Beach Walk at Point Lonsdale

Point Lonsdale is a popular tourist beach on the Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria, Australia

It was a lovely summer's day for a walk on the beach, but as it was high tide it was only possible to walk along the beach wall. This beautiful beach is being eroded by the waves and the sand is being washed away. Several groynes have been built as well as a rock wall.

There were sand dunes and interesting cliffs along the walk.

Coastal vegetation included -  Melaleuca Nesophila with its dense green foliage and showy purple flowers.

Pig Face which is tolerant to salt and wind and protects the sand dunes.

Cloudy Skies over Dog Rocks

Today is a cloudy, windy, summer's day with a temperature of 21C so it was time for a visit to Dog Rocks at Batesford, Victoria, Australia.
It is always spectacular especially on a cloudy day and today was no exception. The landscape is quite different to my last post which was in winter.
Today was about grey storm clouds, grasses blowing sideways in the wind, puddles of water on the rocks (after rain), and blue skies.
Each visit to this popular photographic place is very different and it was the cumulus clouds today which were the attraction.

Greenery Arrangement

As this arrangement is mostly green in color it relies on interesting foliage and textures. The foliage includes casuarina, gum leaves, melaleuca, and hakea. Interest us added with melaleuca flowers, eucalyptus Lehmanni buds and flowers and the stunning South African brunia.

Eucalyptus Lehmannii

Eucalyptus Lehmannii, or Bushy Yate is an ornamental small tree growing to about 5 metres. It has unusual, red-brown finger-shaped buds.

The buds open into clusters of green-yellow flowers in summer.

The flowers are very decorative and are used in this native flower arrangement.

Native Flower Jars

When flowers are available, I sell small arrangements at the Rocklea farm gate shop.
These arrangements have beautiful gum buds, leaves and flowers, grevillea foliage, callistemon, kangaroo paws, hakea and melaleuca foliage - all grown on the property.

Dwarf Red Flowering Gum

A friend has a dwarf red flowering gum ( Corymbia Ficifolia) in her garden. The clusters of flower buds have not yet opened but they are still quite beautiful and look lovely in my arrangements. I also love the gum nuts. The tree will be a mass of bright red flowers when the buds open.

Magnificent River Red Gum

There is a magnificent River Red Gum - Eucalyptus Camaldulensis on the property. It is growing on the banks of a small dam which has not had water in it for many years.
This tree which is native to Australia, could be as much as 100 years old. These gums can grow up to 45 metres - this one is about 20m (at a guess). The patterned grey and white bark is quite rough at the base of the tree. It would provide a habitat for many wildlife species and the dense foliage provides shade and shelter.