tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17424132084158914592024-03-19T02:04:29.646+05:45MAPA Photoblog where I post photos taken in my home city, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Welcome and enjoy the views of this Australian City!Melbourne Australia Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00495515492384987803noreply@blogger.comBlogger4360125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742413208415891459.post-72754624788982102182024-03-18T17:14:00.009+05:452024-03-18T17:14:57.538+05:45AUTUMN<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Autumn arriving, waiting for the Equinox on the 20th of March!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This post is part of the <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mosaic Monday meme</a>,<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">and also part of the <a href="https://pandoraandmax.blogspot.com/search/label/%23AllSeasons" target="_blank">Seasons meme</a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2baQUsz8R0-W9snAWnLDXZMEaKysYpjpztwhN_y9yf_zjyerWeoDwyKQquqaWhXrLV7Lu-Pxx8ZaMMPu4EQIlocLOFE8VNBFcmVZ1mgXxf3KlqY6bpdH0sJp7TuyjPvqOCqbbcWwtewawJzXEARsCMFIccNEfViDZwx9krjICsQkgbt1sg1SpXJK82T0/s1732/Autumn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="974" data-original-width="1732" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2baQUsz8R0-W9snAWnLDXZMEaKysYpjpztwhN_y9yf_zjyerWeoDwyKQquqaWhXrLV7Lu-Pxx8ZaMMPu4EQIlocLOFE8VNBFcmVZ1mgXxf3KlqY6bpdH0sJp7TuyjPvqOCqbbcWwtewawJzXEARsCMFIccNEfViDZwx9krjICsQkgbt1sg1SpXJK82T0/w640-h360/Autumn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Melbourne Australia Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00495515492384987803noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742413208415891459.post-69907261943012802612024-03-17T17:22:00.002+05:452024-03-17T17:22:20.594+05:45ST PATRICK'S DAY<div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Happy St Patrick's Day! </i></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">May love and laughter light your days, and warm your heart and home.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">May good and faithful friends be yours, wherever you may roam.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">May peace and plenty bless your world with joy that long endures.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">May all life’s passing seasons bring the best to you and yours!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This post is part of the <a href="http://nixpixmix.blogspot.com.au/search/label/SundayBest" target="_blank">My Sunday Best meme</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzdeNTyFffhmSpLLEJTg5446PhEKW8nsVhlqf2sDQMNYu2y8W2Dj0KK4v49UBHV_ijrBuhMwKAKLuspg1gEZEusdf8p4S_Trsi0IJ2KJQTyTesetAehvB1z6lO9Kuwvw-DHSqXg2rIwMGcmAi6oS9Ky38KFit5z4WwIK_w7ghn9HQkwdZoBa_qS0ldHQ/s1732/St%20Pat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="1732" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzdeNTyFffhmSpLLEJTg5446PhEKW8nsVhlqf2sDQMNYu2y8W2Dj0KK4v49UBHV_ijrBuhMwKAKLuspg1gEZEusdf8p4S_Trsi0IJ2KJQTyTesetAehvB1z6lO9Kuwvw-DHSqXg2rIwMGcmAi6oS9Ky38KFit5z4WwIK_w7ghn9HQkwdZoBa_qS0ldHQ/w640-h482/St%20Pat.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Melbourne Australia Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00495515492384987803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742413208415891459.post-42038406823623174912024-03-16T17:23:00.002+05:452024-03-16T17:23:09.946+05:45KOI POND<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This post is part of the <a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Saturday Critters meme</a><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFZ16AN9NV6aHsnWKLr5R-c683ueQCIU0vJ9h-P3rOaiSr_zcbiv64ifBx9a8u_VSBkmVVSqB6SBUrz_Dd_FfWn9fWJTKP35kisx3jEEP7SsCqK9inA2rlLvZP7PkJfmd9upi4Au2IX_nSCOxQpNuVQTgay2CRtedZrcAtqRUWOmvm_u_3uyasp43f1Y/s1732/Koi.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1732" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFZ16AN9NV6aHsnWKLr5R-c683ueQCIU0vJ9h-P3rOaiSr_zcbiv64ifBx9a8u_VSBkmVVSqB6SBUrz_Dd_FfWn9fWJTKP35kisx3jEEP7SsCqK9inA2rlLvZP7PkJfmd9upi4Au2IX_nSCOxQpNuVQTgay2CRtedZrcAtqRUWOmvm_u_3uyasp43f1Y/w640-h396/Koi.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Melbourne Australia Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00495515492384987803noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742413208415891459.post-60750296089862157192024-03-15T16:52:00.006+05:452024-03-15T16:52:49.388+05:45RAINBOW<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This post is part of the <a href="http://skyley.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Skywatch Friday meme</a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf9yHDnVuZGP77Eb0pzaoIVUeV-38dCPJXpbsbp3ZABpqDECZHgLSiCTGNQXMH1cJ4jFRTypavDquhAAq8Iluz5jPclQv_VMnROcajwFt5h8IE55zxk6Cl1aePBA2p5fFnPZY42qSXECSIn0drpJPoSU5LLWPe5UuEHTMrNX0YFLAuXRkZzkY1oRdc0Ok/s1732/Rainbow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1732" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf9yHDnVuZGP77Eb0pzaoIVUeV-38dCPJXpbsbp3ZABpqDECZHgLSiCTGNQXMH1cJ4jFRTypavDquhAAq8Iluz5jPclQv_VMnROcajwFt5h8IE55zxk6Cl1aePBA2p5fFnPZY42qSXECSIn0drpJPoSU5LLWPe5UuEHTMrNX0YFLAuXRkZzkY1oRdc0Ok/w640-h378/Rainbow.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Melbourne Australia Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00495515492384987803noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742413208415891459.post-42081660929648971072024-03-14T17:16:00.005+05:452024-03-14T17:16:48.268+05:45PINK FLOWERING GUM<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>Corymbia ficifolia</i> or flowering gum also known as Albany flowering gum (previously known as <i>Eucalyptus ficifolia</i>) is one of the most commonly planted ornamental trees in the broader eucalyptus family. It is native to a very small area of south coastal Western Australia (measured in just tens of kilometres) to the east of Walpole (430 km Southeast of Perth), but is not considered under threat in the wild.