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Wordless Wednesday

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Wordless (almost leafless) Wednesday! Victoria, Australia.

Corymbia ficifolia

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formerly a member of the eucalypts ...but not since the eucalypts have been divided into three separate sections... according to my sister, who is a lot more knowledgeable on this subject than I. But they are still just as beautiful anyway.

sculptures

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a more extensive look at the collection of tree sculptures at the shopping village at Boronia, Victoria

the end of a southern odyssey...and some native plants of Victoria...

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all good things must come to an end... but with a couple more days left, a visit to a garden planted with native plants of Australia... quite near this wonderful old mansion on top of a rise...on the outskirts of Melbourne... everyone seems very interested...and very knowledgeable too! a quick duck into the local library on the way home...where the author Allan Marshall is remembered in a sculpture outside a lovely old wooden train bridge passes by... the mobile library is visiting because of the renovations at the library.... and back home...where is the cat? What are you doing up there gorgeous? Not looking for birds or possums are you? I know you only bring in mice...and maybe a rabbit? lovely colored fungii on the walk down by the river... bucolic... do we have to go back yet...couldn't we stay and chase rabbits for a bit? The Yarra River looking pretty good...well, at least these are some of the better photos I have taken down there...maybe it is because it is so green now, an...