Spring around Berry Island

Berry Island is one of my daily walks and I took my little camera with me today.  The flowers were out in force.  So beautiful.  I really do live in the midst of paradise.

Muogamarra Nature Reserve

Chrisèl and I enjoyed a lovely walk at this nature reserve.  It's open only for 6 weeks of the year when it becomes a celebration of beautiful spring flowers.

Some highlights of the day ...

• The friendliness of the rangers and staff, mostly volunteers.
• Taking photos of the flowers and the bees, all putting on a marvellous show for us.
• Discovering what a Trig Beacon is.
• The stunning view from the trig beacon over the Hawkesbury River.
• The strange, cobbled rock formations in a few parts of the park, they almost looked man made.
• A delicious meaty pie and cool ginger-beer at the famous pie shop next door; the in place for bikers  to strut and show off their stuff.

 

   

Wild flowers of Muogamarra Nature Reserve

We visited this little nature reserve ahout 45 minutes from Sydney and were dazzled by the beautiful spring flowers. Here are some macro shots of some of the species we saw...

Spring has sprung

The buds are blooming...

the flowers are flying...

and the colours are beautiful


Macro-shot