Bush & Beyond

“We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home.” ~Australian Aboriginal Proverb My attempt is to showcase this beautiful part of the world through pictures that I have taken travelling through this great bush land (Sydney and around) !

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Callistemon Species (Lane Cove National Park)

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Grey Spider flower (Grevillea buxifolia).  It grows in coastal New South Wales, Australia. The photo was taken at Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden

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Eastern Yellow Robin ( Eopsaltria australis) - Very Inquisitive bird, 15cm in length. The photo was taken at Harold Reid Reserve.

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Wombat Berry (Eustrephus latifolius) - 3-lobed orange capsule fruit with numerous black seeds. Photo taken at North Sydney Coal loader.

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Epacris longiflora (Fuchsia Heath) - Bell Shaped flowers. Flowering throughout year, less so in summer.

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Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) - Spotted at Harold Reid reserve - One of the smallest of Australia’s birds. (10 cm in size)

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Brush turkey (Bush-turkey) [Alectura lathami] - One among the 22 bird species worldwide that use the external heat source for incubation. This male was spotted at Castlecrag during the breeding season as the yellow wattle is present only during this time!

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Actinotus helianthi (Flannel Flower). Short lived perennial although dune form is more robust and may last for 15 years. The photo was taken at Sylvan Grove Garden

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Xanthorrhoea australis (Austral Grass Tree). Xanthorrhoea literally means “yellow flow” in Ancient Greek. The photo was taken at Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden.

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Eastern Water Dragon (Intellegama lesuerii) - This was photo was taken at one of the Ku-ring-ai bushlands.