Do you remember this image from Anzac Day earlier this year? Well, this is what that looks like now. Amazing the difference a season makes to a scene and the time of day too. Above was at sunrise.
Category: The Dandenongs
Visiting Alfred Nicholas Gardens
I’ve had guests from interstate for a few days so I took them on a whirlwind tour of a few of my favourite places here in the Dandenong Ranges. Below are a couple of shots of the lake at Alfred Nicholas Gardens – always beautiful the year round.
Beautiful day in Olinda
Went to Cloudehill today with friends and it was beautiful in spring colours!
Beauty in the forest
More of Sherbrooke Forest – so peaceful to walk around first thing in the morning before many people are aound. The trees are so tall and straight. It makes you feel quite small in a way. If you look carefully there’s a runner to the far left of the second pic – she was around…
Peaceful in the forest
This is my latest favourite pic. Taken yesterday morning at Sherbrooke Forest. The clouds were hanging just above the trees and the trees were dripping. It was cool and damp, quiet and peaceful. No-one around, except for one runner. A swamp wallaby was nearby and a couple of birds, but mainly pretty quiet.
Tulip Festival
During the week I took off to the annual Tulip Festival held in the Dandenong Ranges at Tesselaar’s property. I’ll be sharing a few images with you over the next few days.
Kallista Market
Happy Father’s Day to all those dads in Australia! Welcome to all my new subscribers whom I met at the Kallista Market yesterday. Although a somewhat windy day, it was still very nice and I was delighted to meet so many locals, and a few not so locals too. The interest in my photography was…
On my morning walk
When I’m walking down our road in the mornings this horse lifts its head to watch me walking by. I love that I can see sights like this near our home.
1000 steps
There is a place at Ferntree Gully called 1000 steps. It’s in the National Dandenong Ranges Park. Beautiful scenery, hard walk and lots of hill climbing. I love to visit there. Haven’t been to the top of the steps yet but have seen so many other things. These are just a couple of the views…
Coming for a landing
While at 1000 steps you are guaranteed to see and hear lots of Sulphur-crested Cockatoos. They are noisy birds and easily excitable. This one was coming in to land on a branch when I caught the action.
Kangaroos on the path
I know that some who have never been to Australia think that kangaroos might roam the streets or be seen everywhere you drive. That’s not the case. However, if you drive to parks in the hills or mountains you will get that opportunity. Where I live there are several parks and mountains nearby and I…
A visit to Cardinia Reservoir
My husand and I went for a drive to Cardinia Reservoir on Sunday afternoon. It was an amazingly calm day and really quite pleasant for a winter afternoon. We got out the car and decided to walk across the dam wall, as many others were doing. We were amazed to find it was around 1.75km…