Wildflowers of Geebung National Park, NSW
Orchid flower
Several years ago on a holiday in New South Wales we spent several days exploring the area around Parkes. One of the places we headed for was the Geebung National Park north east of the city.
Wildflower in Geebung NP NSW
Our interests complement each other; I go to places like national parks to look at the birds, my wife looks at the plants and flowers. I usually have my head up while she has her head down. Both of us also keen wildflower photographers. This trip, however, was before I had my Canon Powershot digital camera. The photos on this post were taken with our old Kodak digital camera. This old camera is still a very good camera and my wife continues to use it frequently.
Orchid flowers
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Wildflowers in Geebung NP NSW
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Wildflower in Geebung NP NSW
Coastal vegetation, Robe, South Australia
Coastal vegetation, Robe, South Australia
While we were at Robe in the south east region of South Australia for a holiday recently, my wife asked me to take a series of photos of the coastal vegetation.
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Coastal vegetation, Robe, South Australia
Coastal vegetation, Robe, South Australia
Coastal vegetation, Robe, South Australia
Coastal vegetation, Robe, South Australia
Coastal vegetation, Robe, South Australia
Coastal vegetation, Robe, South Australia
Guichen Bay, Robe, South Australia
Street tree in Robe, South Australia
On the second day of our holiday in Robe, south-eastern South Australia, I went for a long walk along the foreshore. The seaside town of Robe was established in the 1840s so there are many well established gardens and street trees in the town. One such eucalyptus tree was in full flower. The local honeyeater bird species were thoroughly enjoying the nectar from these beautiful flowers.
Guichen Bay, Robe, SE South Australia
A short distance on I came to the scene shown in the photo above. I was standing right next to one of the three caravan parks in the town. Robe was built on the beautiful Guichen Bay, named by French explorer Nicholas Baudin in 1802 in honour of Admiral de Guichen.
In the photo above Hoopers Beach is in the immediate foreground and Long Beach in the distance. Long Beach stretches for about ten kilometres around the bay. In summer, it is one of the few beaches in Australia where vehicle access is allowed. It is also a very safe swimming and surfing beach but being mid-winter we neglected to take our swimming bathers with us.
About four years ago my wife and I enjoyed a very relaxing holiday staying in the caravan park at this point. From the cabin we hired in the park we had a very similar view to the one shown in the photo above. Needless to say, we really enjoyed the view.
Lorikeets in Victor Harbor
Musk Lorikeet
A few days ago we travelled from home in Murray Bridge down to the south coast of South Australia. My wife wanted to attend the native plant sale in Victor Harbor. This was one plant sale we had never attended. After talking to the various people there that I knew I went out to the car to wait for my wife to finish talking and buying. While sitting in the car my attention was attracted to the many Musk Lorikeets feeding on the flowers of the street trees. These trees were mainly bottlebrushes (Callistemon spp) in full flower. It was a delight to get so close to these beautiful little birds.
Musk Lorikeet
Related articles:
- Great birding moments #17: Musk Lorikeets
- Victor Harbor – more articles from my archives about this delightful town.
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Festival of the trees #4
The Festival of the Trees #4 has been posted over at Lorianne’s blog Hoarded Ordinaries. This is a compilation of articles, poems and musings all with the common theme of Trees. There is sure to be something of interest to everyone in all of the blogs in this month’s festival.
My submission highlights my recent visit to the St Kilda Mangrove forest just north of Adelaide in South Australia.
Related articles and links
- Festival of the Trees – go here to submit to this carnival.
- Festival of the Trees #3 – last month’s carnival.
- St Kilda Mangrove Forest – this is from my Travel Blog.