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In nature <i>Corymbia ficifolia</i> prefers infertile, sandy soils but it is readily adaptable to most temperate locations, provided it is not exposed to severe frost or sustained tropical damp. It is an ideal street tree as it is hardy, moderately fast growing, and rarely grows large enough to require pruning.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This is the beautiful pink flowering hybrid (<span style="text-align: left;"><i>C.ficifolia </i>x <i>C.ptychocarpa</i>) known as <i>Corymbia</i> </span><span style="text-align: left;">'Summer Beauty'. </span><span style="text-align: left;">The flowers do not have any petals, it is the many coloured stamen that give the flowers their fluffy appearance.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;">This post is part of the </span><a href="http://floralfridayfoto.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Floral Friday Fotos meme</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4m3yaDcNXSzqy77VZVtsFXD8F2JB17vfxURHtRltSvYJ6nzj8jWBQ3RhYFb-lBc4VgwHmdQUaID54oLuAfKIMQiSPzk6ZOTLmpqvWpOVRg90slgf4XZMTLsGcHyair6CtRtyY4ZqFB4JSBJLoxK_gO6Mci311eshKdnIJJi21y_VkKZXQMSSYFuFGAhU/s1732/Corymbia.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1097" data-original-width="1732" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4m3yaDcNXSzqy77VZVtsFXD8F2JB17vfxURHtRltSvYJ6nzj8jWBQ3RhYFb-lBc4VgwHmdQUaID54oLuAfKIMQiSPzk6ZOTLmpqvWpOVRg90slgf4XZMTLsGcHyair6CtRtyY4ZqFB4JSBJLoxK_gO6Mci311eshKdnIJJi21y_VkKZXQMSSYFuFGAhU/w640-h406/Corymbia.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Melbourne Australia Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00495515492384987803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742413208415891459.post-13148264369081977652024-03-13T17:15:00.003+05:452024-03-13T17:15:26.762+05:45SIGNS OF AUTUMN<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After the sweltering heat of high 30s for the past few days, today we had rain and a maximum of 20˚C. The plane trees (</span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Platanus × acerifolia</i>)</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> in our neighbourhood seemed to suddenly put on their autumn colours, although come to think of it, I have been raking fallen leaves for the past two weeks. March is the first Autumn month here in Melbourne and it looks like we may have an early Autumn. But who knows, with this worldwide climate change we are experiencing...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This post is part of the <a href="http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Wordless Wednesday meme</a>,<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">and also part of the <a href="https://ramblingwoods2.com/category/nature-notes/" target="_blank">Nature Notes meme</a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFXQgH-OAlLqJ-FKwm2L7ec0a484lbn4tz5h0VXV14Pkf2rByx6Jvf62r7aOerL_5r3I-5kkMJuMmfF2kY6a2nJY-GahIueS6Rx_9T0F1iNYTsCRigh6jfTFy-UwaHqAkjxPIqz8oVv8eCTss-UCtv3hnTD4T0L_ps12feiMuOSws5Nb5ePLvjJbDT-QU/s1732/Autumn.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1299" data-original-width="1732" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFXQgH-OAlLqJ-FKwm2L7ec0a484lbn4tz5h0VXV14Pkf2rByx6Jvf62r7aOerL_5r3I-5kkMJuMmfF2kY6a2nJY-GahIueS6Rx_9T0F1iNYTsCRigh6jfTFy-UwaHqAkjxPIqz8oVv8eCTss-UCtv3hnTD4T0L_ps12feiMuOSws5Nb5ePLvjJbDT-QU/w640-h480/Autumn.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Melbourne Australia Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00495515492384987803noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742413208415891459.post-56215049737843784102024-03-12T17:10:00.002+05:452024-03-12T17:10:22.302+05:45SOUTHBANK<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Southbank</b> is is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1km south from Melbourne's Central Business District. It is nowadays dominated by high-rise development, although it was a former industrial area. It is one of the primary business centres in Greater Melbourne, being the headquarters of Foster's, Treasury Wine Estates, Crown Limited, Alumina, Incitec Pivot, The Herald and Weekly Times (including the Herald Sun), as well as regional offices of many major corporations, in a cluster of towers with over 340,000 square metres of office space in 2008.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Southbank is also one of the most densely populated areas of Melbourne, with a large cluster of apartment towers, including Australia's tallest tower measured to its highest floor, the Eureka Tower. Southbank Promenade and Southgate Arts and Leisure Precinct, on the southern bank of the Yarra River, extending to Crown Casino, is one of Melbourne's major entertainment precincts.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This post is part of the <a href="http://nicholasjv.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Travel_Tuesday" target="_blank">Travel Tuesday meme</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGnwgMuRqlAnQN0rdCsSb5Dj1eNHQjSszbs6qTVVSIbDtjyqtSieim5zkK5YvaRlWNOHyFROGHdyd3iZRxIYO54PMRZvnxb7LJDc9M5S4nJQo1L5CSJYVEgqlIV6yUlZo01q-vPeJ5j82gV377k3E0j4vqgf0qTZDWSmNN-miK38nE3OPEv4kU-ANYt8s/s1732/Southbank.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="1732" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGnwgMuRqlAnQN0rdCsSb5Dj1eNHQjSszbs6qTVVSIbDtjyqtSieim5zkK5YvaRlWNOHyFROGHdyd3iZRxIYO54PMRZvnxb7LJDc9M5S4nJQo1L5CSJYVEgqlIV6yUlZo01q-vPeJ5j82gV377k3E0j4vqgf0qTZDWSmNN-miK38nE3OPEv4kU-ANYt8s/w640-h408/Southbank.