Sometimes you drive along the same round a thousand times before you stop to look at the nature with a more discerning, attentive eye. The bush on this stretch of lonely road edges the Angelsea Heath, and in the last few years, it's been burnt off in that strange Australian tradition of burning all the undergrowth in the hope it'll stave off fires. It's old growth forests that are, interestingly, the most fire proof - but we've also logged all of those. Still, even the burnt forests regenerate quickly, many species relying on fire to set seed. Anyway, it looked beautiful enough to park my van on the side of the road and go for a wander.
Here, it's late Winter, and there's life everywhere - banksias, yellow wattles, sundews - a type of carnivourous plant. You can see their strange alien flower on the right below - I've never seen it before, though I've seen the plant itself everywhere. Drosera hookeri, I think.
Sadly, I didn't get this as sharp as I would have liked, but there was a breeze, and it was raining. Very beautiful, but not that easy to take macro.
Bracken of course is everywhere - I love the shape of it, even the brown, dead leaves that make such good tinder. Everything is just a stunning kaleidoscope of greens, browns and blacks, with the occasional splash of yellow or pink.
The sundew are a pinky red and basically carpet the ground. Now I'm looking into them I'm quite confused. This flower is very different from the other one above - is it a different sort of drosera, or is the other not a drosera at all?
I know you guys were super worried that I was writing a nature post without a mushroom, but never fear - I found one! It's not really mushroom season although apparently there's morels in the central goldfields.. I'd love to find them!
I love the tender tendrils and filaments of lichen on the trees - it's so crazy that they're fungi and algae, the original plant that inspired botanical understands of mutualism or symbiosis!
Many little spikey banksias sprout from the wet leaf litter - they are a smaller variety I think. Nonetheless, instantly recognisable.
If you don't know much about Australian plants, all these charred trees might be depressing. But they're the only species that send off new shoots and branches from their trunks after a fire, and quite quickly too. Doesn't the charcoal black look stunning against the green, especially in the rain?
Can you guess what kind of scat this is? Place your guesses in the comment section below! Could it be a drop bear? Or something else?
Hope you enjoyed my little walk through the forest in the rain. Happy Wednesday - and remember, focus on the good things. There's no use in focusing on all the shit in the world - the media wants you to be unhappy. Negative news sells. There IS good in the world. There IS!
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No idea what animal the droppings belong to. I'm not in the habit of studying poo π Though if I showed this to my son, I'm sure he'd love it. Every mention of that topic or word sends him into fits of laughter
Looks like a nice place to take a walk and be alone with your thoughts
Aw, I take it he's under 4? Cute. π¦π¦π¦π¦
Interesting to see the burned bits. Good for fighting of fires and good for new growth.
So many little plants you found, and even a mushroom. πBeautiful walk @riverflows
Could it be kangaroo π¦ ππ
You are awesome at guessing games! π¦
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Super enjoyable walk in the woods with you.
And your pics are so clear! Such good focus!
And so is your philosophy ;)
p.s I don't know what scat that is. I do know that mainstream media is full of it though π
Have a cool, calm, happy Wednesday πΌ
It sure is full of it! Glad you read to the end.
The photos are just taken with my phone .. does alright hey!
Geesh... it most certainly does alright!
And you have a van... I think I want your life. I most certainly wanna see your wheels.
Rest well :) Glad our paths crossed! ππ
Ha yes had the van ten years now, it's my surfing van!!! I do have a post somewhere where I kitted it out for the third time for travelling π
Oh my... if you find it send link please!
Or perhaps it's time for a new one... living the life!
So many of us are finally over the fear of just doing it.
(I have van envy)
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Happy #wednesdaywalk π You found much beauty in the control burned forest. I always try to answer questions posed in posts but I am completely unqualified to identify Australian scat lol so I'm gonna choose not to focus on the shit π
You could guess! π¦π¦π¦ It wasn't intended to be rocket science πππ
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I laughed. π !LOL
And agreed, I think one of my favourite expressions of the Australian bush is when it's showing us "I'm !ALIVE " after a fire.
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I love going on walks like that immediately after the rain, like as the leaves are still dripping. It's such a nice time to wander about.
So beautiful... And the colours are so rich and everything smells amazing!!!
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Cool pics and your adventure are just awesome. Nature is just awesome!
A great spot to park your van and explore, that alien plant as you call it and a fitting name looks so cool
Nature is amazing and resilient how it recovers after a fire
as for the Scat no idea, I am guessing now a Bear, not no idea what really, hey its Australia so let me say it is a Bear a Koala beer LOL
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Hahaha definitely no bears, and did you know koalas aren't bears? π¨ hint: it's another famous Aussie animal...
Well my other option would have been a kangaroo LOL
and Oops yes of course Koalas are marsupials
Indeed! Yes, people call them koala bears but it's a misnomer.
Ha you just reminded me of a funny video I did here a while ago, wonder if I can find it...
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