There is a secret garden in North Sydney by Lavender Bay.
It is a quiet place where people go to feel a little more okay.
I decided to take some macro photos of flowers for the first time.
I was in awe of the variety of colours and shapes, even if the flowers weren't in full bloom.
The tissue textures tingled my finger's gentle touch.
An artist spent her morning and early afternoon painting the garden and its relationship with Sydney.
I was visiting Sydney with Baya to see HAIM with Rachael.
We wandered through the flourishing hills of the garden as the sun crept through leafy canopies.
We drove to Kiribili to a lush bar named "The Botanist" and spent the arvo laughing ourselves silly from rose sangria and truffle oil chips. The sun slowly came down as we wandered back to Camperdown to see HAIM in the wildest performance of our lives.
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