Yarra Bend Park has been one of Melbourne’s largest expanses of inner suburban parkland for nearly 150 years. Yarra Bend Park and neighbour...

Yarra River at Dights Falls. Perfect place for some relaxation and meditation, only 4 km from the City! How lucky we are in Melbourne to hav...

More from this wonderful urban nature park in metropolitan Melbourne, a stone's throw from the CBD. Enjoying the last few weeks of Summe...

Yarra Bend Park has been one of Melbourne’s largest expanses of inner suburban parkland for nearly 150 years. Yarra Bend Park and neighbour...

The Australian water dragon ( Intellagama lesueurii ), which includes the eastern water dragon ( Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii ) and the ...

Feeding the ducks... This post is part of the  Saturday Critters meme

At the Fairfield Boathouse on the Yarra River in Fairfield one fine Spring day. Yarra Bend Park surrounds the River as it comes to the City ...

Dights Falls is located in Melbourne, Victoria just downstream of the junction of the Yarra River with Merri Creek, about 2 km east of the C...

Dights Falls is located in Melbourne, Victoria just downstream of the junction of the Yarra River with Merri Creek, about 2 km east of the C...

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

Yarra Bend Park has been one of Melbourne’s largest expanses of inner suburban parkland for nearly 150 years. Yarra Bend Park and neighbour...

Hard to believe that today's photo was taken about 4.5 km from the Melbourne CBD... Yarra Bend Park is a glorious bushland reserve withi...

Living in a big city like Melbourne can be quite stressful. Thankfully we still have many areas of unspoilt natural bushland right in the mi...

This is an Australian Grey Headed Flying Fox (bat), which is  currently classified as a threatened species in Australia. Flying foxes are an...

This post is part of the  My Sunday Best meme

July is our coldest month here in Melbourne, and looking around one can certainly appreciate we are in midwinter. However, all is not bleak!...

The rainbow lorikeet ( Trichoglossus moluccanus ) is a species of parrot found in Australia. It is common along the eastern seaboard, from ...

The Northcote Amphitheatre in Fairfield Park began life in 1983 as a temporary scaffolding arena seating 500. It was the brainchild of Epid...

Yarra Bend Park has been one of Melbourne’s largest expanses of inner suburban parkland for nearly 150 years. Yarra Bend Park and neighbouri...

Fishing at Yarra Bend Park on a fine Summer day. This post is part of the  Wordless Wednesday meme , and also part of the My Corner of the W...