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Melbourne Australia Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00495515492384987803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742413208415891459.post-28488230272623104012024-03-11T17:17:00.007+05:452024-03-11T17:18:25.103+05:45MOOMBA & LABOUR DAY<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Moomba</b> (also known as the <b>Moomba Festival</b>) is held annually in Melbourne, Australia. Run by the City of Melbourne, it is Australia's largest free community festival. This Melburnian tradition is celebrated over four days, incorporating the <b>Labour Day</b> long weekend, from Friday to the second Monday in March.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Moomba is culturally important to Melbourne, having been celebrated since 1955, and regularly attracts up to a million people, with a record attendance of 3.8 million (2.3 million tourists) set in 2018. In 2003, the event was renamed Melbourne Moomba Waterfest.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Traditional events include the Moomba parade, crowning of Moomba monarchs, fireworks displays, carnivals in the gardens along the river, river activities including watersports, water floats and the Birdman Rally, as well as live music and bands.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Labour Day </b>is an annual holiday to celebrate the achievements of workers. Labour Day has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This posts is part of the <span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mosaic Monday meme</a>,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">and also part of the <a href="https://pandoraandmax.blogspot.com/search/label/%23AllSeasons" target="_blank">Seasons meme</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1kWXvozc8efeAA44zgeMkot97Al2SJEOZr0c70ubN4sS26e3D_ZTWCM4vbP5_ykXpY2aOgzSYONAN8J0J_6BiJ65tVa0zwZXKH9GqW42grPdyo0oMeoZSxnOeoGa99dKbN9NpSxKuQywi6SriJ86nefvylDt8xEbqVQnVfNlQr9vb1BS6Bl8u_-qdLQ/s1732/MOOMBA2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1094" data-original-width="1732" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1kWXvozc8efeAA44zgeMkot97Al2SJEOZr0c70ubN4sS26e3D_ZTWCM4vbP5_ykXpY2aOgzSYONAN8J0J_6BiJ65tVa0zwZXKH9GqW42grPdyo0oMeoZSxnOeoGa99dKbN9NpSxKuQywi6SriJ86nefvylDt8xEbqVQnVfNlQr9vb1BS6Bl8u_-qdLQ/w640-h404/MOOMBA2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Melbourne Australia Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00495515492384987803noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742413208415891459.post-30485072414767458152024-03-10T16:52:00.007+05:452024-03-10T16:52:53.675+05:45THROUGH A CRYSTAL SPHERE<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A photo taken through a crystal sphere (which I am holding). Note the inverted image.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This post is part of the <a href="http://nixpixmix.blogspot.com.au/search/label/SundayBest" target="_blank">My Sunday Best meme</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLGcqshHrYSEyMkn8W0_3H316-RbWYz7ePvONzsYeww561fbfmW4fmtmbO930f0ny4D7Klh_H__9PWABZcfKh_oJQ-qfAgjw-xX1h76yLAAs9yKKXxWW40sRn96zF6Zc4pBH2tOmVnBzc8qhH2r40nL2vjbWR5EHAqzNLIEEQbDi2I4rBEnQklFN2Pxz0/s1732/Ball.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1109" data-original-width="1732" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLGcqshHrYSEyMkn8W0_3H316-RbWYz7ePvONzsYeww561fbfmW4fmtmbO930f0ny4D7Klh_H__9PWABZcfKh_oJQ-qfAgjw-xX1h76yLAAs9yKKXxWW40sRn96zF6Zc4pBH2tOmVnBzc8qhH2r40nL2vjbWR5EHAqzNLIEEQbDi2I4rBEnQklFN2Pxz0/w640-h410/Ball.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Melbourne Australia Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00495515492384987803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742413208415891459.post-65714245889881193542024-03-09T17:26:00.006+05:452024-03-09T17:26:45.766+05:45DUCKS<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The chestnut teal (<i>Anas castanea</i>) is a dabbling duck found in Australia. It is protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974. The chestnut teal is darker and a slightly bigger bird than the grey teal. The male has a distinctive green coloured head and mottled brown body. The female has a brown head and mottled brown body. The female is almost identical in appearance to the grey teal. The female chestnut teal has a loud penetrating "laughing" quack repeated rapidly nine times or more.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The chestnut teal is commonly distributed in south-eastern and south-western Australia, while vagrants may occur elsewhere. Tasmania and southern Victoria are the species' stronghold, while vagrants have been found as far north as New Guinea and Lord Howe Island, and as far south as New Zealand. The chestnut teal prefers coastal estuaries and wetlands, and is indifferent to salinity. This bird is an omnivore.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Chestnut teals form monogamous pairs that stay together outside the breeding season, defend the nest site and look after the young when hatched. Nests are usually located over water, in a down-lined tree hollow about 6–10 m high. Sometimes nests are placed on the ground, among clumps of grass near water. The young hatch and are ready to swim and walk within a day.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This post is part of the <a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Saturday%27s%20Critters Camera Critters meme" target="_blank">Saturday Critters meme</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuwoIc6pfI6rXQhM6BBV7EI-7KjC_lBjHJqm-Jc77KJJzxvy2RYsNkvK-M-nLl8l9uMA0Qj59y_KmCG6RkKnmlfQeybmMx93bJc7xog5N4z5t0E1rgIRDvpnbH8Uw7vYn9JRAM-RnmNNlN22P8wuENg2eh8tYjKBLy0Zlc6NrtyRMCKPl2IxpSW7r00gE/s1732/Ducks.