Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Bush Creek Wild Flowers

This flower is known as Agapanthus African Lily. The blue, violet and white tubular flowers are borne around the terminal branch and held high above the fountain of strap-like leaves.


African Lily with violet tubular flowers.


A Rose Bud.


The Australian Dandelion White Bride plant. 


I guess the above could be the pincushion type-like flower. 


Wild grass flower. 



It is called the Lythrum Purple Loosestrife which is really a waterside plant and it will grow in any soil  or in a pond-side garden. 


It is a strongly growing, upright plant that needs no support. 

Sunday, December 12, 2010

The Bird of Paradise

The Bird of Paradise belongs to the Strelitzia family and originated from South Africa. The leaves are usually large, from 30–200 cm long and 10–80 cm broad.


The Bird Paradise with its distinctive head stem.



The flowers are produced in a horizontal inflorescence emerging from a stout spathe. They are pollinated by sunbirds (nectar birds), which use the spathe as a perch when visiting the flowers.




The leaves shape is similar to a banana leaf in appearance but with a longer petiole, and arranged strictly in two ranks to form a fan-like crown of evergreen foliage.


The weight of the bird on the spathe opens it to release the pollen onto the Sunbird's feet, which is then deposited on the next flower it visits.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

The Royal Melbourne Show 2010


The Border Leicester breed has been proven to be an important maternal breed in Australia. First cross Border Merino ewes are sought after by leading Australian lamb breeders across the country because of their ability to produce large numbers of high quality lambs and wool over a wide range of climatic conditions.


A shaved ewe with its baby lamb.


The Grand Pavilion and Town Square at Melbourne Showground where the crowd just love The Boyz!!



The Dare Devil Jump!



The Boyz just awesome!!


Decades old farm machinery on display.



PIE is the sky, that's what they called it....similar like The Eye of London.


Schi Zu, dog on show.


A Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. 


A Pug doggie.



A Llama is a much larger animal. They have been used as guard animals for alpacas. It is really not recommended though. Their larger size makes them great as a pack animal. They are also used for pulling carts.





An alpaca is approximately half the size of a llama. Too small to use for carting or packing. An alpacas function is to grow beautiful fleece.


Long haired Llama.


Fun rides for family.

Friday, August 27, 2010

Flowers Fest

Cameron Cactus Flower Bud



Magenta Orchid 



Lily Bud



Four Petal Orchid 


Yellow Daisy



Red Daisy

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Brighton Beach Outing


The Beach Bathing Boxes



Brighton Beach Grass

Sea Gull - A Cut and Above


Beach Walk



Sea Gulls

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Silhouette At Dawn

Taken in 2008 by the Penang coastal highway during an early daybreak. 

The Fisherman trying to net the "Catch of The Day"!


The Wooden Hut that stood through time.

Idle Fishing Boats


Sun rising over the Bukit  Mertajam horizon.

Sunrise

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