#banksia

[unteriors]

Kimpton Street, Banksia (Sydney), New South Wales.

[kachavashka]

There's a Banksia woodland nearby where I live. It's almost untouched by humans (no paths, litter, etc, only a few weeds here and there, but not many) and has extremely high biodiversity, characteristic of this ecosystem.

I visited it the other day and sat beneath the glorious, low-lying canopy of Banksia attenuata, and began imagining a thylacine prowling through the bushes looking for bandicoots as they would have done 2000+ years ago here in Noongar country.

[katelikescookies]

Coastal banksia at sunset in Redhead, NSW, Australia

[branchflowerphoto]

Winter textures - banksia grandis

[ruthbancroftgarden]

Banksia nutans

Banksias are Australian shrubs (or occasionally small trees) in the Protea Family, with delightful cylindrical or rounded heads of flowers. This one comes from the southern coast of Western Austrslia, in the country's winter-rainfall region, and it is a small needle-leaved shrub. The two photos show the flower clusters at 2 stages, with the younger one above.

-Brian

[privatedarius]

Honey possum grooming itself in a Banksia bush. photo credit: Sharon Jones Wildlife Photography

[coffeenuts]

[chlorophyll-and-chitin]

Banksia spinulosa cv.

28-JUN-2025

Melbourne, Vic