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1135" data-original-width="1732" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuwoIc6pfI6rXQhM6BBV7EI-7KjC_lBjHJqm-Jc77KJJzxvy2RYsNkvK-M-nLl8l9uMA0Qj59y_KmCG6RkKnmlfQeybmMx93bJc7xog5N4z5t0E1rgIRDvpnbH8Uw7vYn9JRAM-RnmNNlN22P8wuENg2eh8tYjKBLy0Zlc6NrtyRMCKPl2IxpSW7r00gE/w640-h420/Ducks.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Melbourne Australia Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00495515492384987803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742413208415891459.post-65097003648942492032024-03-08T17:10:00.001+05:452024-03-08T17:10:11.973+05:45SMALL TOWN SUMMER<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Hot day in country Victoria, everyone is either indoors or at the town's aquatic centre. Sun beats down mercilessly on the main street. Only mad dogs and Englishmen (and the odd photographer) are out in the noonday sun...</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This post is part of the <a href="http://skyley.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Skywatch Friday meme</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7OSYbP24wZSG_6xSHORVRdGFesbBROhUVmGMi5eGxnkb2_VmFPtC5R38EIH3utAw-s-7cs3jcl2EorevXwC7UNXhGkoa-GhnH3NDzYfvMa4osDXxal6RmUURAJtfjVwuhYtSApv6nBCrNu7Z94J5hFZejGwIlk_cZ9vtUq1h4sAaqHAfISFBpHX-i8AQ/s1732/Moe.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1732" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7OSYbP24wZSG_6xSHORVRdGFesbBROhUVmGMi5eGxnkb2_VmFPtC5R38EIH3utAw-s-7cs3jcl2EorevXwC7UNXhGkoa-GhnH3NDzYfvMa4osDXxal6RmUURAJtfjVwuhYtSApv6nBCrNu7Z94J5hFZejGwIlk_cZ9vtUq1h4sAaqHAfISFBpHX-i8AQ/w640-h412/Moe.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Melbourne Australia Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00495515492384987803noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742413208415891459.post-46370994736050561842024-03-07T16:50:00.002+05:452024-03-07T16:50:25.986+05:45KURRAJONG<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>Brachychiton</i> (kurrajong, bottletree) is a genus of 31 species of trees and large shrubs, native to Australia (the centre of diversity, with 30 species) and New Guinea (one species). Fossils from New South Wales and New Zealand are estimated to be 50 million years old, corresponding to the Paleogene.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">They grow to 4 – 30m tall, and some are dry-season deciduous. Several species (though not all) are pachycaul plants with a very stout stem for their overall size, used to store water during periods of drought. The leaves show intraspecific variation and generally range from entire to deeply palmately lobed with long slender leaflet-like lobes joined only right at the base. Their sizes range from 4 – 20 cm long and wide. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">All species are monoecious with separate male and female flowers on the same plant. The flowers have a bell-shaped perianth consisting of a single series of fused lobes which is regarded as a calyx despite being brightly coloured in most species. The female flowers have five separate carpels that can each form a woody fruit containing several seeds. The flower colour is often variable within species. Eastern forest species drop their foliage before flowering but those of the drier regions carry the flowers while in leaf.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This post is part of the <a href="http://floralfridayfoto.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Floral Friday Fotos meme</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR_aWLQdagAU7Nj84aoOp_7rBvP6atcw3pNc1dbj-QpzRdB1hMUOyVbb2qze-OtvqXKbijsj-x5JbfTDkRzOEetDtFy8pnp2BHiNlcfzuUO6EcrbO4gHzsh745O6L4hm46oaAXQG33bLN_B6zqs1lToJPwMVf1_RZxGv5K-V4XtlCeoAvqUGS8K6jtvp0/s1732/Brachychiton.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1732" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR_aWLQdagAU7Nj84aoOp_7rBvP6atcw3pNc1dbj-QpzRdB1hMUOyVbb2qze-OtvqXKbijsj-x5JbfTDkRzOEetDtFy8pnp2BHiNlcfzuUO6EcrbO4gHzsh745O6L4hm46oaAXQG33bLN_B6zqs1lToJPwMVf1_RZxGv5K-V4XtlCeoAvqUGS8K6jtvp0/w640-h428/Brachychiton.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Melbourne Australia Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00495515492384987803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742413208415891459.post-33024316776218129132024-03-06T17:27:00.002+05:452024-03-06T17:27:33.233+05:45HARVEST<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Early autumn comes laden with its bounty. It is indeed a season of "mellow fruitfulness, close bosom-friend of the maturing sun..." The figs have ripened until they are luscious and honey sweet. Quinces are fragrant and tart, begging to be made into delicious quince paste, the grapes beckon the vintner, but even to the teetotaller provide a sweet delight with their ripe juiciness. Citrus begins to blush and apples crisp and red give the taste buds a treat. Pumpkin, chestnuts and winter cherries vie for attention, but the winter cherries - with their brash overcoats on - win hands down...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This post is part of the <a href="http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Wordless Wednesday meme</a>,</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and also part of the <a href="https://ramblingwoods2.com/category/nature-notes/" target="_blank">Nature Notes meme</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVrvgmiSFt0n73DF4WUt9PftRfomTMcC693eh3mozkesZ3CtZAuxtKHM0O_rKRH-eM-dou5UrTtPorzHIBxIq1JmvBI7BKMUsWdD4NfQPdC99DoWkvCfBPJVF5tVJljTxJ8_95i2Bnbx8sjxqxA1vlB0q0m3g4RU0QDheiwPlIP4BAEema2YXr5I4X6A/s1732/Autumn's%20Bounty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="1732" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVrvgmiSFt0n73DF4WUt9PftRfomTMcC693eh3mozkesZ3CtZAuxtKHM0O_rKRH-eM-dou5UrTtPorzHIBxIq1JmvBI7BKMUsWdD4NfQPdC99DoWkvCfBPJVF5tVJljTxJ8_95i2Bnbx8sjxqxA1vlB0q0m3g4RU0QDheiwPlIP4BAEema2YXr5I4X6A/w640-h408/Autumn's%20Bounty.