I enjoyed another lovely walk through the Noosa Botanic Gardens after work yesterday and was pleased to see a lot more in the way of flowers now that Spring is upon us. My pelican friends were keeping an eye on things too...
This sweetie posed nicely before continuing his ablutions with some other birds sharing the pipe.
Bougainvillea must be about to flower everywhere although I must confess I've not noticed it in such abundance anywhere else recently. The rusty pink of this example was truly beautiful.
I didn't notice until afterwards that there was a little grebe in the foreground of this picture (you have to look hard) of a purple swamphen foraging on the edge of the pool. Purple waterlilies and the tiny water snowflake lily are showing off.
This gymea lily was only a little over my head thanks to my being on the amphitheatre and it growing up from the bed below so was able to get much closer than one can normally.
I heard the eastern whipbird a long time before I saw it of course due to their distinctive call. This was the best photo I could get in the gloom of evening the previous time I went to the Gardens. They are nervous and flit around quickly so I'm very happy with the snap. I didn't hear any at all yesterday but there were lots of kids running around the spot.
As I walked to the car I passed under a sausage tree and noticed flowers on the ground. Having never seen the flowers before I was thrilled. Most were on the ground with only a few on the tree. Lots more to come though judging by the number of buds.
We are leaping into fall here and it is bliss. We have had an awful summer and I am over it. Looking forward to cold and snow.
ReplyDeleteI know how you feel. We're rocketing towards summer and I'm dreading the heat because it costs too much to run the air con these days. Grump grump. Thanks for visiting Badger.
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