Magnificent old river gum surviving in surburbia,Melbourne outer suburbs
Anything but tropical
My weekly travel photo’s. Spending a few weeks in Melbourne with family. Weather is predictable Melbourne weather; cold, bleak and freezing. Anything but a tropical Friday.
In suburban Doreen the housing estates are taking over the farmland areas (as they do?). The magnificent old gums that grow along the watercourse remain, so far. Higher up the hill where the housing estate is growing fast, they have saved just a few of these beautiful old trees. Here are two such specimens. So beautiful. So sad.
Gnarled old River Gum surviving in suburbia-Doreen- Melbourne outer suburbs
Tropical Galahs and Long Billed Corellas
There is an abundance of colorful bird life in Melbourne suburbs. Since it’s Tropical Fridays I should mention the flocks of pink breasted Galahs and long-billed Corellas that live in the area and roost in the red river gum forest. The Galahs are very tropical with their rosy pink breast, grey wings and pale pink crest. We see large flocks in tropical north Queensland as well as here in Melbourne suburbs.
Tropical Fridays – Galahs and long-billed Corellas feeding – Doreen- Melbourne Suburbs
In Doreen at sunrise you hear the flocks of Galahs and Corellas screeching as they leave the shelter of the forest; wheeling overhead in a white flurry of wings as they fly off into the sunlight. They feed on grass seeds in the morning from the green paddocks on the hillside. Late in the evening they feed on the footpath verges in Doreen, before returning to the sanctuary of the red river gum forest to roost at night.
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