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Melbourne Australia Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00495515492384987803noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742413208415891459.post-49563976964062148222024-03-05T17:29:00.001+05:452024-03-05T17:29:18.332+05:45AT THE SHOPPING CENTRE<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The <a href="https://www.westfield.com.au/doncaster" target="_blank">Doncaster Shopping Centre</a>, one of the big branded such places around Melbourne. Although I don't particularly like them, sometimes I visit one of them as the specific shop I need is conveniently located there. The shopping centres I like more are the old-fashioned "village style" or "strip shopping streets" (<a href="https://melbournedaily.blogspot.com/2014/01/maling-rd-canterbury.html" target="_blank">see here</a>). Which do you like?</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This post is part of the <a href="http://nicholasjv.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Travel_Tuesday" target="_blank">Travel Tuesday meme</a>.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYURsMOSW-U_1xavgQcOXiuWtsnjLWRB9GJOx6fTsoOrywvLkpQYNnRWySiUneztNacOA_BQDOqU5M5-glLJT7wceupd04eQKoUwlWIdCAlr9mm14wgqVXVX99v51ZtinB0gQrs69KyySMt9CqRjFefKyATFNT2NRXpYXb4CX8R4_gkcvuZED8mkc1-IE/s1732/Doncaster.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1174" data-original-width="1732" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYURsMOSW-U_1xavgQcOXiuWtsnjLWRB9GJOx6fTsoOrywvLkpQYNnRWySiUneztNacOA_BQDOqU5M5-glLJT7wceupd04eQKoUwlWIdCAlr9mm14wgqVXVX99v51ZtinB0gQrs69KyySMt9CqRjFefKyATFNT2NRXpYXb4CX8R4_gkcvuZED8mkc1-IE/w640-h434/Doncaster.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Melbourne Australia Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00495515492384987803noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742413208415891459.post-10099405037571871782024-03-04T17:43:00.002+05:452024-03-04T17:43:12.487+05:45AUTUMN APPROACHES<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This post is part of the <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mosaic Monday meme</a>,<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">and also part of the <a href="https://pandoraandmax.blogspot.com/search/label/%23AllSeasons" target="_blank">Seasons meme</a>.</span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnPbGPmuAzaA5Gki-0aNRAQCY8TEFWeFPZZRNYhSbHoqhgpCdYTpULLKgV51jumnM3ft1VASNXwy2YkhovgpxIOaK9T70kUVIC0jxrygU1t8HWwIdd1MGZlCoBXwQOEWhfGjDGoNAICLKsViBbE8wQKpKpqsJMxCwIn2sWGHZwSk-JFwyX8igKOZoqA34/s1732/AutumnApproaches.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1732" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnPbGPmuAzaA5Gki-0aNRAQCY8TEFWeFPZZRNYhSbHoqhgpCdYTpULLKgV51jumnM3ft1VASNXwy2YkhovgpxIOaK9T70kUVIC0jxrygU1t8HWwIdd1MGZlCoBXwQOEWhfGjDGoNAICLKsViBbE8wQKpKpqsJMxCwIn2sWGHZwSk-JFwyX8igKOZoqA34/w640-h370/AutumnApproaches.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Melbourne Australia Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00495515492384987803noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742413208415891459.post-17945268634937086082024-03-03T17:45:00.001+05:452024-03-03T17:45:08.304+05:45DEMONSTRATION<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Permission from the City of Melbourne is not needed to conduct a demonstration, rally or protest or other form of public assembly. The right thing to do is to advise City Council of such a gathering taking place, so that adequate precautions are taken so that no adverse consequences ensue.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Council advises: <i>"Before notifying City of Melbourne, we encourage you to contact Victoria Police for advice and to discuss potential police resourcing. If your activity takes place in or passes through privately managed public spaces, we encourage you to notify them directly and discuss any requirements they may have."</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Here is a (small) demonstration on Collins Street, advocating putting a stop to the extradition of Julian Assange to the USA and releasing him so he can come home to Australia.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This post is part of the <span style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://nixpixmix.blogspot.com.au/search/label/SundayBest" target="_blank">My Sunday Best meme</a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghBolkuChVXYVw-jTIWw7GQD-FbRHuJBHUX1vgc6LhJJ9aiSMDfaj7Jo94DIUXPbHEo8YVWYv5EbG5rQgSraowtL3LCGExdfzRvNPuQQYPSPEBM9R-DAB15skYhV89x8MLF_jwlMdZGB-1qK_SrV5IShrEhGPguYDpXmPWZlDNijInHziTgOkpkmU5zmc/s1732/Demo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1732" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghBolkuChVXYVw-jTIWw7GQD-FbRHuJBHUX1vgc6LhJJ9aiSMDfaj7Jo94DIUXPbHEo8YVWYv5EbG5rQgSraowtL3LCGExdfzRvNPuQQYPSPEBM9R-DAB15skYhV89x8MLF_jwlMdZGB-1qK_SrV5IShrEhGPguYDpXmPWZlDNijInHziTgOkpkmU5zmc/w640-h390/Demo.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Melbourne Australia Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00495515492384987803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742413208415891459.post-10900311984997553642024-03-02T17:07:00.003+05:452024-03-02T17:07:18.009+05:45BEE<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Bee on female zucchini flower.