One thing I love about this part of Australia is that winter is not terribly wintery. Flowers bloom, birds nest, and I do without double glazing and any heating whatsoever. Oh, ok, I do sling a hot water bottle into the bed.

Friend Donna and I walk to the beach and then go for coffee & cake

The cormorants decorate the trees along the estuary

Wild flowers bloom

Even the butcherbird looks benign (he’s not)

Pea flowers come in all colours

Sunsets are spectacular and so are the rainbows

Winter storms dump seaweed along the estuary foreshore

The blooms are saturated with perfumes

The bees are out in force

Fungi

Buds…

Oh, the perfume!

The male sheoak tree, covered in its brown flowers

The sheoak was buzzing so loudly as I walked by. The bees were so well camouflaged that they were invisible, so it sounded as the tree were singing…