The camellias are singing their "spring is coming" song. It certainly attracted more than just me, this red wattle bird was drinking up the nectar. #flowers #springiscoming #birds
Michael
@nomad-notmad.bsky.social
Nature lover, staunch supporter of kindness
This old redgum tree grew in the side of a granite mountain, with very little topsoil. Redgums are such resilliant trees, we can learn a lot from their ability to survive. #Landscape of #Australia #redgum
During a sunny break in the rain, I went in search of the gold at the end of a rainbow. The Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) is Australia's national floral emblem. It's a welcoming sign that spring is not far away. #flowers #australia #spring
Hey, you, out there in the cold Getting lonely, getting old Can you feel me? #Landscape #Photography
Gordon (grey) and Douglas (black) are not happy. It's cold, raining and some hail. Sorry boys, no walk today. #schnauzergang #dogsofbluesky #dogs
The white markings around the beak of the Australian Magpie looks surprisingly like a seagull #Birds of #Australia
A pair of sulphur-crested cockatoos sitting quietly together. They form highly devoted, monogamous bonds that can last for many decades, sometimes spanning up to 60-80 years. #Birds of #Australia #love #reallove
This grass tree stood out from the others for it's size. There were so many and simply amazing to see for their texture, as well as the number of wallabies hiding in them. Grass tree (Xanthorrhoea) Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon) and Messmate (Eucalyptus obliqua) #Landscape #Australia
Sometimes nature creates a scene that feels almost deliberate: one bird, one branch, one moon... and a moment of perfect stillness. I shared the sunset calm with this Magpie. Both alone, yet somehow brought together in our similar distance from the moon. #Birds of #Australia #magpie #moon
And I don't believe in the existence of angels But looking at you I wonder if that's true But if I did, I would summon them together And ask them to watch over you #Birds of #Australia #NickCave
The pockmarks on the moon reminded me of the devastation from gold mining. They dug thousands of side-by-side, shallow alluvial holes ranging from just 1 to 6 feet deep to strip away gold-bearing gravel directly from the surface. #Landscape #Ballaarat
Had to put the big logs on the fire tonight. It's a tad chilly. But nothing beats a good redgum fire
A winter scene on Mount Warrenheip (Wadawarrung: Warrengeep). The two white trunks belong to candlebark gum trees, the rest are messmate gums. And yes, it's cold (8c high) but there's no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing choices. #landscape of #australia
We don't need no education We dont need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave them kids alone Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone! All in all it's just another brick in the wall. All in all you're just another brick in the wall. #PinkFloyd #Bluestone
Dinner will be splendid tonight. Male splendid fairywren decided to have a look in my pan to see if I left anything for him. #Birds of #Australia #Wrensday
14c in winter is crazy warm. So off to the beach we went. It's a 2hr drive each way, but totes worth it according to the boys. #schnauzergang #dogs #winter
Went gold detecting in a damp forest, didn't find any AU gold, but certainly found plenty of beautiful fungi #fungi #mushrooms #winter
Not a great photo, some might even say it's a bit shhh I had pulled over to snap an emu and saw this on the road. Am I a weirdo? #birds of #australia
Odile (the Black Swan from Swan Lake): She is designed to look like Odette - but with a dark, seductive edge. Her goal is to seduce Prince Siegfried and trick him into breaking his vow of fidelity to Odette. This Australian Black Swan seemed perfectly cast for the role #birds of #Australia
Heavenly shades of night are falling It's twilight time Out of the mist, your voice is calling 'Tis twilight time When purple-colored curtains Mark the end of the day I'll hear you, my dear, at twilight time The Platters ‧ 1958 #kangaroo #landscape #sunset
Come and sit with me and watch the sparks become stars. Winter camping is wonderful #landscapes #camping #campfire
As a follow-up to the previous photo of the raven scaring an Australian White Ibis, here's a close up of the bin chicken #Birds of #Australia #binchicken #tipturkey
