DAREBIN PARKLANDS

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CONSTRUCTION

Yet another apartment building going up in Southbank, just behind the beautiful, historic Boyd Centre. We are rapidly becoming an overdeveloped city with all the attendant misfortunes: Pollution, overcrowding, increased crime, poverty, poor infrastructure, decreased social and community support mechanisms, etc, etc. Melbourne once was said to be the "World's Most Livable City" - alas, nevermore.

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SPRING FLOWERS

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LICHEN

A lichen (do you say LY-kən or LITCH-ən???) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship, where each organism gains benefits from the other. Lichens are important forces in nutrient cycling and act as producers which many higher trophic feeders feed on, such as reindeer, gastropods, nematodes, mites, and springtails.

Lichens have properties different from those of their component organisms. They come in many colours, sizes, and forms and are sometimes plant-like, but are not plants. They may have tiny, leafless branches (fruticose); flat leaf-like structures (foliose); grow crust-like, adhering tightly to a surface (substrate) like a thick coat of paint (crustose); have a powder-like appearance (leprose); or other growth forms.

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MICROCOSM 2

A tiny corner in the garden where a few plants seem to live happily with one another. There is a fern (Pteris spp), a spikemoss (Sellaginella spp lower left) and the pink knotweed (Persicaria capitata).

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WERRIBEE RIVER

The Werribee River is a perennial river of the Port Phillip catchment that is located on the plain West of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The headwaters of a tributary, the Lerderderg River, are north of Ballan near Daylesford and it flows across the basalt plain, through the suburb of Werribee to enter Port Phillip. A linear park follows the Werribee River along much of its course. In total the Werribee River completes a journey of approximately 110 kilometres.

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MICROCOSM

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STILL WINTER

We may have seen a bit of sun and the almond trees may have bloomed, but it is still Winter...

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TWILIGHT

Werribee River in Melbourne's West, at twilight in Winter.

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MOSSY ROCKS

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APPLES

New season's apples are tasting wonderful at the present time in Melbourne. We are lucky to have a choice supply of fresh fruit and vegetables here.

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FERN

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WINTER SOLSTICE

A very cold day (and night!) today for the Winter Solstice. The sun was out now and then, but had a hard time trying to warm things up... I believe several weather records were broken today all over Victoria.

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YARRA RIVER

At Dight's Falls, approximately 2km from the City Centre. The area is of considerable environmental, historical, cultural and geological significance.

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TRAIN DIDN'T ARRIVE...

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THISTLEDOWN

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TREE

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FRUITING TIME

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PERENNIAL

Always appreciate the fact that most of our native trees here in Australia are perennials and that our Winter is relatively mild. This gumtree (eucalypt) is looking pretty spiffy on this mild late Autumn day.

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HIGH AND MIGHTY

The eucalypts are the tallest flowering plant in the world and they are native to Australia. Here they are seen in Mt Dandenong, about 50 km East of Melbourne.

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