I love that you can get up so close and personal with the birds at Grant’s. It’s a very popular tourist spot and many bus loads pull in daily so the tourists can get an opportunity to hand feed the birds and have their photos taken with them. Below is a Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo and a…
Category: Australian landscapes
More of the cockies
I learnt something the other week. With my husband currently going through rehab and having to relearn to use his right hand and arm, the physio had mentioned to him that birds are left-handed. And then my daughter mentioned the same thing. A guy she works with is a bird enthusiast and he’d told her…
More at Alfred Nicholas Gardens
The first is of the Boathouse on the lake – probably one of the most photographed buildings in the Dandenong Ranges. The other is of my husband enjoying the scenery. He’d not been to these gardens before. Just 24 hours later he was involved in a serious mtb accident and is now in hospital recuperating….
The essence of Autumn
I love the colours in this shot. Such a display of what Autumn is about – colour and mess! Here at home our own trees are changing colour and look beautiful but on the ground there is such a mess to clean up! This photo was taken at the Alfred Nicholas gardens and not long…
Anzac Day
Today is Anzac Day in Australia – ANZAC being short for Australia New Zealand Army Corps. Probably one of the most important days in Australia’s calendar. You can read more about it here. For the first time Graham and I attended an Anzac Day Memorial Dawn Service. There were tens of thousands of people doing…