moonvoice (ravenari)

Photo/s of the day. Koondoola.

2011-08-30T08:28:57Z

It's definitely spring,
but early spring. In a couple of weeks,
it'll be pretty incredible.
As it is
Koondoola is always pretty incredible.
It's obvious to see why.

Donkey orchid. Diurnis magnifica

( come join me in some amazing, endangered kwongan bushland. )

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Photo/s of the day. King's Park and Hillarys Boat Harbour

2011-08-29T07:57:30Z

( And many moooooore. )

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Photo/s of the day. Bushwalking behind our house.

2011-08-04T01:07:43Z

They've started knocking down the bushland behind our house;
in preparation for building on it.
Over the past three years I've been documenting the beautiful fauna and flora that live there,
both in illustration, and in photography.
This morning I went out again.
One day, this will all be gone. One day very, very soon.

Acacia - Unidentified, because there are so many species of acacia and even my book~~s because I have like 10 books on SW WA flower identification~~ of 400 plants of the South-West of Australia doesn't have it. Can't be assed trawling through Florabase today. Flower buds and a blossom.

( morning smiles, like the face of a newborn child. )

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Photo/s of the day. Bell's Rapids.

2011-07-05T01:52:49Z

We had a fair bit of rain over the past month.
Not enough to fill the dams.
But enough to fill Bell's Rapids!

I really should remember that Bell's Rapids is only a ten minute drive from our front door. I always forget, because I'm so used to being a lot further from it.

( Putu, Glen and I went walking all along the riverbanks... )

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Winter 2011 photo journal; Day 4 - Prevelly and Eagle's Heritage.

2011-07-04T03:28:31Z

Echo the Barn Owl

( Barn owls and black kites and sea eagles; oh my! )

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Winter 2011 photo journal; Day 3 - Conto's Point, Merchant Rock, Round Rock, Cape Freycinet, etc.

2011-07-03T02:01:24Z

Come join me, won't you? - I love our rocky, coastal beaches and their white sands.

( etc. continued - Duckstein Brewery, Settler's Cove, Conto's Road, and some photos of your intrepid travellers being very silly. )

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Winter 2011 photo journal; Day 2 - Pemberton to Margaret River, Boranup Forest

2011-07-02T05:59:35Z

Boranup forest, you complete me.

( Trees across the road? What trees across the road? And in which we see a delightful forest, which was just as delighted to see me again. Homecoming is lovely. )

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Winter 2011 photo journal; Day 1 - Big Brook Dam, Lavender Berry Farm

2011-07-01T12:38:09Z

Big Brook Dam in Pemberton

( Not so many photos from the first day. It was very dark and gloomy, most of the time, and more than that - I was more interested in soaking up the general atmosphere and getting a read on the place, as I had never stayed in Pemberton before. )

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Photo/s of the day.

2011-04-26T10:57:48Z

Someone went to Koondoola bushland today.
(Hint: It was me).

Seeding (A Xanthorrhoea seeding.)

( Some more under the cut. )

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Photo/s of the day.

2010-12-09T15:08:06Z

Two today.

We went bushwalking in Koondoola this afternoon. The sun is setting late enough with Summer, that we could get there in time even considering Glen gets home late-ish. Thank goodness for the sun setting past 7.00pm even without daylight savings.

It's probably the most dreary time of year to go bushwalking, really. Especially if you go for wildflower identification. Aside from candle banksias and Nuytsia floribundas (and in Ellenbrook and the North end of Alex. Heights and Landsdale - Morrison featherflowers, or Verticordia nitens), there's not really a bevy of activity happening in the understoreys. Thankfully, the nectar dependent birds and butterflies do just fine with candle banksias and balga blossom stalks. You can see some candle banksias and Morrison featherflowers here, during last year's Summer trip through the suburb: http://moonvoice.dreamwidth.org/738905.html

But even so, sometimes you'll find a yellow Calytrix like this one. :) Calytrix are easily amongst my favourite native flowers, and are endemic to Australia. They come with the understandable, and wonderful common name of 'starflowers.' They are difficult to grow in many gardens (Verticordias are easier, and that's kind of saying something), but regardless; are stunning. The yellow one featured here flowers pretty much exclusively in Summer. In Spring however, they flower in hot pink, dull pink, violet, white and so on. They flower in profusion, and leave little flower skeletons once the petals age and drop off (you can see some in this photo). The flower skeletons last all year round, until the next year, usually.

We also saw a typical skink, wriggling its way across the grey-white lateritic sands.

There were more photos, but none turned out quite right. I had to adjust the overall focus of my camera for my new glasses (new prescription), and then took photos with my old glasses, so things that looked in focus with the lens, actually weren't, thanks to overall optical adjustments. I'll figure it out one day.

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Photo/s of the day.

2010-12-01T11:53:04Z

Come on a walk around the suburb with me and Glen...

( a few more under the cut. )

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