Travelog post for: Cassiopeia

Our next stop was the Nan Tien Temple in Wollongong. "Nan Tien" in Chinese, literally means "Paradise of the South". This is the biggest Buddhist temple in the southern hemisphere. It also has the largest terracotta tile roof of any building in the southern hemisphere.

Can you see me on the steps to the Great Mercy Shrine?



No? Here I am!



This is the smaller shrine and has thousands of tiny statues of Buddha on the walls.

There were also lots and lots of statues of different Buddhas in the beautiful native gardens around the complex. We especially liked looking at this collection of statues. We thought they looked like little children.



Kalli had her photo taken with a different one to me.

I also enjoyed looking at all the intricate carvings on the stairwells. Look at all of the dragons!



We didn't go into the Great Hero Hall, which is the larger of the two shrines, but here I am on the path leading up to it:


This shrine is at the back and houses the Five Dhyani Buddhas.

It was getting very hot and we were all getting hungry, so we left the temple to go into Wollongong to buy some lunch.