This month starts off with a couple of images of our local creek showing the growth following a very wet spring.
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| Ginninderra Creek Growth |
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| Ginninderra Creek Growth |
Consequently 'Weeds and Seeds' have been mowing regularly..
Our King's Park Bottlebrushes flowered from mid- November to early December and were regularly visited by the resident Red Wattlebirds and passing Rainbow Lorikeets.
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| Red Wattlebird feeding on Bottlebrush nectar |
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| Rainbow Lorikeet also on the Bottlebrush |
A morning visit to the Australian National Botanic Gardens provided native flowers in profusion, but few birds. The morning was hot and windy.
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| Sturt Desert Pea (Black Centre) |
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| and Red Centre |
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| Bugs Bunny |
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| Noisy Friarbird on a Xanthorrea flower spike |
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| Cunningham's Skink |
We were fortunate to have both Willie Wagtails and Magpie Larks nesting in the same tree and the young ones fledged within a couple of days of each other.
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Rufous Whistler
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| Willie on nest |
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| Feed me Mum - Magpie Larks (Peewees) |
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| Magpie Larks (Peewees) nearly ready to fly |
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| Willie Wagtails demanding to be fed |
One morning was spend around Lake Burley Griffin
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| SIEV X Memorial |
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| National Museum |
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| Acton development |
And to finish - some days at Mollymook/Ulladulla. A strong wind warning was broadcast for most of our stay.
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| Sunrise on Narrawallee Beach |
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| Mollymook Beach headland |
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| Ulladulla Harbour |
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| Warden Head Lighthouse |
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| Storm brewing over Narrawallee |
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| Molly at play |
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| Sunrise at Bannister Head |