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This post is part of the <a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Saturday%27s%20Critters" target="_blank">Saturday Critters meme</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEPDATuC4_pyKHht41NsALQotv1oVOscmW51nRh6l-t00yD484iyhUjFJ4GQBqzXaH3-NMmj3qr6ZBu9oxCPZIDqNHiP1pqo2RbAY-rBSpidnUuoYJyGf38PX7sn5tUJ9v-F4NnLOL7qBjbw070eUbQiwtRQKHyE6o6gA99IOFqgwnpeE_nY2ZWF4G7g/s1732/Bee.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1299" data-original-width="1732" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEPDATuC4_pyKHht41NsALQotv1oVOscmW51nRh6l-t00yD484iyhUjFJ4GQBqzXaH3-NMmj3qr6ZBu9oxCPZIDqNHiP1pqo2RbAY-rBSpidnUuoYJyGf38PX7sn5tUJ9v-F4NnLOL7qBjbw070eUbQiwtRQKHyE6o6gA99IOFqgwnpeE_nY2ZWF4G7g/w640-h480/Bee.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Melbourne Australia Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00495515492384987803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742413208415891459.post-44358024437634569852024-03-01T17:20:00.003+05:452024-03-01T17:20:46.396+05:45SUMMER SKY<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We've been getting a few hot days in February, drying out the grass and the sun seems to pump out all the ultraviolet it can, frying everything up. The sky a hot blue and the clouds look like steam. That old, fallen tree trunk on the right looks like a licked-clean bone discarded by a giant dog...</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This post is part of the <a href="http://skyley.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Skywatch Friday meme</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglNci-w-t59FdyB6_AHTkK7YiGyw4TA_L5a6_5ayShyphenhyphen8IemCtaw60VZRpfMotydqWl8gdBMpAz2MS0CL5qmfAiYxhV8ucJVf3dqfO8K8GjKHN_rR7C2OktLAiA33TanUzJSkByA2JFbpPI03oPGUq4qx1AZU4u8LWXo7v7R3DAaWdNZ8xaPo6_pJWq-X8/s1732/Summer.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1207" data-original-width="1732" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglNci-w-t59FdyB6_AHTkK7YiGyw4TA_L5a6_5ayShyphenhyphen8IemCtaw60VZRpfMotydqWl8gdBMpAz2MS0CL5qmfAiYxhV8ucJVf3dqfO8K8GjKHN_rR7C2OktLAiA33TanUzJSkByA2JFbpPI03oPGUq4qx1AZU4u8LWXo7v7R3DAaWdNZ8xaPo6_pJWq-X8/w640-h446/Summer.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Melbourne Australia Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00495515492384987803noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742413208415891459.post-56035605361450847712024-02-29T17:45:00.005+05:452024-02-29T17:45:55.491+05:45COREOPSIS<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Coreopsis</i> is a genus of flowering plants in the family <i>Asteraceae</i>. Common names include calliopsis and tickseed, a name shared with various other plants. These plants range from 46–120 centimetres in height. The flowers are usually yellow with a toothed tip, but may also be yellow-and-red bicolor. They have showy flower heads with involucral bracts in two distinct series of eight each, the outer being commonly connate at the base.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The flat fruits are small and dry and look like insects. There are 75–80 species of Coreopsis, all of which are native to North, Central, and South America. The name Coreopsis is derived from the Greek words κόρις (<i>koris</i>), meaning "bedbug", and ὄψις (<i>opsis</i>), meaning "view", referring to the shape of the achene.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This post is part of the </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: left;"><a href="http://floralfridayfoto.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Floral Friday Fotos meme</a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZ7aooBzns_hzN7NvlbHHgGI-E2bizvDZFxoJPG0oVbTdm9VyepnzwpNpTePCoLFFoxaTbMVt6ch2SQ8Geer_M2yRzR9ty549DNyQl8ya5Zog8kYZnKgtcDDTiRdvNh75DLxAoRPV-Ku3R6WdYvnxQap4481P8dnz5i2dl0LoP-JR1KGurzhnw4OcWG0/s1732/Coreopsis.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1299" data-original-width="1732" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZ7aooBzns_hzN7NvlbHHgGI-E2bizvDZFxoJPG0oVbTdm9VyepnzwpNpTePCoLFFoxaTbMVt6ch2SQ8Geer_M2yRzR9ty549DNyQl8ya5Zog8kYZnKgtcDDTiRdvNh75DLxAoRPV-Ku3R6WdYvnxQap4481P8dnz5i2dl0LoP-JR1KGurzhnw4OcWG0/w640-h480/Coreopsis.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Melbourne Australia Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00495515492384987803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742413208415891459.post-67184658528764745292024-02-28T16:14:00.002+05:452024-02-28T16:14:58.549+05:45URBAN TOMATOES<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Although I live in a big city, I'm lucky enough to have a back garden in which there is not a smidgeon of lawn. Instead there are garden beds with flowers, herbs, seasonal vegetables, a couple of ponds and bird baths and a few trees. There are many birds visiting, the odd possum, the occasional flying fox and numerous butterflies, spiders, bees and other insects. This year, our tomatoes grew well and these three beauties proved to be perfect in looks, taste and flavour. How wonderful to enjoy a garden and its produce, its flowers and fruits and also know that it is a haven for wildlife and a carbon sink...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This post is part of the <span style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Wordless Wednesday meme</a>,<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">and also part of the <a href="https://ramblingwoods2.com/category/nature-notes/" target="_blank">Nature Notes meme</a>.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiizfmMZ1z3Ax7fcL9eOUCZoE6bCwadVIJ11IfEu30BuBxmDgG0t5qrjp8pALoUKRiN53gYOd2w39XVx76lJ8xjKwoG-HmMffOP0XAYB0urZQRfu74DUwwx-KhRek7xPoiq09o4ULb_ek8IP7tdNRBRL6YfroE3LE9sjunzecyLqDireHjss2jf7q3dKdg/s1732/Tomatoes.