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Floral Friday – Infrared photos from the Blue Lotus Water Gardens

23/01/2026 Floral Friday, Photography

When I went to the Blue Lotus Water Gardens I thought it might be fun to take the infrared camera with me. I have to admit I wasn’t sure at first whether or not I […]

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Floral Friday – Back to the Blue Lotus Water Gardens

09/01/2026 Floral Friday, Photography

I finally got back to the Blue Lotus Water Gardens after 3 years. I know every year I would talk about going back, but I just didn’t get there. However, on Boxing Day, my friend […]

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Floral Friday – Christmas can mean time for water lilies

19/12/2025 Floral Friday, Photography

I know this probably doesn’t make sense, but as Christmas gets close, I can’t help thinking of the place that has all the water lilies and lotus flowers that usually opens on Boxing Day, the […]

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Floral Friday – Revisiting the lilies at a water garden

01/08/2025 Floral Friday, Photography

It has been a few years since I went to the Blue Lotus Water Gardens and I think I have to make an effort to go again. I was planning on going this last summer, […]

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Floral Friday – Looking back at water lilies from past visits

06/12/2024 Floral Friday, Photography

I was talking to a friend the other day and we were discussing how we haven’t been to the water gardens for a couple of years and maybe it is time to go back. They […]

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Floral Friday – Visiting places from long ago

02/08/2024 Floral Friday, Photography

Blue Lotus Water Garden It seems it is 4 years since I last visited Blue Lotus Water Garden according to Google. It is a great place to go and photograph water lilies and lotus flowers. […]

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Are bots destroying social media?

15/09/2023 discussion, Photography

I wasn’t sure what to call this blog post but recently I have noticed someone leaving comments on my blogs that don’t seem to make much sense in connection to the post they are commenting […]

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Monochrome Madness – Trying something floral

13/09/2023 Monochrome Madness, Photography

I have been going through some photos that are on an external drive and moving them to my back up system. While doing that I found some photos from the Blue Lotus Water Gardens. They […]

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Silent Sunday – Lillies and water

15/01/2023 Photography, silent sunday

Looking at more of the Water Lillies from the Blue Lotus Water Gardens.

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Working out things – Making plans

02/01/2023 Photography

Welcome to 2023. It is a new year and it is time to start planning what I want to do this year. For the last few years I have lost the plot with my blog […]

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Silent Sunday – More from the Blue Lotus Water Garden

11/12/2022 Photography, silent sunday

Here are some photos from the Blue Lotus Water Garden. Great place for photos. Happy Sunday everyone.

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Silent Sunday – Water Lillies

04/12/2022 Photography, silent sunday

It is almost time to visit the lotus and water lily gardens again. From 2017. Happy Sunday everyone.

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Weekend Wanderings - Blue Lotus Water Gardens

Weekend Wanderings – Blue Lotus Water Gardens

01/02/2020 Photography, Weekend Wandering

It has been a while since I did a Weekend Wanderings post and since I went to the Blue Lotus Water Gardens last weekend it seemed like a good move to show some photos today.

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Monochrome Madness – Lotus

29/01/2020 Monochrome Madness, Photography

It is that time of the year and a lotus flower seemed like a good idea for Monochrome Madness this week. They are so beautiful and in monochrome also good.

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Weekend Wanderings – End of Season

23/03/2019 Photography, Weekend Wandering

Sometimes you have to know when it is the right time to visit places. It seems for this Weekend Wanderings post my recent visit to the Blue Lotus Water Gardens was a bust as it […]

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Something different from the Blue Lotus Gardens

14/03/2019 Flowers, Photography

Finally, got out again today to the Blue Lotus Water Gardens. It is nice to get another visit in, though many of the water lilies are done, but we did manage to get something different.

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Monochrome Wednesday – Water Lily

13/03/2019 Monochrome Madness, Photography

There are some things that are great to bring back from my old blogging days and Monochrome on a Wednesday is definitely one of them. This week I thought  I would try a water lily.

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The Bees Knees and Getting Back into Things

01/03/2019 catching up, Photography

It seems like I just did a blog post and I did, but I really need to do something, so I’m trying to get back into things again. I also thought I would show a […]

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Visiting the Blue Lotus Water Gardens

26/01/2019 Photography, Weekend Wandering

It isn’t the first time I have been to the Blue Lotus Water Gardens at the Yarra Junction, and I’m sure it won’t be the last. Visiting the gardens is always good and there is […]

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Floral Friday: Waterlillies

12/01/2018 Fine Art, Flowers, Photography

It has been a while since I did one of these, but thought since I had been to the Blue Lotus Water Gardens, I thought  it might be nice to play around with a few […]

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