zig zag in
to feed and pollinate
what a life
One of our many native bees doing its thing on a Bendigo Wax Flower. One of the many joys of Spring.
This is my contribution to the 52 week PHOTO CHALLENGE, with ZIG ZAG this weeks word challenging a talented group of photographers from across the globe. Visit this challenge at https://daffodilwild.wordpress.com/photo-challenge/ and find this weeks sharing on Wild Daffodil’s Home page.
delicate
petals reaching out
from the heart
This beautiful flower and its siblings caught our eye in a nursery garden at Pomonal recently when we visited Gariwerd/Grampians national park.
There was some debate when Jill asked for ID help online with Isopogon Cone Bush and Granite Petrophile offered. It seems to be the latter and is native to Western Australia.
This is my contribution to Ronovan Writes weekly Haiku challenge to visit at https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/2016/10/24/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-120-heartpetals/
shades of red
native spring flowers
sharing life
Bottlebrush
Eucalyptus
Grevillea
Waratah
Jill and I visited the Grampians/Gariwerd region recently, particularly Pomonal and Halls Gap to see the special displays, visit open gardens and look in the wild for specimens to photo. Here is a small selection of current flowering native plants we saw in the first two but not in the National Park. The weather did not co-operate for the latter part of the plan. The colours, variety and perfumes are amazing.
blossom calls
nectar messages
bees fly in
Banksia
Native Hibiscus
Xanthorrhoea (Grass Tree)
White and yellow colours also dominated the range of flowering native plants in the gardens we visited as well as in Gariwerd/Grampians National park when Jill and I recently visited.
bunjils shelter
ancient beginnings
sacred site
Bunjil’s shelter is located on a rocky outcrop looking across a valley to the Northern Grampians/Gariwerd National Park. The story of Bunjil seen here with two Dingoes is the creation story of the Indigenous people from this land. There are other rock art sites in Gariwerd the richest collection in Victoria, they are at the foothills or higher up , Bunjil’s site is very sacred and special to Indigenous Australians because of the story told and its position looking across to the mountains. The exact age of this art and the other works is not known, probably some thousands of years is a reasonable guess. Europeans painted over part of Bunjil’s story many decades ago, today it is protected behind a metal cage.
imagine views
hiding beneath clouds
mysterious
Recently we spent some days in The Grampians/Gariwerd National Park. Most days rain fell, winds blew and clouds dominated the scenery. The birds still performed and wildflowers were blooming however views from lookouts presented new perspectives. This image is from Boroka Lookout and it certainly made us look much more closely at the macro views.
This is my contribution to the 52 week PHOTO CHALLENGE, with MYSTERY this weeks word challenging a talented group of photographers from across the globe. Visit this challenge at https://daffodilwild.wordpress.com/photo-challenge/ and find this weeks sharing on Wild Daffodil’s Home page.
ripening
harvest approaching
future oil
Canola crops between Ballarat and Beaufort in central West Victoria make a beautiful contrast against the leaden grey rain clouds that have dominated this region for weeks.
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