Rights of Spring

While I normally consider myself somewhere on the Left I reckon the following photos are of things that are just about correct - or Right! 

Some have already contributed to Mr Zuckerbergs Empire but I thought the shareholders of Google also deserved a suck of the sauce bottle so here we go.  The first few photographs are from ANBG and were taken on 13 September.

This was the first Gippsland Water Dragon I had seen this year.  It was in a shady area just below the caff at the gardens.

 This one was lurking in some shade above the waterfall in the rock garden.

These next two were basking in full sun on rocks beside the water at the bottom of the waterfall. I was impressed with how much more melanin they were showing.

Nearby were some Gymea Lilies about to show Black Mountain Tower who is boss.  New York and Tolkien may have two towers, but Canberra has 4!

We now return to beautiful downtown Carwoola, on the 14th of September.  I'll begin with a close up of fruiting plum blossom.  This tree got scorched but not not badly burnt.

 The daffodils are really hitting their straps now,  These are in front of Frances' potting shed.  As well as the heat of the fire they would have been subject to the old shed melting over them and then getting walked over as the guys built the new one.

 This lot had the fire pass over and them many trades vehicles associated with fencing and irrigation repairs.

 Despite all of this, if you look closely you can see they're happy!

A few tulips are beginning to flower in pots.

 Flowering Prunus looks great against a clear blue sky.

 An equally good in close-up.

The Acacia pravissima is starting to hit its straps.  We used tohave a hedge of this up the drive, but that got in the way of the fence repairs and is now filling an erosion gully in the top paddock.

This also maintains a good look in close up.

 A Westringia is trying hard to flower, but is currently fairly light on for blossom.

This Delicate Skink was rudely awakened by me using my leaf vacuum to tidy up some of the fallen leaves (now that I have somewhere, such as a nice new pallet-based compost bin, to put the mulched material).  It is worth clicking the image to expand it to really see the iridescence on the abdomen.  I have concluded that due to the amount of abdomen visible its probably a gravid feame.

 A small flock of Red-browed Finches (formerly and helpfully known as Red-browed Firetails) came by for a bathe.

 A Striated Pardalote was too busy picking lerp out of a eucalypt to either bathe, or present a more attractive part of its body for a photo.