Venus Bay

Venus Bay may refer to:

Australia
  • Venus Bay, South Australia
  • Venus Bay, Victoria
New Zealand
  • Venus Bay, New Zealand, Campbell Island

Famous quotes containing the words venus and/or bay:

    “In the drawing room [of the Queen’s palace] hung a Venus and Cupid by Michaelangelo, in which, instead of a bit of drapery, the painter has placed Cupid’s foot between Venus’s thighs. Queen Caroline asked General Guise, an old connoisseur, if it was not a very fine piece? He replied “Madam, the painter was a fool, for he has placed the foot where the hand should be.””
    —Horace Walpole (1717–1797)

    “A great work by an Englishman is like a great battle won by England. It is an unfading bay tree.”
    —Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)