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The Last Day Of Our Road Trip To Dubbo
On the morning of our 7th day road trip to Dubbo, I was awake very early as I wanted to enjoy the grounds before we headed up to have breakfast in the restaurant before leaving. Departing Dorrigo, we were originally going to travel down the mountain which was a beauitful drive calling into Bellingen but a friend suggested we do the inland road, she said it was a beautiful drive. So we set off, the road was narrow but had a good surface winding its way around corners down gullies, driving through some of Australians most beautiful National Parks Junuy...
Dubbo Reginal Botanic Gardens Day 5 of our road trip to Dubbo
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...
Male Regent Bowerbird
Another bird I didn't expect to capture on camera was this stunning Male Regent Bowerbird. He is a medium size bird 25-30m and are Sexually Dimorphic. He is a glossy jet-black, with his crown, nape and inner wing feathers bright golden orange and his bill and eye being yellow. Males acquire their adult plumage at 5 years. The Male can be difficult to see as he is mostly seen as a flash of gold/black in quick flight between cover. He lives mostly in rainforest margins, coastal scrubs, thickets of raspberries, wild tobacco, inkweed, secondary growth, orchards and gardens from Central...
Callistemons are popular with our Native Birds, Bees and Insects
Australian Native flowering trees, shrubs and ground covers plants are an amazing food source to a large number of bees, birds and other insects like the Callistemons They come in all sizes and have a variety of flower colors
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