Monday 12 January 2015

Circular Quay - Sea-horse motif










This is the motif on the railing that winds through the Circular Quay wharves. It is quite different from the railing around the rest of Sydney Cove. This Sea-horse motif echoes similar motifs which decorate the railway station immediately behind the wharves. It was recenly pointed out to me that a Star-fish was now to be called a Sea-star, because it was not a fish. A Sea-horse is not a horse, so ...

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