From the Park Bench

You know it’s summer when you start seeing the Blue-Tongue Lizards out and about in the sun. We saw this guy on the path.

The first thing I saw when I came down here, was the Red Wattlebird taking a bath again. It’s amazing how quickly the river level drops. Already I can see ripples where the water’s just barely covering the causeway. It feels like only last week that it flooded again. But now it looks like the […]

The Blue Wren is here, standing on top of the reeds again. You might even be able to hear them. The Lily Pond is full of flowers. It’s a lot deeper than it has been at this time of year than last year. There’s a very clear divide between where the water is shallow enough […]

I was walking along and I saw this green shining gem on the ground. I went closer and realised it was a Christmas beetle’s wing. I’m going to take it home so my son can see it too.

It’s a lovely sunny morning with a blue sky. Lots of birds, and lots of flowers around.

No words today… and no recording, just this proud Moorhen strutting through the reeds.

I’ve sat out on my back deck in the sun for at least an hour. It’s the most beautiful sunny day, and it just feels so calm and peaceful. The baby apples on the apple tree are coming along well.

It’s like an informal flood marker. Is the ‘U’ shaped lowest part of this tree branch in the water? Today, it is. The last time I took a photo here, it wasn’t.

The Kookaburras are here, laughing away in the trees. We also saw the family of Wood Ducks. I think they slept the night at Private Bench and then they flew down the river past us and landed. I can also see some White-Faced Herons in the trees to, having and argument. I might go closer […]

It looks like the river level is at about three metres. Everything is muddy, the path is still muddy, there’s silt and mosquitoes everywhere. I really do want to get a telephoto lens. This morning, I walked past Private Bench. I couldn’t get to it because of a puddle, but the Wood Duck family was […]