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
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
It maybe just a fallen leaf but it means so much. Continue reading Signs of Autumn
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
With its many deciduous trees Bright in Victoria’s Ovens Valley is a popular spot in autumn. Continue reading Autumn Leaves at Bright
South eastern Australia is awash with yellow in late winter and early spring. Continue reading Canola Fields
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
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
From the poem My Country by Dorothea Mackellar Continue reading And orchids deck the treetops
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