SUNDAY BEST #356 - PLANE TREE ACHENES

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SUNDAY BEST #355 - CEMENT PLANT

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Interesting to find incongruous scenes in suburbia, such as this cement plant in Fairfield next to Darebin Creek. I'm sure their activities are monitored as the creek shows little evidence of industrial pollution.

Last week, Lydia in Sydney posted some photos of wildlife she found in the City and this portrait shot of a lizard fascinated me. Please visit her blog for more great photos.

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SUNDAY BEST #354 - FRESH FISH

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Fresh fish at Williamstown, Melbourne, Victoria

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SUNDAY BEST #353 - UNIVERSITY

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The old Law School Cloisters and Quadrangle at the University of Melbourne. The east and west sides of the Quadrangle Building were completed by October 1855 and the imposing north wing in 1857. The vaulted cloisters of the east and west wings were not added until 1930 and the quadrangle was not fully enclosed until 1969.

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Last week, Csuhpat1 in the USA posted some great photos of the Ocean. Please visit his blog for more great shots.

SUNDAY BEST #352 - TRAM

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One of Melbourne's new trams in the City.

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Last week, Jim in Sydney, Australia regaled us with some of the sculptures exhibited in Sydney's seaside. This was my fave, please visit his blog for more great shots.

SUNDAY BEST #351 - GALLERY

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At the Booroondara Council Gallery.

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SUNDAY BEST #350 - MORNINGTON

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Mornington is a seaside town on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, located 57 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. It is in the Local Government Area of the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. Mornington is known for its "village" atmosphere and its beautiful beaches. Mornington is a popular tourist destination with Melburnians who often make day trips to visit the area's bay beaches and wineries. 

The Post Office opened on 21 May 1856 as Schnapper Point and was renamed Mornington in 1864. The town centre runs into the foreshore area and local beach, which features a yacht club, restaurant and park with playground facilities. Mornington is an attractive destination for shopping and features some excellent restaurants and cafes. The north of Mornington is also home to several horse breeders and stables. 

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SUNDAY BEST #349 - IN HEALESVILLE

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The Grand Hotel in Healesville, a historic, beautiful landmark. More information here.

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Last week, Taken for Granted in the USA posted this wonderfully photographed landscape, beautiful in its simple complexity. Please visit his blog for more great shots.

WARATAH

Waratah (Telopea) is an Australian-endemic genus of five species of large shrubs or small trees, native to the southeastern parts of Australia (New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania). The most well-known species in this genus is Telopea speciosissima, which has bright red flowers and is the NSW state emblem.

The waratah is a member of the plant family Proteaceae, a family of flowering plants distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The key diagnostic feature of Proteaceae is the inflorescence, which is often very large, brightly coloured and showy, consisting of many small flowers densely packed into a compact head or spike.

Species of waratah boast such inflorescences ranging from 6–15 cm in diameter with a basal ring of coloured bracts. The leaves are spirally arranged, 10–20 cm long and 2–3 cm broad with entire or serrated margins. The name waratah comes from the Eora Aboriginal people, the original inhabitants of the Sydney area.

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SUNDAY BEST #348 - TURKISH DELIGHT

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Buying Turkish delight at the Prahran Market in Melbourne.

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Last week, Lydia in Sydney posted a very thoughtful and emotional post, in which the photo below featured. Please visit her blog to see the full entry!

SUNDAY BEST #347 - ON THE PHONE

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Last week, Roentare in Australia shared the beautiful photo below. Please visit his blog for more great shots.

SUNDAY BEST #346 - MOONRISE

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Last week, Taken for Granted in the USA shared the lovely photo below. Please visit his blog for more great shots.

SUNDAY BEST #345 - TINTED GLASS

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A vacant shop in Malvern getting renovated. Spring sunshine filters through the tinted windows creating an ethereal atmosphere.

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Last week, Csuhpat1 in the USA posted some photos of the wonderful Pacific Ocean, the one below being quite striking in its deceptively simple grandeur. Please visit his blog for more great photos.

