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Spring of 2022 right up til Christmas Day was so much cooler than normal, so our natives were not flowering as normal, so bird life was quieter and we didn't see the bee activity as normal. Now they start to appear but temperatures are fluctuating at the moment a cold day or 2 then a boiling hot day will come along, but our wildlife adapts. I was reading an article recently in "THE LITTLE BOOK OF BEES" by Hilary Kearney and illustrated by Amy Holliday. I thought I would start this post sharing a little article with you.     ...

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Lindy and I spent a long time planning our trip to Dubbo in 2019. We didn't realise just how dry the countryside was until we did this trip, specifically to go to Dubbo Zoo and the Shoyoen Japanese Gardens which we had heard were beautiful. We couldn't get accommodation during the New South Wales September school holidays with all accommodation being fully booked out, This is when we were told was the peak time for the gardens. So we booked the last week of October and with it being so dry, the gardens were not at their peak, many things...

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Today the 5th day of our road trip to Dubbo and it is a lovely cool misty rainy day, this will be fun with all my camera gear but we are ready. Lindy and I spent 2 years planning this trip so we plan on making the most of every minute of everyday. We had heard that the Shoyoen Japanese Gardens at Dubbo were one of the best in Australia, so we just had to put it on our To Do List. We were not disappointed These gardens are beautifully maintained and presented, and where we were probably 2 weeks...

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