Northern Beaches, Sydney
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So you have been told.
You must turn left in the left lane.
The left lane is the Cahill Expressway and veers left across the top of Circular Quay. Going east to Bondi.
The right lanes are the Bradfield Highway and proceed to the Sydney CBD, Darling Harbour or the ANZAC bridge.
So what if you don't turn left?
Well there's a nasty camera.
Photographed yesterday on my walk across the Sydney harbour bridge to the Quay.
That B-Line double-decker bus has just come from Palm Beach. It works out of Brookvale Bus Depot on Sydney's northern beaches. I worked there, and on this bus line, all through my university days.
Back in the early 19th century, lol.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.
A Legacy 'Food' filter from the Flickr Photo Editor.
The lake at Brookvale Park, in Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands.
Brookvale Park Lake previously known as Lower Witton Reservoir is a former drinking water reservoir. Two brooks, arising at Kingstanding and Bleak Hill, Erdington, respectively, feed first Witton Lakes (previously known as Upper Witton Reservoir and Middle Witton Reservoir), then overspill into Brookvale Park Lake, before reaching the River Tame.
The brooks are natural; the lakes were created at the end of the 19th century to supply drinking water for Birmingham. They were then in the countryside, and the water relatively clean. Industrialisation and urban sprawl led to the water no longer being fit for drinking, so the City turned to the Elan Valley in Wales for a supply.
From 1909 until 1926, Brookvale Park Lake was used as an open-air swimming pool operated by the Birmingham Baths Committee. The lakes and the surrounding area, Brookvale Park, are now maintained as a leisure amenity by Birmingham City Council.
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Witton Lakes a park with a pair of former drinking water reservoirs in Witton Lakes Park, Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands.
Two brooks, arising at Kingstanding and Bleak Hill, Erdington, respectively, feed first Witton Lakes, then overspill into Brookvale Park Lake, before reaching the River Tame.
While the brooks are natural; the lakes were created at the end of the 19th century to supply drinking water for Birmingham. They were then in the countryside, and the water relatively clean. Industrialisation and urban sprawl led to the water no longer being fit for drinking, so the city turned to the Elan Valley in Wales for a supply.
The lakes are now maintained as a leisure amenity by Birmingham City Council. One is used for model boating and the other nature conservation. The north Birmingham cycle route runs through the park.
Brookvale Park Lake, Brookvale Park, Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands.
The lake was created at the end of the 19th century to supply drinking water for Birmingham. At that time the area was in the countryside, and the water relatively clean. Industrialisation and urban sprawl led to the water no longer being fit for drinking, so the City turned to the Elan Valley in Wales for a supply.
From 7 October 1909 until 1926, Brookvale Park Lake was used as an open air swimming pool operated by the Birmingham Baths Committee. The lakes and surrounding parkland are now maintained as a leisure amenity by Birmingham City Council.