Rhonda Bracey: At Random

On my drive into town, I pass a couple of paddocks that usually have HEAPS of kangaroos in them. When we went for a bike ride the other day, we rode as far as the ‘kangaroo paddocks’, and I took a few photos. There weren’t as many around as there often are, but I got a couple of photos anyway. Some of the females have large joeys in their pouches (like the one in the first picture looking at me), so it will be interesting to see them after they emerge.

Before the heavy rain set in this afternoon, I wandered out with some secateurs to see what the fine weather of the past two weeks has brought out in the garden (other than weeds!). The kangaroo paws and other native plants are close to flowering, and some others were already in their prime.

Here’s a taste.

It’s almost spring (spring officially starts on 1 September in Australia) and the paddocks are still green and the skies are clear. The animals I see on my drive into town are everywhere — this morning there were hundreds of black swans on the estuary; the paddocks were populated with lots of horses, cows, sheep, even a camel; there were wild ducks, pink and grey galahs, white egrets, pelicans, ring-necked parrots, willy wagtails, magpies,etc. either on or close to the estuary. And kangaroos — lots of kangaroos (they were too far back to take photos of, but I’ll try another time when they are much closer to the road).

I took my camera with me this morning when I drove into town, and was able to get some shots of the swans and some of the other animals, as well as the peaceful drive I take every few days when I ‘pop into town’.

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