Winter walk to Parklea

Aradhna and I hopped in the Holden yesterday for a trip to Southwest Sydney and a place called the Digital Camera Warehouse in Canterbury. I've been shopping for a pocket-sized digital and found DCW on the web selling a Canon IXUS 75 at a great price. Called the shop Friday morning, told them what I wanted, and they had it waiting in a shopping bag with my name on it yesterday. We celebrated the purchase with a lovely lunch at the aptly named Envy Cafe in Summer Hill afterwards.

Broke in the new gadget during today's walk to Parklea Market ...
A winter wonder.
Look closely and you'll see a rainbow lorikeet foraging in a wattle tree (it's got a blue head).
One of Parklea's many crowded corridors.
Recent heavy rains have made greenery glow like neon.
Local fauna.
Found in an adjoining residential development, where 'perfection' has replaced 'conformity' as the suburban dream (note the 'close to' disclaimer, however).