WINTER SUNBURST

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YARRA RIVER

The Yarra River or historically, the Yarra Yarra River, (Aboriginal: Birrarung, and Wongete) is a perennial river in east-central Victoria, Australia. The lower stretches of the river are where the city of Melbourne was established in 1835 and today Greater Melbourne dominates and influences the landscape of its lower reaches. From its source in the Yarra Ranges, it flows 242 kilometres west through the Yarra Valley which opens out into plains as it winds its way through Greater Melbourne before emptying into Hobsons Bay in northernmost Port Phillip.

The river was a major food source and meeting place for indigenous Australians from prehistoric times. Shortly after the arrival of European settlers land clearing forced the remaining Wurundjeri to neighbouring territories and away from the river. Originally called Birrarung by the Wurundjeri, the current name was mistranslated from another Wurundjeri term in the Boonwurrung language; Yarro-yarro, meaning "ever-flowing".

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SPRING SUNSHINE & SHADE

In the Parklands, a wonderful sunny Spring day! Unused to the sudden heat and sunshine, we had to seek some shade...

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AT THE TRAIN STATION

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FRIDAY GREENS #28 - WATERING CAN

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SHADOWY STEPS

These rock slab steps are rather oddly placed in a little nook of the Yarra Bend Park close to Dights Falls in Abbotsford, Melbourne. Whenever I visit this place I like to go up them and just take in a little bit of the mystery they seem to exude...

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