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1106" data-original-width="1732" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiizfmMZ1z3Ax7fcL9eOUCZoE6bCwadVIJ11IfEu30BuBxmDgG0t5qrjp8pALoUKRiN53gYOd2w39XVx76lJ8xjKwoG-HmMffOP0XAYB0urZQRfu74DUwwx-KhRek7xPoiq09o4ULb_ek8IP7tdNRBRL6YfroE3LE9sjunzecyLqDireHjss2jf7q3dKdg/w640-h408/Tomatoes.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Melbourne Australia Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00495515492384987803noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742413208415891459.post-19919204162366724052024-02-27T17:53:00.002+05:452024-02-27T17:53:21.291+05:45FLINDERS ST STATION<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Flinders Street station is a railway station on the corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets in Melbourne, Australia. It serves the entire metropolitan rail network. Backing onto the city reach of the Yarra River in the heart of the city, the complex covers two whole city blocks and extends from Swanston Street to Queen Street. Flinders Street is served by Metro's suburban services, and V/Line regional services to Gippsland. It is the busiest station on Melbourne's metropolitan network, with some 92.6 million passenger movements recorded in 2011/12.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><div style="text-align: justify;">It was the first railway station in an Australian city and the world's busiest passenger station in the late 1920s. The main station building, completed in 1909, is a cultural icon of Melbourne, with its prominent dome, arched entrance, tower and clocks one of the city's most recognisable landmarks. It is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Melburnian idiom "I'll meet you under the clocks" refers to the row of clocks above the main entrance, which indicate the time-tabled time of departure for trains on each line; another idiom, "I'll meet you on the steps", refers to the wide staircase underneath these clocks. Flinders Street Station is responsible for two of Melbourne's busiest pedestrian crossings, both across Flinders Street, including one of Melbourne's few pedestrian scrambles.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This post is part of the <span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><a href="http://nicholasjv.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Travel_Tuesday" target="_blank">Travel Tuesday meme</a></span></div></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkfnZpdSU6ODaVWpqCceUXoE34Fd-XyTbRelxDR_n-34vOfwDhRPFtl171e3UMgHuAvonc1lA2iqbsygNbvvgpsbw8lwKrG6MKoGo0C0JehTRKkXeFIR9qmv0WF34CCBjHDyWIV8irjbKTorRKNhkiUzjf_RRBg1f4M_evEURIS4QpaQi8J35diUesaGk/s1732/01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1299" data-original-width="1732" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkfnZpdSU6ODaVWpqCceUXoE34Fd-XyTbRelxDR_n-34vOfwDhRPFtl171e3UMgHuAvonc1lA2iqbsygNbvvgpsbw8lwKrG6MKoGo0C0JehTRKkXeFIR9qmv0WF34CCBjHDyWIV8irjbKTorRKNhkiUzjf_RRBg1f4M_evEURIS4QpaQi8J35diUesaGk/w640-h480/01.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDPYeaTVX0fFEeVNMyB-rMz32GLvOun1YglGQilqLPsAS3HQV5mkZi9JqWjoGttmyfYDhCjzHIqfaV6SNVSKKB6c2Q-DCI8LwFsoahnQnKx8duMTuzA9lgfueWAb7lBhiBRC1om-HwkmPEect1Uy9Dt6ThnXqT7UDhQO1UUUH7EF0x4NJh6uOsjzLokkY/s1732/02.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1299" data-original-width="1732" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDPYeaTVX0fFEeVNMyB-rMz32GLvOun1YglGQilqLPsAS3HQV5mkZi9JqWjoGttmyfYDhCjzHIqfaV6SNVSKKB6c2Q-DCI8LwFsoahnQnKx8duMTuzA9lgfueWAb7lBhiBRC1om-HwkmPEect1Uy9Dt6ThnXqT7UDhQO1UUUH7EF0x4NJh6uOsjzLokkY/w640-h480/02.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9WlKoOrHI_JXYbs63egjhQFH0ehQsWepKaOVERLrIUnxh7F3WhOMaJZxPLPjtZ9KF2qrrSbQ-oBYcOvotY4l7f6ky9US_FVCjfDgsR1UImXaJMdGvwQLqP6r91J2gxe1G0E0wgdBEI0K5tJgiILQFesVjyFaZ5hfHbqD-n9DpQsBwgGpr_YrwMgvLno/s1732/03.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1299" data-original-width="1732" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9WlKoOrHI_JXYbs63egjhQFH0ehQsWepKaOVERLrIUnxh7F3WhOMaJZxPLPjtZ9KF2qrrSbQ-oBYcOvotY4l7f6ky9US_FVCjfDgsR1UImXaJMdGvwQLqP6r91J2gxe1G0E0wgdBEI0K5tJgiILQFesVjyFaZ5hfHbqD-n9DpQsBwgGpr_YrwMgvLno/w640-h480/03.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1mvpIi4eqPaT2dWtL3XvZTpbcyeHanX533r6Nu5CwU6xMSz31QwWKCT0XVzX6JVhEMsyVIjjoFhHnoLlByuAeI9O6htd0yb_LUe_Qxm7xiAAfVxxmauHNcWTcuy-VE_OqrqpLR9f1p2gcvO1hcBYOa62DdqcuG7reka3wJRWNf0jOXgebpKV9Z5RZkA/s1732/04.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1299" data-original-width="1732" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1mvpIi4eqPaT2dWtL3XvZTpbcyeHanX533r6Nu5CwU6xMSz31QwWKCT0XVzX6JVhEMsyVIjjoFhHnoLlByuAeI9O6htd0yb_LUe_Qxm7xiAAfVxxmauHNcWTcuy-VE_OqrqpLR9f1p2gcvO1hcBYOa62DdqcuG7reka3wJRWNf0jOXgebpKV9Z5RZkA/w640-h480/04.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Melbourne Australia Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00495515492384987803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742413208415891459.post-1963707915615150592024-02-26T17:23:00.002+05:452024-02-26T17:23:39.639+05:45SUMMER'S END<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Enjoying the last few days of Summer, as we progress towards March and Autumn! Forecast says 31˚C tomorrow and 35˚C on Wednesday. Make hay while the sun shines!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;">This post is part of the </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: left;"><a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mosaic Monday meme</a>,<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: left;">and also part of the <a href="https://pandoraandmax.blogspot.com/search/label/%23AllSeasons" target="_blank">Seasons meme</a>.