The Cocky’s Corset

A million years ago ,well two weeks anyway, on a rare sunny day this winter, we went to The Dandenongs for a walk and a picnic with friends.
We met a few cheeky Sulphur Crested Cockatoos on our travels, hence the photo above. Just look at those beaks…I really think care should be exercised if you [...]

Lizard in the grass

As Andrew noticed in my last post, I forgot to include the lizard I spotted during a walk around my parent’s garden. Well, here is the lizard, in all his glory. You can see he is a tiny bloke by the grass and leaves around him.
I have since found out that this lizard is a [...]

Off with the ducks

Swim Anyone?
Ever wondered what ducks do when they think no-one is looking? I’m afraid the heat has got to me and I’m off with the ducks tonight instead of posting about the lovely Yackandandah. Just had to get some respite from all this 40 degree action that’s happening around here.

Lucky ducks.

Swimming off into the sunset. [...]

Tie a knot in it

Pipeline protest signage Yea Feb 08
I have travelled through Yea in Northern Victoria regularly over the last year and I have seen the anti-pipeline signs yelling from the roadsides. This is how I first became aware that there was trouble for the Goulburn River coming in the form of a greedy pipe. [...]

Stop marking me absent…well kind of

 
Ok, forgive me bloggers for I have sinned. Returning in early January turned out to be a little inaccurate. I am still a nomad at this point in time living between two houses ( a long way apart) and waltzing off into the countryside with some abandon. Actually it is time to take a bit of [...]

Summer Rain

It’s humid and stormy in Melbourne at the moment. Everyone here, I think, is happy to receive the rain. In fact we obsess about it: when is it coming, how much and when will it come back again. Australia, like many parts of the world, has been experiencing a long and devastating drought so now [...]

Christmas survival aid

Grassy, glassy water
Christmas in Melbourne can feel all rush, glare and glitter, sometimes bad tempered glitter at that. People are encouraged to go out and stress over presents, food and baubles for the table. Spend, spend, spend. Hustle, push and hurry. Urk.
Sometimes I just have to go to a quiet place. We went for [...]

Too hot today

An old dead gum tree by the Werribee River. It has elegant, silver bones.
This photo represents how I feel. It is so damn hot today. The forecast I heard this morning was 37 ° Celsius which I think is about 98° in Fahrenheit. The weather forecast online says 35° C. Either way it [...]

Vale old mollusc called Ming

St Kilda – Crossing the ships. Port Phillip bay is scheduled for deep dredging
Today I commiserate with the 405 year old clam that was recently dredged up off the northern coast of Iceland. He/she (I will call Ming “he”) was ”plucked” as one report so gormlessly put it from his habitat and so became the [...]

Rain yesterday

Rain heading into Colac in Victoria, Australia
Magic rain. I can’t believe how long it has been since I ‘ve sat in a car watching the rain. I relished the blurring details. Bright ripples peeled across the glass. The rain even pelted for a while stressing out the windscreen wipers who have become [...]