Carnival of Flowers Toowoomba

We had an enjoyable few days at Toowoomba for the Carnival of Flowers.

Japanese Gardens

Colourful flowers - Cineraria

Felix Garden

Japanese Garden Panorama

Laurel Bank Gardens

Queens Park Gardens

Queens Park Gardens

Queens Park Gardens

Mauve flower - Eupatorium megalophyllum

Nesting Magpie Larks at the Japanese Gardens

Mangrove walk

I decided to have a walk through the mangroves at low tide to see if there was anything worth photographing.

There were lots of stranged shaped pieces of wood and mangroves

I saw some Honeyeaters and a Kingfisher but they were to fast for me to get a photo.

However, when I was almost out of the mangroves I noticed this Kookaburra in a tree beside me.

Honeyeaters

It's raining here today and I'm bored so I got up on the ladder and took some photos through the laundry window.

Lewin's Honeyeater on Rondeletia Amoena

Common Brown Honeyeater on Rondeletia Amoena

Lorikeet & Kookaburra

We don't have Kookaburras here very often so to see this one on the back gate was a thrill.

I was able to get fairly close to this Lorikeet enjoying itself on a Grevillia

Pet

Think Richard has started something by feeding sausage to the Butcherbird.

Lorikeets bathing

Looked out the kitchen window and got a shock to see the Lorikeets bathing




$50 was well spent on the bird bath . . . it has given us (and the birds) a lot of enjoyment.

Flowers & bees for D & T!

This is Grevillea Wilpena Gold


The following are Rondeletia Amoena
Once a common garden plant, Rondeletia amoena is rarely seen nowadays. This is a pity, because this hardy, Central American native produces a wonderful display of salmon-pink flowers every spring.