It’s becoming an annual thing for me now, to photograph the Puffing Billy Race in May, here in Selby close to home. Last year I went to the Menzies Creek crossing and had to handle an umbrella while taking shots too, but this time round the weather was just perfect with a slight breeze and…
Tag: Victoria
National Rhododendron Gardens
I went with a group of photographers last weekend to the Rhododendron Gardens in Olinda, Vic. It was a wet day but it was beautiful there and we enjoyed the sights we saw. Here are some of them. A couple of the photographers I was visiting with enjoying one of the paths and scenery We…
White-browed Scrub Wren
I was wandering around my neighbour’s yard and noticed a bird flitting around inside her hot house. It has the door permanently open these days so the bird wasn’t trapped, but just was inside. When I got closer I could see it was a bird I’d not captured with my camera before and I was…
Popular with dogs too
Regular visitors at Birdsland Reserve include dogs and their owners. Quite a variety of dogs and most are very happy looking and obviously love their time at the park. I’m tempted to do a study of the dogs there 🙂 Here are a small selection of them. And this one was taken in much warmer…
Winter flowers
With winter upon us, the garden was looking drab there for a bit. We had to clear up a lot of dead and wet leaves on the pathways and driveway, but now they’ve been cleared up, the garden is looking more defined, and as we’ve really begun looking at the garden again, we can see…
Super moon
If you’re in Australia you will have heard about the Super moon. I’m sure it’s probably been talked about elsewhere too. I am fortunate in that the state and area I live in had a very clear weekend and both Saturday and Sunday night were perfect conditions for taking photos of a full moon –…
Sunrise at Birdsland Reserve
I’m trying to make sure I get exercise every day and a good way to do that is to go for a walk at the local reserve that has a lake. It’s just over 5km round walk from the outer carpark. The morning looked promising and I thought I’d get there before the sun reached…
Just Ducky
Some interesting duck images I got recently at Birdsland Reserve. I could hear these long before I could see them. Wood ducks all lined up on a dead tree. By the time I got to be closer, only a couple of minutes later, they’d all dropped to the ground. On Golden Pond
Beautiful Rainforest
I love the drive up to Monbulk from my place. And particularly so, when it’s misty and wet. The colours are so vibrant and the scenery so beautiful. I hope these images can give you just a glimpse of what I see on a regular basis. It is such a lovely area, driving through Sherbrooke…
Australian landscapes
My husband and I visited our daughter and her husband in Wangaratta on the weekend. They’re around 3 hours north of us, in countryside that is very different to ours. Where we live there are hills and mountains and rainforests but where they live it’s flat, with floodplains, wide sweeping landscapes, some bushland, lots of…
Why people should not walk dogs in conservation parks
Take a look at this poor kangaroo. When I saw it I thought it might have been diseased and took photos to send to park rangers so they could capture it for treatment to ensure that other roos weren’t going to get infected too. What I found out once showing the photo to the Parks…
A visit to the Rhododendron Gardens
I went to the gardens with a friend and some photographers and these are just some of the many rhododendrons we saw while visiting. It’s a great time of the year to see the gardens.