WARNING: The following contains NUDITY.
I think the gardens here may have been more substantial in earlier times, but at present all the effort (the property is run by volunteers) is put into restoring the buildings.
Photos marked NMP have been, or contain material downloaded from the web, as photos are not allowed to be taken inside the buildings.
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| Pelargonium and nude. |
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"Springwood", Norman Lindsay's home, was built in the mid 1890's
for the Sydney department store owner Francis Foy.
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| Norman Lindsay's home. |
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Norman Lindsay in front of one of his painting, 1936.
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| Sea Horse Fountain |
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| Sea Horse Fountain |
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| I wondered if this was once a garden bed. |
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Inside gallery and his studio (bottom right).
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Samples of his works.
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.......... and now for something completely different, children's books.
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| Gazania and gravel path. |
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| Nice lines. |
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| Norman Lindsay Sculpture |
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| Good use for an old bath. |
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| The Satyr and Nymph plus Sea Horse Fountain. |
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| Sculpture Garden and Studio. |
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| Tanked |
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| Water Columns |
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| Norman Lindsay Sculpture |
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| Exaggerated use of cement joinery from earlier days. |
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| Fungi making use of one of the old gaden beds. |
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| Norman Lindsay's sculpture, Balinese Dancer, C1927. |
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| Peeking over the roof line. |
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| Rosemary. |
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| Norman Lindsay Sculpture on pathway to pool. |
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| That's Lynn on the ......er.....ummm......left. |
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| The swimming pool. |
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| The swimming pool. |
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| The local eucalypts were in flower. |
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| Sphinx sculpture |
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| Sphinx sculpture |
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| Satyr sculpture |
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| Another pelargonium. |
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| Norman Lindsay Sculpture |
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| Woman Holding Breasts |
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| Smell the roses, or in this case, the oleanders. |
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Rose Lindsay (Norman's wife) 1924.
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| Gumnuts and Gravel |
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Tropics in the mountains.
Bir's Nest Ferns. |
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| I think it needs a cushion. |
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| A forked Maritime Pine. |
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The Satyr and Nymph.
(let me give you a hand) |
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| Pine Knot |
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New poster for the movie 'Sirens' which revolves
(very loosely) around Norman Lindsay and his models. |
Cameras: Canon PowerShot SX10 IS and Sony DSC-W690.
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