotus Pond towards Lentient Jade Pavillion.
Image: Back side of Dragon Wall.
Image: Garden view.
Image: Back side of Dragon Wall from Tea House.
Image: Tea House lantern.