AEGEAN SUNSET

Sunset on a Greek island with the Aegean Sea beckoning in the distance... 

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SURVIVOR

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AUTUMN

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SUNSET MILE HIGH

Snapped this on a flight from Sydney to Melbourne some time back. Sunset high up in the sky above the clouds is quite amazing! Worth getting a window seat if you can...

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SUMMER LEAF

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BUSHFIRE SKY

For several weeks now the Northeastern coastal areas of Australia in Southern Queensland and Northern News South Wales have been battling with catastrophic bushfires fuelled by hot weather and dry conditions.

After a brief lull in the weather, the emergency services are once again worried as conditions in New South Wales and Queensland deteriorated today by more than what was expected. The New South Wales Regional Fire Service has reported that there is now a severe fire danger from “border to border”. Sydney could see highs of 35˚C, several degrees hotter than expected earlier in the week. That could be accompanied by winds, fanning any flames.

Brisbane could see 33˚C with Ipswich on a blistering 37˚C. The death toll now stands at four people In NSW, with 1600 firefighters battling some 60 bushfires, more than half of which were uncontained. Severe fire danger stretches from the Queensland border to southern NSW In Queensland, more than 70 fires are burning with 36 structures destroyed. A severe fire danger warning is currently in place for the Darling Downs.

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ON THE CUSP

As Winter turns to Spring, many a wonder to be seen...

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WINTER SUNBURST

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SUNSHINE

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SUNBURST

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SUNSET IN THE SUBURBS

View from my window.

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SUNSET, MELBOURNE

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SUNSET

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CELL

cell | sɛl | noun
A small room in which a prisoner is locked up, or in which a monk or nun sleeps: The warder locked all remaining inmates in their cells.

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SKYWATCH

Melbourne has a reputation for its ever changeable weather and as I put together this mosaic of skies of Melbourne it made me chuckle thinking: "Variety is the spice of life"!

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DAREBIN CREEK

Darebin Creek is a creek that runs through the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the main watercourse of the Darebin Valley and a major tributary of the Yarra River. For tens of thousands of years it was used as a food and tool source sustainably by the Wurundjeri people, Indigenous Australians of the Kulin nation alliance, who spoke variations of the Woiwurrung language group.

The creek arises on the northern urban fringe of Melbourne north of the suburb of Epping, following a general southerly route and meeting the Yarra at Alphington. The creek forms much of the municipal boundary between the City of Darebin and City of Banyule. Formerly an intermittent stream, increased stormwater runoff with urbanisation of the Darebin Creek catchment has resulted in permanent water flow.

The creek runs through Darebin Parklands, a large nature reserve one or two kilometres northwest of the junction at which the creek meets the Yarra. The Darebin Creek Trail runs along the banks in the lower reaches of the creek. This is the creek at the Darebin Parklands in Fairfield.

Good to see the dog walkers having their dog on a leash so that it doesn't disturb the birdlife in the Parklands. Some Rainbow Lorikeets and an Ibis not much further up the path.

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SUNNY LEAF

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SUNBURST

"The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy." - Henry Ward Beecher

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WINDOW

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DAZZLING AFTERNOON

As the sun nears the West in suburban Canberra, a dazzling afternoon...

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