it's wattle season...

wattle in full bloom at Hillview Community Reserve, Dromana...

a few twists...

tree in a McCrae street...

palm elegance..

palm outside a home at McCrae...

tree enjoying the sun...

tree in late winter sunlight at Hillview Community Reserve, Dromana...

trees and water...

view of Westernport Bay from Balnarring Beach...

greens in a sanctuary...

plants in the wetland area at Pearcedale Moonlit Sanctuary...

leafless trees and a rainbow...

leafless trees and a rainbow at my school...

native hibiscus up close...

the native hibiscus seems to weather all seasons...

mist and leafless trees...

mist and leafless trees at my school...

a view of early spring wattle...

wattle by the railway line as viewed from a Melbourne bound train...

leafless and blossoms...

some leafless boughs and some early spring blossoms and a rainbow at my school...

beautifully spindly...

spindly but beautiful branches with a view of Port Phillip Bay...

more Moorabbin blossoms...

more early spring blossoms at Moorabbin, an inner suburb of Melbourne...

early spring blossoms...

early Spring blossoms at Moorabbin, an inner suburb of Melbourne...

beauty of thin boughs...

network of thin boughs on a tree in the Dromana Hills...

trees soften the light...

trees soften the view of light on the sea at Balnarring Beach...

greens by the sea...

a variety of salt-tolerant plants grow by the sea at Balnarring Beach...

close to the beach...

trees growing close to Balnarring Beach...

ivy greens and a blue-tongue lizard...

ivy greens frame and contrast with this little blue-tongue lizard...

white picket fence and white roses...

roses add a decorative feature to a white picket fence round a home in Dromana...

tower framed...

trees in Fawkner Park, Melbourne framing a view of Eureka Tower...

agapanthus and leaves...

agapanthus and leaves frame boats at Hastings marina...

anxious to meet the sea...

one tree near Dromana beach boxes seems anxious to meet the sea...

close to the sands...

plants and a tree hug closely to the sands of Dromana beach...

on the ground...

on the ground near Dromana beach and fading fast...but still beautiful...

trees by the sea...

trees by Dromana beach looking stark and beautiful in late winter light...

art of exploring...

lone tendrils of a creeper on a fence at Rosebud...

leading into Dromana...

view of the Nepean Highway leading into Dromana...

a wintering tree...

wintering liquidamber tree in my front garden...

flowers have a special beauty in the rain...

quite a challenge to keep the camera dry... but it was worth it ...

misty view...

misty view of the Port Phillip Bay coastline from the lookout at Seawinds, Arthurs Seat...