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The Covid-19 flowers

The Covid-19 flowers

  • Posted by Peter MacDonald
  • On January 8, 2021
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  What to do when you are housebound. Fortunately Covid-19 was about a three week affair here in South Australia. Nonetheless very scary as we watched what was happening around other parts of Australia and the rest of the world. In those first few weeks isolation and social distancing was at the forefront of everyone’s […]
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Lilly

Lilly

  • Posted by Peter MacDonald
  • On December 18, 2020
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The captivating colours of water lilies, the slightly chaotic arrangement and the opaque water they float in. So simple and serene. They’ll come and go but worth a photo. A small feature in the Hindmarsh Island gallery.
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Orange and Red

Orange and Red

  • Posted by Peter MacDonald
  • On September 22, 2015
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Working with colour and light. A beautiful Spring day turning into a glowing sunset on Nilpena Station on the edge of the Flinders Ranges.  Leaves from a nearby gum tree. The red ones are dying off but are a standout when backlit by the suns rays.
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Winter Blooms

Winter Blooms

  • Posted by Peter MacDonald
  • On August 29, 2015
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There’s an upside even to the last month of winter. Overcast skies and cold winds seem to make August  the least likely time to be out making pictures let alone getting out of bed before sunrise. You can always  turn your hand to the little things though. In this case a small twig of eremophila freelingii […]
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The Beautiful Butterfly Bush

The Beautiful Butterfly Bush

  • Posted by Peter MacDonald
  • On December 27, 2014
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One of the shots taken the last time I was in the Flinders Ranges. The delicate blooms of the Butterfly Bush a couple of months ago before the heat of summer set in.
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A Purple Patch

A Purple Patch

  • Posted by Peter MacDonald
  • On December 25, 2014
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Looking for something entirely different but found this little beauty instead. My attention span doesn’t reach as far as finding out the name  of the flower  with a purple centre….too busy trying to get a photo that separates the bloom from the background and deal with a bit of a breeze as well. The Himeji […]
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Eye Catcher

Eye Catcher

  • Posted by Peter MacDonald
  • On September 22, 2014
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  Standing on a desert plain surrounded by an untold number of rocks – all various shapes and sizes. And then, there’s one in a million. Covered in lichen, tiny colourful flowers and the sun falling at just the right angle. The Roy Orbison of the Rock World.      
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Take A Different View

Take A Different View

  • Posted by Peter MacDonald
  • On October 27, 2013
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  Flowers  and animals are like children, best photographed from their level rather than an adult’s view. But sadly this idea is all too often forgotten. Getting down and dirty with the flowers though is not without its discomforts and miseries. The Sturt Desert Pea is a beautiful but lowly bloom and in this case […]
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Eye-Catcher

Eye-Catcher

  • Posted by Peter MacDonald
  • On December 9, 2012
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Hardly a native inhabitant , but gracing a local garden nevertheless. Couldn’t resist the vivid colours and the symmetrical pattern although the spectacular bloom’s name is a mystery.
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Sturdy River Red Gums

Sturdy River Red Gums

  • Posted by Peter MacDonald
  • On December 4, 2012
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The fading daylight along the Parachilna Creek as it reaches the western plains. Incredibly wide, vast quantities of water occasionally rocket down this stream. To give you an idea there’s a coupe of pictures here that show the Parachilna Creek in full flood. The River Red Gum in the foreground is roughly halfway between the […]
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The Calitris Pine

The Calitris Pine

  • Posted by Peter MacDonald
  • On November 1, 2012
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Here’s one tough tree. The Calitirs Pine is pretty common around the Flinders Ranges. It is sometimes confused with the Cypress “pine’ but is no relation. Used extensively in days gone by for housing, mining and for fence posts, the Calitris is termite resistant – a big advantage in these parts. It is said the […]
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The Honey Pot

The Honey Pot

  • Posted by Peter MacDonald
  • On October 2, 2012
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The Flinders Ranges is well known for its wild flowers in Spring. Visitors are like bees around a honey pot when it comes to wildflowers, particularly at this time of the year. There’s colour everywhere, like this image, which I took primarily to show the mix of colours in a very small area. There’s Orange […]
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Mitchell Grass

Mitchell Grass

  • Posted by Peter MacDonald
  • On September 23, 2012
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Growing right on the extreme edge of it’s normal region, Mitchell grass is a noticeable standout out in the Flinders Ranges. It’s the straw coloured tufts mixed in the foreground here. Normally confined to northern Australia, particularly Queensland, where there is a high summer rainfall, it is very drought resistant and good grazing for cattle. […]
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Passive Power

Passive Power

  • Posted by Peter MacDonald
  • On September 11, 2012
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The roots of this river red gum just exude a sort of silent strength. They need to. On the infrequent occasions the creek turns to a raging torrent it is those roots that save the tree from being washed away. It has obviously weathered a few floods that have exposed the roots and washed away […]
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Gold – The Colour of Spring

Gold – The Colour of Spring

  • Posted by Peter MacDonald
  • On September 6, 2012
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The Finders Ranges in all their Springtime glory when a host of natives bushes, acacias, senna and the like burst into colour. Part of the ABC Range near the Angorichina Village which is halfway between Blinman in the central Flinders and Parachilna.
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Desert Lantern Flower

Desert Lantern Flower

  • Posted by Peter MacDonald
  • On June 21, 2012
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Another of those beautiful little blooms that are currently gracing the hills and valley of the Flinders Ranges.
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A Little Landscape

A Little Landscape

  • Posted by Peter MacDonald
  • On June 6, 2012
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The beauty is not always in the big landscape. Rocks, Spinifex and morning light….northern Flinders Ranges.
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Emu Bush – A Winter Bloom

Emu Bush – A Winter Bloom

  • Posted by Peter MacDonald
  • On June 5, 2012
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Winter may be making its presence felt but on the hills and plains there’s a really beautiful little flowers that’s defying the winter blues. This is one of the many species of Eremophilia. It’s called Emubush (Eremophilia duttonii), widespread around the South Australian Outback and Flinders Ranges. The flowers are quite small…you really have to […]
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Backyard Bloom

Backyard Bloom

  • Posted by Peter MacDonald
  • On November 13, 2011
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These speculator little blooms are from a tree in my back yard. They are from the Crimson Mallee tree, a Eucalyptus tree (E. landsdowneana). The buds occur in groups of seven and are bright red and sometimes pink. These are the empty pods once the blooms have gone. Crimson Mallee is usually found on rock […]
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Morning Glory

Morning Glory

  • Posted by Peter MacDonald
  • On October 5, 2011
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I can’t say there’s any reason for this photograph except that I like it. When I am out in the morning and the sun is coming up on a crisp spring day a scene like this always looks spectacular and I hope that I’ve managed to capture some of that. Followers of the Sentimental Bloke […]
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