March had a mix of everything. The Lunar Eclipse was a a good start. I didn’t get any good photos, it was so cloudy and my tripod is broken. It can’t angle up 🙄

In the first week my mate and I went on a road trip for a week, which was good fun, even though the first couple of days it was raining. After that the weather was excellent.
At home it has been hot and dry so I was concerned about the garden. I arrived home to find 25mm in the rain gauge and the garden happy. It rained the day I drove home.
There has been follow-up rain, just enough to top the water tanks, but not enough to put water into the house dam which is very low.

I have had some guests which has been good. Now I have to get the house ready for more guests who’ll be here on Friday. They are from Italy.
In all it has been quite a good month.

The sun is up so we better get going……

Your march scrolling song by Van Morrison

That sunrise wasn’t photobombed by a huge flock of birds. Suddenly I was surrounded by a swarm of gnats. I made a very hasty retreat

Also a little annoying are caterpillars on some plants.This is the caterpillar of an Orchard Swallowtail Butterfly, the largest butterfly here, on my dwarf lemon tree.

There’s not enough leaves for this caterpillar with a voracious appetite. I relocated it to a bigger bush lemon tree. I tried to get it angry enough that it displayed red stalks from its head that it flashes to warn predators

The Fiery Skimmer Dragonfly is far more peaceful in the garden

I have been meaning to show my little yellow daisies for a while. The daisy bush is always flowering and has lots of yellow flowers

Dianthus are a favourite flower. The ones I have, have varied colours but this white Dianthus flower is so pretty and striking.

The Wendys Wish Salvias are still flowering

In March, my mate and I did a quick road trip down the south coast of NSW then onto the nations capital Canberra. A bit more about that will be in a few posts later on during the year.

First stop was the town of Kiama. We used to go there for Boy Scout camps in the summer which was so much fun and full of wonderful memories.
It was a cold, windy, rainy day but we had to go to the main tourist attraction, The Blowhole, a vent in the rocks with a huge cavern below. When a wave surges into the cavern, the wave crashes against the rear wall sending a huge stream of water into the air.
It’s fenced off now but as kids we used to sit around the edge and get soaked by the spray.

The other attraction, for me especially, is the lighthouse. The next day when we were exploring the town, I had to go back and get photos in fine sunny weather.

Before going back to The Blowhole, we stopped off at the Little Blowhole which is far more spectacular but not as popular. The sound is quite spectacular

We had to drive to the highest point on Saddleback Mountain and check out the countryside which is so green. A lot of the farms are still dairy farms but no where near the amount there used to be

One of the places we had to visit was the Australian Museum. Every Museum should have a Killer Whale

and of course there are always dinosaurs

I just love this mural of a Budgerigar, I think, and Wren I found in Kiama

In the Innovation and Invention Museum I had to have a look in all of the various room. In a meeting room I found a wonderful carpet full of Kookaburras with Eucalypt leaves and blossoms

A Raven with a chip bucket on the lawn near the museum. It flipped it over a few times to get the remains of the bucket to the top. Quite clever birds

In the Australian Botanical Gardens there were only a few plants in flower. A few birds were about. A pair of Crimson Rosellas were having a bit of a dispute about something.

Back at home I thought I would try to get a pair of King Parrots so you can see the differences between the male, at the top, and a female.

One morning a few Variegated Fairy Wrens came to explore the garden

I have posted everyones favourite for a while, a Yellow Robin. There are around four Yellow Robins in the garden at the moment

Don’t often get a chance to see the full yellow from below. This one was watching me from the trees

The female Bowerbird looked so lovely with the blend of greens and browns.

So different to the males blue/black sheen.

A Satin Bowerbirds eye view of the bower with the blue treasures collected. This is where the males sing and dance for the females

Early in March, Mumma Red-necked Wallaby washed around her pouch. Her pouch was big and full of a Joey but nothing was to be seen.

Late one afternoon a week or so ago, I saw a little face appear.

Then last week more Joey action but always for just a moment. It seemed to be able to detect my slightest movement and pop back into the pouch.

I like a moon in the daylight hours. The blue sky is a delight

The moon is up as the sun is setting and smiling so it’s time to go

Thanks for taking the time to have a look around my world. Please let me know if you found a favourite photo or two.

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