[Photos] Maralla
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moonvoiceOh boy.
I'm going to be posting a lot of Maralla photos.
This is the bushland that's local to us (and it's the one that'll cause us to evacuate if it ever goes up in flames, which...it does sometimes).
Maralla is something special, and I haven't felt this way about a tract of bushland for a long time.
Easily some of the most pristine bushland I've ever had the pleasure of walking in. We see kangaroos (at the least) every time.
Cowslip orchid.
I've been diligently recording all the changes every time we go, building a local Wheel of the Year for my Druidry OBOD practice.
The sun does dazzling things in this bushland, hiding, gleaming, smiling.
Hovea
Casuarina / Sheoak
Casuarina / Sheoak
This is the largest, oldest Casuarina I've ever seen in my life. I've taken to calling it 'Grandmother Sheoak' and I say hello every time we pass. There's a giant nest at the very top.
There's a lot of different microbiomes in this section of bushland. For example, this is dominated by Banksia ilicifolia.
And here is a Banksia ilicifolia blossom. They start off cream and age to red-pink.
Banksia ilicifolia on the left.
The base of Grandmother Sheoak.
And an Acacia.
I'm going to be posting a lot of Maralla photos.
This is the bushland that's local to us (and it's the one that'll cause us to evacuate if it ever goes up in flames, which...it does sometimes).
Maralla is something special, and I haven't felt this way about a tract of bushland for a long time.
Easily some of the most pristine bushland I've ever had the pleasure of walking in. We see kangaroos (at the least) every time.
Cowslip orchid.
I've been diligently recording all the changes every time we go, building a local Wheel of the Year for my Druidry OBOD practice.
The sun does dazzling things in this bushland, hiding, gleaming, smiling.
Hovea
Casuarina / Sheoak
Casuarina / Sheoak
This is the largest, oldest Casuarina I've ever seen in my life. I've taken to calling it 'Grandmother Sheoak' and I say hello every time we pass. There's a giant nest at the very top.
There's a lot of different microbiomes in this section of bushland. For example, this is dominated by Banksia ilicifolia.
And here is a Banksia ilicifolia blossom. They start off cream and age to red-pink.
Banksia ilicifolia on the left.
The base of Grandmother Sheoak.
And an Acacia.