SUNDAY BEST #344 - AT ST ANDREWS MARKET

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SUNDAY BEST #343 - RUBBISH NIGHT

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Sunday is rubbish night on our street and when I put the bin out, it was quite a nice night view down the deserted, quiet street.

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Last week, Kwarkito in Paris, France, shared some wonderful photos of an Indian celebration in Paris. Please visit his blog for more great shots.

SUNDAY BEST #342 - FATHER'S DAY

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Australians observe Father’s Day on the first Sunday of September. It is a day for people to show their appreciation for fathers and father figures. Father figures may include stepfathers, fathers-in-law, guardians (eg. foster parents), and family friends.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

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Last week, Kwarkito in France, posted this photo and wrote about some interesting ideas regarding physical laws and how we view the world. The question he was pondering was whether extraterrestrial intelligent life would have the same physics as us and how they would view the universe and its laws. Visit his blog to find out more.

SUNDAY BEST #341 - EARLY SPRING

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Last week, csuhpat1 from the USA posted some great photos of a walk in the park. Please visit his blog for more great shots.

SUNDAY BEST #340 - IN THE 'STEPS' GALLERY

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Steps Gallery in Carlton, Melbourne. "Antipodean Palette" Exhibition 2023.

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SUNDAY BEST #339 - YOUNG ALMONDS

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Last week, Jim from Sydney posted this photo celebrating the Women's Soccer World Championship playoffs. Please visit his blog for more great shots!

LAVENDER

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SUNDAY BEST #338 - IVY BERRIES

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Last week, Roentare in Melbourne shared this wonderful shot. Please visit his blog for more great photography.

DAISY AND BEE

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SUNDAY BEST #337 - AT FRANKSTON

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Last week, Lydia from Sydney posted some spectacular photos of her home town, my favourite, below. Please visit her blog to see more great shots.

VELVET GROUNDSEL

Roldana petasitis, also known as the velvet groundsel or Californian geranium, is a species of the genus Roldana and family Asteraceae that used to be classified in the genus Senecio. It is native to Central America. Preferring constant heat and thriving in sheltered gardens, it is an evergreen subshrub with weak stems. It grows up to 1.8 m tall and has large leaves with 7 or more broad, blunt lobes.

The flower heads, like daisies, of about 6 ray ligulate petals are borne in foliaceous panicles. The plant blooms from winter to early spring. The plant is native to the subtropical highlands (Sierra Madre del Sur) of Oaxaca in Mexico, south to the tropics in El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua.

Climatically, it is found in the tropical savanna climates grading into the drier semi-arid or temperate wet/dry areas, where it is present from Veracruz in the north to Nicaragua in the south, in both pine-oak and mountain cloud forests between 1,000m and 2,500m, whereas the cristobalensis variety is found in Chiapas, the southern most Mexican state, and in Guatemala between elevations 1,000m and 1,600m. It is naturalised in parts of southeastern Australia and New Zealand.

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SUNDAY BEST #336 - COFFEE ROBOT

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At the Doncaster Shoppingtown in Melbourne, you can get a robot to make a cup of take-away coffee for you. We saw it, photographed it and then went and had a very nice cup of coffee made by the human barista at the café a few doors down!

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Last week, Lydia in Sydney shared this clever reflection photo. See her blog for more of her great shots!

WATTLE AND BEE

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SUNDAY BEST #335 - FAIRY HOUSE

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Last week, Roentare in Melbourne posted this great shot. Please visit his blog for more interesting photos.

WINTER BOUQUET

The flora of South Africa and Australia is quite distinctive with quite a few rich botanical families that provide a diverse and amazing bouquet of flowers. The Proteaceae (banksias, grevilleas, waratahs) and Myrtaceae (eucalypts, bottlebrushes, titrees, lillipillis) especially are well represented. Many of these flowers bloom in Winter to early Spring, so they can brighten up the grey days of the season.

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