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Red Flowering Gums

January 14, 2022 Itching for Hitching

January 2022 It’s summer in Melbourne and the Red Flowering Gums are splendid. The bees are kept busy all day and in the evenings the lorikeets, more colourful than the flowers, squawk raucously as they feed on the nectar. Continue reading Red Flowering Gums

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Around Genoa

April 2, 2019March 31, 2019 Itching for Hitching

Mar 2019, Genoa, Vic There must be something about the climate in this corner of the country that makes it look so pleasant. Perhaps it’s just that the rest of Victoria is so dry. Continue reading Around Genoa

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Signs of Autumn

March 15, 2019March 10, 2019 Itching for Hitching

It maybe just a fallen leaf but it means so much. Continue reading Signs of Autumn

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The Australian Bush

March 4, 2019February 24, 2019 Itching for Hitching

Feb 2019, Skipworth Reserve, Jamieson, Vic The Australian bush has many guises but as a Victorian this is what I recognise. Pinks and greys, and greens of a thousand hues all washed with misty blue. Continue reading The Australian Bush

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Autumn Leaves at Bright

February 18, 2018February 5, 2018 Itching for Hitching

With its many deciduous trees Bright in Victoria’s Ovens Valley is a popular spot in autumn. Continue reading Autumn Leaves at Bright

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Growing Out of It’s Clothes

January 27, 2018 Itching for Hitching

Continue reading Growing Out of It’s Clothes

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Canola Fields

October 12, 2017October 11, 2017 Itching for Hitching

South eastern Australia is awash with yellow in late winter and early spring. Continue reading Canola Fields

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A Foggy Morning

September 2, 2017August 31, 2017 Itching for Hitching

How cold is it? Maybe 1 or 2 degrees. The bush is still wrapped in a foggy shroud. Mist hangs on paddocks. Mirror reflections on dams. Cobwebs drape bushes like he finest of crocheted doilies. Miners tracks weave through the … Continue reading A Foggy Morning

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When the Golden Wattle Blooms

August 15, 2017August 15, 2017 Itching for Hitching

It is late winter in Victoria and it is the time that we understand why Australia’s sporting colours are Green and Gold. The bush comes alive with blooming wattle in abundance, a symbol that spring is on the way and … Continue reading When the Golden Wattle Blooms

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And orchids deck the treetops

July 30, 2017 Itching for Hitching

From the poem My Country by Dorothea Mackellar Continue reading And orchids deck the treetops

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