PINK LAKE, AUSTRALIA
A few kilometers west of Dimboola, Victoria, next to the Western Highway, you can find Pink Lake. This lake is easily viewed from the rest-stop beside the highway and you can walk down the path to the...
View ArticleNOEL
This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,and also part of the Blue Monday meme,and also part of the Seasons meme.
View ArticleTULIP TREE
Liriodendron tulipifera (known as the tulip tree, American tulip tree, tuliptree, tulip poplar, whitewood, fiddle-tree, and yellow poplar) is the Western Hemisphere representative of the two-species...
View ArticleYARRA SUNRISE
Sunrise on the Yarra river in Melbourne. This post is part of the Skywatch Friday meme.
View ArticleXMAS BRIDGE
Southgate Pedestrian Bridge – Built in 1992, crossing from Melbourne City to Southbank.This post is part of the My Sunday Best meme.
View ArticleSYDNEY FIREWORKS
Sydney has a great reputation for fireworks and New Year celebrations on the Harbour. After all it is a perfect setting for a fireworks show. This year, however, it has been tough as the bushfires...
View ArticleWARATAH
Telopea speciosissima or the “waratah” is a native Australian plant with spectacular flowers. Robert Brown (1773-1858) named the genus Telopea in 1810 from specimens collected in the Blue Mountains,...
View ArticleSUNRISE
“What breaks in daybreak? Is it the night? Is it the sun, cracked in two by the horizon like an egg, spilling out light?” ― Margaret AtwoodThis post is part of the Skywatch Friday meme.
View ArticleROSA 'JUST JOEY'
Rosa'Just Joey' was bred by Cants of Colchester, United Kingdom, in 1972. It was named for the wife of the Managing Director of Cants of Colchester, Joey Pawsey. This Hybrid Tea rose performs well...
View ArticleLEUCADENDRON
Leucadendron is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa, where they are a prominent part of the fynbos ecoregion and vegetation type. Species...
View ArticleCLIVIA FRUIT
As the days shorten, Summer is beginning to decline and fruit is setting in preparation for Autumn.Clivia nobilis (green-tip forest lily), is a species of flowering plant in the genus Clivia, of the...
View ArticleBLACKWOOD WATTLE
Acacia melanoxylon (Australian blackwood, black wattle, blackwood wattle, mudgerabah), is a tree up to 20 m high, with a bole of about 150 cm in diameter. The bark on older trunks is dark greyish-black...
View ArticleSORRENTO, ITALY
Sorrento (Neapolitan: Surriento) is a small town in Campania, southern Italy, with some 16,500 inhabitants. It is a popular tourist destination which can be reached easily from Naples and Pompeii, as...
View ArticleBOUGAINVILLEA
Bougainvillea in the Nyctaginaceae family is a genus of thorny ornamental vines, bushes, and trees with flower-like spring leaves near its flowers. Different authors accept between four and 18 species...
View ArticleGILT STATUE
In January 1911, the Archbishop of Melbourne, Archbishop Carr appointed Fr Joseph King as founder and first parish priest of the new parish of Our Lady Help of Christians East Brunswick. Fr King...
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