Tagged: koondoola

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Koondoola Orchids

Our house is close to a lovely piece of bushland, and it was an extra treat for him to come home early and we got to take a walk there together. This particular day we went in to find some orchids.    

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A Walk for the Birds

It was looking to be a hot week, so when I realized the the morning was deliciously cool, I grabbed my camera with the long lens to take a walk. Of course my hope was that I would meet some birds. I did.  

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Inch Ants

John needed to have some work done to his car. We drove it to the shop and decided to walk back home through the bush. It was early and not yet too warm for a nice walk in the bush. Soon we came to a discovery of inch ants. I...

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After the Bush Fire

Much to John’s surprise and apparently unprecedented in Koondoola Bush, it has remained closed for a long time after the fire. So we decided to look outside and see what damaged was done. It’s kind of hard to say damage when for example, the Banksias seem to respond well to...

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My First Bush Fire

I left Maryland with hopes of disasters behind me. Let’s face it, last year was a banner year: we had a tornado, 2 hurricanes, storms, flooding, and the first earthquake I’ve ever witnessed. I am not exaggerating when I say my nerves were shot, and we were all tired from...