Autumn in the Capital

I had to the opportunity to be out and about with my camera (and without any children) early one morning in late Autumn. I was fascinated by the sparkles on the lake - these ones look like they have been captured within the reeds.
It was a calm, clear, cool, crisp morning and the lake was a picture of serenity.
This line of pine trees were reflected very neatly in the still blue waters.The sun even enjoyed it's own reflection in the lake.
Here's the sun peeking through a branch of autumn leaves.
You may be surprised to discover where I was actually taking all these lovely nature phoographs. This tree of rich red autumn colour was right beside a very recognisable object.
And this is not something you would expect to see in Autumn - certainly not Autumn in Canberra.
These dainty little pink flowers were in an area that was bustling with movement, even this early in the morning.
Those flowers were so sweet I had to get a closer shot.
And these colourful leaves were resting on the hedge right beside the little pink flowers.
If you were judging from this particular photo of the sun rising behind this tree of beautiful yellow autumn leaves you wouldn't believe it's location, I don't think.
This picture of the sun streaming through the trees, making patterns on the concrete walls might give you a clue.
And this photo might give you more of an idea of the area in which I was taking my photographs.
It was Belconnen City Centre ... could you have guessed? Don't we have a beautiful Capital Territory? In this photo the rising sun gets it's first glimpse of itself in the office window, and puts a golden glow over the whole building.
(The first photos were Lake Ginninderra, taken from Emu Bank.)
The tree of rich red leaves was planted right beside the KFC sign.
The frangipani plant was on the balcony of an apartment by the lake.
The little pink flowers, colourful autumn leaves on the hedge and tree of yellow leaves were situated right outside Westfield Belconnen Shopping Centre.
The photo of the light dancing about on the concrete wall was the walls of the shopping centre.
The second-last photo was the window coverings from across the road at the real estate agent.
The last photo was the Benjamin Offices just behind Westfield.)

I was there so early, without children, because the car had to be in the service centre for some warranty work. I had the whole day to myself and, apart from it becoming rather tedious by mid-afternoon, it was a bit like a mini holiday.