{"id":5069,"date":"2011-09-13T14:30:33","date_gmt":"2011-09-13T13:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=5069"},"modified":"2011-09-13T14:17:51","modified_gmt":"2011-09-13T13:17:51","slug":"british-museum-australian-walkabout-a-slice-of-oz-in-wc1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/british-museum-australian-walkabout-a-slice-of-oz-in-wc1\/","title":{"rendered":"British Museum Australian walkabout &#8211; a slice of Oz in WC1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/british-museum-australian-walkabout-01.jpg\" alt=\"British Museum Australian walkabout - a slice of Oz in WC1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Running until the 16th Oct 2011 is the &#8216;Australian Landscape&#8217; outside the British Museum in central London.<\/p>\n<p>Created in partnership with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-photo-tour-of-kew-gardens-london-part-one\/\">Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew<\/a>, the \u00a0landscape &#8216;showcases the rich biodiversity of Australia, and how these fragile systems are under threat from land usage and climate change.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not up for all that eco-stuff, then it&#8217;s still a pleasant little stroll, with some curious plants scattered about for your attention.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/british-museum-australian-walkabout-02.jpg\" alt=\"British Museum Australian walkabout - a slice of Oz in WC1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Seen on the the coastal plains and adjacent forests of south-west Western Australia, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kew.org\/plants-fungi\/Xanthorrhoea-preissii.htm\" target=\"_blank\">the Balga tree<\/a> (Xanthorrhoea preissii)\u00a0is cunningly resistant to fire &#8211; and when it does get a bit of a roasting, the fire can stimulate prolific flowering, with\u00a0blackened trunks re-sprouting within a few months of a fire passing.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a tasty thing too, with the stalk covered in tiny flowers which produce a sweet nectar\u00a0which can be made up to a \u00a0delicious drink.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/british-museum-australian-walkabout-03.jpg\" alt=\"British Museum Australian walkabout - a slice of Oz in WC1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A rather odd looking granite outcrop that almost begs to be sat on.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/british-museum-australian-walkabout-18.jpg\" alt=\"British Museum Australian walkabout - a slice of Oz in WC1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/british-museum-australian-walkabout-04.jpg\" alt=\"British Museum Australian walkabout - a slice of Oz in WC1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/british-museum-australian-walkabout-05.jpg\" alt=\"British Museum Australian walkabout - a slice of Oz in WC1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Everlasting daisies.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/british-museum-australian-walkabout-06.jpg\" alt=\"British Museum Australian walkabout - a slice of Oz in WC1\" width=\"580\" height=\"405\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Snapping the outcrop.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/british-museum-australian-walkabout-07.jpg\" alt=\"British Museum Australian walkabout - a slice of Oz in WC1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Having\u00a0a chat by the garden.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/british-museum-australian-walkabout-08.jpg\" alt=\"British Museum Australian walkabout - a slice of Oz in WC1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bird&#8217;s nest fern.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/british-museum-australian-walkabout-09.jpg\" alt=\"British Museum Australian walkabout - a slice of Oz in WC1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Look! A real life hunter! Possibly.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/british-museum-australian-walkabout-10.jpg\" alt=\"British Museum Australian walkabout - a slice of Oz in WC1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/british-museum-australian-walkabout-12.jpg\" alt=\"British Museum Australian walkabout - a slice of Oz in WC1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0splendid\u00a0classic lines of the British Museum in the background.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/british-museum-australian-walkabout-13.jpg\" alt=\"British Museum Australian walkabout - a slice of Oz in WC1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More daisies of the everlasting\u00a0variety.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/british-museum-australian-walkabout-14.jpg\" alt=\"British Museum Australian walkabout - a slice of Oz in WC1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/british-museum-australian-walkabout-15.jpg\" alt=\"British Museum Australian walkabout - a slice of Oz in WC1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/british-museum-australian-walkabout-16.jpg\" alt=\"British Museum Australian walkabout - a slice of Oz in WC1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/british-museum-australian-walkabout-17.jpg\" alt=\"British Museum Australian walkabout - a slice of Oz in WC1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>More info:\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-photo-tour-of-kew-gardens-london-part-one\/\" target=\"_blank\">Photo tour of Kew Gardens<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishmuseum.org\/whats_on\/exhibitions\/australian_season\/australia_landscape.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">British Museum site<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running until the 16th Oct 2011 is the &#8216;Australian Landscape&#8217; outside the British Museum in central London. Created in partnership with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the \u00a0landscape &#8216;showcases the &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[194,17,193],"tags":[10,51],"class_list":["post-5069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-london-features","category-photos","category-places","tag-london","tag-museum"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/british-museum-australian-walkabout-01.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQI7P-1jL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5069"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5072,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5069\/revisions\/5072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}