Callistemon is a genus of shrubs in the family Myrtaceae , first described as a genus in 1814. The entire genus is endemic to Australia bu...

Stanislav Yulianovich Zhukovsky (Polish: Stanisław Żukowski, Russian: Станислав Юлианович Жуковский) (1873–1944) was a Polish-Russian paint...

Fireworks over the Yarra River in Melbourne City. This post is part of the  Our World Tuesday meme , and also part of the Ruby Tuesday me...

One firefighter has died and multiple properties were lost after terrifying bushfires driven by extreme weather conditions swept across fo...

A lovely Summer day by the Yarra River, with many people enjoying the day and festive cheer of a Summer Christmas. This post is part of th...

The galah ( Eolophus roseicapilla ), also known as the rose-breasted cockatoo, galah cockatoo, roseate cockatoo or pink and grey, is one o...

We have been enjoying some mild Summer weather over the Christmas period, with hotter conditions forecast over the next few days, reaching ...

Acacia deanei ( Deane's wattle, green wattle) is a tree native to Australia, which is used for controlling erosion. There are two subsp...

Nikolai Alexandrovich Yaroshenko (Russian: Николай Алекса́ндрович Яроше́нко; 13 December [O.S. 1 December] 1846 – 7 July [O.S. 25 June] 18...

The closer it gets to Christmas, the more the City seems to become more festive and decorated, busier and all a-buzz. We have had several s...