Believe it or not, women have not always been able to vote in Victoria. Hard to believe I know but this injustice, (call it what you like) was eventually rectified after the Great Petition. A petition of 30,000 signatures.
However, despite the number of signatories on the Great petition, it still took 17 years to give women the vote.
Visiting a property at Flinders today I found some great Fungi. The above ground parts are where spores are released to grow away from the parent fungi. The major part of the fungi is out of sight in the ground or rotting timber, slowly breaking it down.
Fantastic aren’t they.
The twenty-fifth Lyrebird survey has been carried out at Kinglake National Park. Whilst generally there are no numbers generated from the survey, it has proven a successful method of assessing Lyrebird populations in pockets of the National Park and a base line of density in these pockets. It’s also fun. How so?
How is that not fun?
Below is the scene at first light from my survey site. Those burnt Eucalypts that are still alive have new leaf growth. Below these there are literally hundreds of thousands of new trees growing.
Visiting Canberra recently and waiting for Judy whilst she was shopping, I happened to see an Australian Raven close by.
I’ve always had trouble telling the difference between Australian Raven and Little Raven but this encounter did help. Sorry the video is a bit dark and fuzzy. I left my $ 20,000 video camera at home, (don’t you hate that).
Have and look and see what you think.
On a walk from Cape Liptrap to Venus Bay, Mark and I saw many great views but every day we all walk past some little nook or cranny that has a lot going on. A bit like “men in black” and the locker scene, (for those of you who watch movies).
Judy and I dropped into the Senate whilst in Canberra. No doubt it’s going to be an interesting place after tomorrow.
This is the third in an array of photographs of the Watts River catchment. Not all continents have Tree Ferns and isn’t that a shame.
The Watts River during a relatively high flow. This is a natural waterway in a protected catchment. Nice isn’t it. #BoardofWorks
I’ve been working in the Watts River catchment for a couple of days. It confirmed how much I love Victoria and the cold damp winters.
I nearly stepped on this fern frond, which would have been a disaster. Thankfully I didn’t but I did get a photograph.
It looks a bit wet and sad, don’t you think?
Big day today taking photographs of regrowth of indigenous vegetation along the Watts River, north of Healesville. I have a few blotches from leaches and wet clothes but it’s great to see the forest regenerate.
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