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD9DS538E41O4B4GQSHvpVoB_Tmg5kMebbDbCH_wWYXkPQcry32RPI5kB_0OHTL4aENMNse_AkF9jroUzm-Me4ez5kB3Y-7NB5eTJDLKQCevDrDcRkMqbglhpaUNcmfL3v-iEUbAGLsjWmrfsTiraN6oUvjfesEs9ZUET1v2oR7dDN-0OM-XpooxRPu_A/s3800/Summer%20grid.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2529" data-original-width="3800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD9DS538E41O4B4GQSHvpVoB_Tmg5kMebbDbCH_wWYXkPQcry32RPI5kB_0OHTL4aENMNse_AkF9jroUzm-Me4ez5kB3Y-7NB5eTJDLKQCevDrDcRkMqbglhpaUNcmfL3v-iEUbAGLsjWmrfsTiraN6oUvjfesEs9ZUET1v2oR7dDN-0OM-XpooxRPu_A/w640-h426/Summer%20grid.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Melbourne Australia Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00495515492384987803noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742413208415891459.post-8926172066735315832024-02-25T17:15:00.005+05:452024-02-25T17:15:48.444+05:45THE CITY FROM PRESTON<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This post is part of the <a href="http://nixpixmix.blogspot.com.au/search/label/SundayBest" target="_blank">My Sunday Best meme</a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRmSy2iBXiwoz6ybJuK09QfrNxC9ZfJJ63DisbBAuWxkQr4OyG8teQRdMdftNbZ8r73hMgrfI-wITXDsveo2aXw2yB51MgZRU8L0sQJXUfVdp6W97A6fJ5jaxuOB3zRF0z2QP6g-mRH8Snuq5fPK18ExZ7Je31keGJpPqYgt2UqoOvXh1w3VNvhuZD3PQ/s1732/City.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1191" data-original-width="1732" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRmSy2iBXiwoz6ybJuK09QfrNxC9ZfJJ63DisbBAuWxkQr4OyG8teQRdMdftNbZ8r73hMgrfI-wITXDsveo2aXw2yB51MgZRU8L0sQJXUfVdp6W97A6fJ5jaxuOB3zRF0z2QP6g-mRH8Snuq5fPK18ExZ7Je31keGJpPqYgt2UqoOvXh1w3VNvhuZD3PQ/w640-h440/City.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Melbourne Australia Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00495515492384987803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742413208415891459.post-39967593020584487962024-02-24T17:20:00.000+05:452024-02-24T17:20:01.931+05:45GOOD DOGGIE<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A beautiful dog with a lovely temperament waiting for his master outside a shop. He said "hello" to us!</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This post is part of the <a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Saturday%27s%20Critters" target="_blank">Saturday Critters meme</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaEbh6z9KruU5GGzcUV5-lWKc2dMyV67F2hyphenhyphenZjI9zwAkRPcdNUWwbhpvkeao5NZiX40GR4r0BmF55weQFSHTOT4DbUw6dEM-ADdsaAd-TbeDXzi66XVOuJmaf9ObXrcoKxAKcU_ZC9Hd-ahZX-IqXJzwqMt1g0BBK7VdzAUcfwiNFiLvigTq0mMp8iHNA/s1732/Dog.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1161" data-original-width="1732" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaEbh6z9KruU5GGzcUV5-lWKc2dMyV67F2hyphenhyphenZjI9zwAkRPcdNUWwbhpvkeao5NZiX40GR4r0BmF55weQFSHTOT4DbUw6dEM-ADdsaAd-TbeDXzi66XVOuJmaf9ObXrcoKxAKcU_ZC9Hd-ahZX-IqXJzwqMt1g0BBK7VdzAUcfwiNFiLvigTq0mMp8iHNA/w640-h430/Dog.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Melbourne Australia Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00495515492384987803noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742413208415891459.post-68578129790704397842024-02-23T17:35:00.000+05:452024-02-23T17:35:02.911+05:45BUSHFIRE SKY<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It is bushfire season in Southeastern Australia and yesterday, Thursday 22nd of February, the temperature maximum in Melbourne approached 40˚C. In the Northwest of the state, the temperatures were higher. In Beaufort, a small town near Ballarat, a bushfire started and in a day had burnt 5000 hectares (50 km2) of bushland, with homes and farms destroyed. Today, 10,000 hectares had been burnt and the fire is still burning.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The sky in Melbourne yesterday afternoon was brownish red with a red sun on account of the smoke high in the atmosphere. Fortunately a cool change came through with some rain and things went back to normal in the City. However, while it lasted, the unearthly, apocalyptic light and the red sun was quite frightening. Our climate is changing, our deforestation progresses at an alarming rate and such horrific and catastrophic events are now becoming more and more common and severe.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">About 1000 firefighters and dozens of aircraft are still battling (Friday night) an uncontrolled bushfire burning around the Pyrenees Ranges in regional Victoria to Ballarat’s west. The towns of Elmhurst and Amphitheatre on the Pyrenees Highway remain under threat as winds continue to push the fire north-east. </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is heart-breaking that farming communities have to evacuate farms and properties, leaving their livestock behind, with no guarantee they will have a home and property to come back to. Even sadder that some of these small farmers have no insurance...</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This post is part of the </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: left;"><a href="http://skyley.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Skywatch Friday meme</a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib55qxAc2BW6sOrDXvtrr43KNJyqwj-w_Za_6mTrkT7Z1XAOcNsaFtkM8sKecZwySyXF6abKwUUgn9mrzcdg6phKG0IoacCYF2prRkxjoIkWKdWZbdIAr9fCutFLA1Bew54xGfxJCo53SBFIT3wc934aEEjSvaI4_nVY1O2np4bSovw7JunJg_W6TAYWA/s1732/Bushfire%20sky%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1299" data-original-width="1732" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib55qxAc2BW6sOrDXvtrr43KNJyqwj-w_Za_6mTrkT7Z1XAOcNsaFtkM8sKecZwySyXF6abKwUUgn9mrzcdg6phKG0IoacCYF2prRkxjoIkWKdWZbdIAr9fCutFLA1Bew54xGfxJCo53SBFIT3wc934aEEjSvaI4_nVY1O2np4bSovw7JunJg_W6TAYWA/w640-h480/Bushfire%20sky%201.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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