Geoff McVeigh
Selected images from Tulip Tops, Sutton ACT, near Canberra September 2022
Blue Wren at Tulip Tops
Yellow Faced Honeyeater at Tulip Tops
Black Shouldered Kites near Tulip Tops
Channel Billed Cuckoo at Broulee
Channel Billed Cuckoo being fed by a Currawong at Broulee
Haroldus
Could you put these pics up so the MB twitchers can ID? I think it’s a Channel Bill Cuckoo?
The other birds seemed surprisingly agitated, and it seemed to exude an aura of insouciant nonchalance
Ritualised Forms
Canola Fields, Wind Power Generators and Sky Mt Mercer
Canola Fields and Overcast Skies Moorabool
SpiMan
The Adelaide Botanical Gardens taken on a Friday morning in October of 2020. The morning, although overcast, was still and warm following overnight thunderstorms. My overriding sense was one of calmness being surrounded by nature and “taking in the moment” by slowing down to find happiness in the smaller things life has to offer.
Photo 1: Main Entrance to the Botanic Gardens. A statue of Venus is to the left and Diane to the right
Photo 2: An example of some of the buildings found through the Gardens, this one being of a rest area
Photo 3: The Palm House, built in 1875 and currently housing plants native to Madagascar
Photo 4: Another view of the Palm House
Photo 5: The “Garden of Health” comprising medicinal plants from eastern and western cultures, as well as plants used to aid in the rehabilitation process by promoting a healthy lifestyle
Photo 6: The Amazon Water Lily Pavilion. The diameter of the lily is about the length of a folded umbrella
Photo 7: The Mediterranean Garden
Photo 8: Plaques in the Mediterranean Garden depicting quotes from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and Propsero’s Cell by Lawrence Durrell
Photo9: The Simpson Shadehouse, built in 1919 containing ferns, palms, camellias, begonias and the like. It was closed at the time due to Covid restrictions
Photo 10: The First Creek Wetland overlooked by the Bicentennial Conservatory (the “Pastie” or “Mulders UFO”), opened in 1988
Photo 11: The International Rose Garden
Photo 12: The International Rose Garden with the Conservatory in the background
Photo 13: Another view of the Bicentennial Conservatory
Photo 14: A plaque on a bridge crossing the First Creek Wetland with a line from D.H. Lawrence
Photo 15: A section of the formal English Gardens
Photo 16: Another view of the English Gardens overlooking the “lake”
Photo 17: A view of the Garden Kiosk adjacent to the “lake”
SoCalSurfCreeper
Just did an express road trip from Encinitas, California to Eugene, Oregon. 954 miles / 1535km and 26.5 hours door to door, with an overnight in Bakersfield. Exactly 15 hours 15 minutes total driving time, including traffic in LA. Snapped a pic of Mount Shasta https://en.m.wikipedia.
Ermington Plumbing
My wife’s Grandfather was a founding member of Parramatta Leagues in 1947.
callMe Artie
‘Shrooms…any experts out there?
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