autumn begins...

trees at Fawkner Park, inner Melbourne...

old trees...

trees in Fawkner Park, inner Melbourne...

newly opened...

newly opened flower at Melbourne Zoo...

golden leaves...

trees in Melbourne's Fitzroy Gardens...

circling a tree trunk...

plants round a tree in the Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne...

at Melbourne Conservatory...

a display of autumn plants at Melbourne Conservatory in the Fitzroy Gardens......

buildings and plants...

plants break the view from Brighton of the Melbourne skyline

oasis...

an oasis of trees at Flagstaff Gardens relieve the Melbourne cityscape...

a mighty tree...

trees in Flagstaff Gardens, Melbourne...

boxed colour...

colourful planter in Swanston Street, Melbourne...

a view of early spring wattle...

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

tower framed...

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

old and new...

view of Melbourne Conservatory with Eureka Tower in the background...
The tower seems to rise from the trees in this perspective...

textured old tree trunk...

heavily textured tree trunk in the Treasury Gardens, Melbourne...

etchings on water...

leafless trees etch fine reflections in a pond in the Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne...

growing tall together?...

Melbourne buildings as viewed between the trees in the Treasury Gardens...

reaching up and out...

tree in the Treasury Gardens, Melbourne...

stark buildings and a gentle tree...

a touch of lingering autumn leaves and shapely boughs soften the stark view of buildings in Melbourne...

through many leaves...

leafy view of the Melbourne Conservatory in the Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne...

crossed paths...

intersecting walkways at the Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne...