city of Melbourne that is. Some friends I haven’t seen in years were holidaying in Melbourne this past week so I took the opportunity to go in early one morning to meet with them and took a walk along the Yarra River while waiting. Glad I went in early, it was a beautiful morning. Here…
Bird photowalk at Lysterfield
I’ve been chatting with some at the Birds in Backyards forum and we decided to start doing photowalks together. As I run a business and need to be in the office during business hours only one person could meet up with me intially and we started lasted Monday. Unfortunately for us, there was a film…
Passing traffic at the market
These are just some of the dogs that passed my stall on my day at the market. If you were at the market why not share what was your favourite part of the market?
Local market
I really enjoy participating at local markets. I’m still new to the area, having been here almost three years now. There’s lots to see and learn about and many people to get to know. Having a stall at the local market not only lets people know about my existence and what I do as a…
A visit to Victoria
I took my young Canadian visitor to Grant’s Picnic Grounds as well. Always a favourite with tourists, you get to feed the birds and get up very close to them. He was delighted and enjoyed the experience. These birds are Sulphur-crested Cockatoos.
Australian birds
I mentioned a few days ago about taking a young Canadian visitor around to some of my favourite places to take visitors. He loved seeing all the birdlife. Here are more birds we saw that day. Sacred Ibis – these birds are scavengers and are frequently seen near places where people have been eating. Male…
Unexpected sighting
I went to Lysterfield Wednesday afternoon, after seeing a client and before returning home. It had been a lovely afternoon, the power had been off all day at my place due to power works being done and I didn’t feel in the need to rush back. So I wandered around a bit enjoying the scenery…
Red-tailed black cockatoo
I’d not seen one of these before. I was taking a young Canadian visitor around and showing him a bit of our beautiful countryside and bird and animal life. Healesville Sanctuary was one of the places we visited and we were told about the parrot cage. I don’t remember hearing about that before so off…
Kangaroos in the park
Especially for my American and Canadian friends, two roos that were close to my car as I came back from my walk on Thursday. Sometimes I can get almost close enough to touch them, but I don’t. They’re wild animals, could react in a way that would not be pleasant at all, and I don’t…
Two views of the jetty
Still at Lysterfield Park on that lovely day.
Lysterfield Lake, looking beautiful
This is a panoramic view from my favourite jetty taken last Thursday which was a beautiful sunny day.
Huge leaf
Saw this huge leaf on the ground at home the other day and wondered where on earth it had come from. Then as I wandered around the garden I noticed a tall tree at the side of our property that I’d not taken a lot of notice of in the past and realised the leaf…