Historical Bridge

At Fyansford, 4 kilometres west of Geelong, is the Fyansford Monier Arch Bridge. This bridge is of historical significance as it is the first reinforced concrete bridge built in Victoria.
It was built in 1899 by engineers Monash and Anderson of Melbourne.
Fyansford is one of the earliest places of settlement in the region and the first bridge over the Moorabool River was built in 1854 as a toll bridge.
The Fyansford Monier Arch Bridge was closed to traffic in 1970 but is still in use for pedestrian and bicycle traffic.

This photo of the bridge was taken in 1908

Dry Stone Walls

Dry stone walls are a characteristic feature of farming properties in Stonehaven, Victoria, Australia and an important landscape feature of the volcanic plains of the Western District. There are thousands of kilometres of dry stone walls in Victoria.
The walls are built from basalt rocks without using mortar or cement.
They were originally built to clear the paddocks of rocks, and as an economic form of fencing.
In some parts of the country the walls were built by highly skilled craftsmen and were a work of art. The dry stone walls at Rocklea are constructed of a double stack of large pitted volcanic rocks wedged together.

Green Native Arrangement with White Agapanthus

Green is a very cool color in an arrangement in summer. This Australian native arrangement has eucalyptus leaves and gum nuts, hakea, melaleuca and casuarina foliage with white agapanthus flowers.

Summer Grasses and Foliage

This is another arrangement with mainly Australian native foliage and a variety of grasses. The foliage came from the property and includes casuarina, melaleuca, hakea, eucalyptus leaves and flowers. The focal interests are the banksias and brunias. The grass seed heads give the arrangement a feeling of summer.

River Walk

There is a lovely river walk at the Moorabool River Reserve, Batesford, Victoria, Australia.
This open eucalyptus woodland has  many very old River Red Gums along the river banks as well as Yellow Gums and Swamp Gums. Indigenous plants include - Acacias, Sweet Bursaria, Hop Goodenia, Drooping Sheoke, Tussock Grass and Kangaroo Grass.
There was not much water flow in the river as there has been very little rain this summer.

 

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Beautiful Australian Galahs

This morning there was a flock of native Australian galahs feeding on the ground eating seeded grasses. Galahs, also known as Rose-breasted cockatoos, are the most common species in Australia. They are a familiar sight throughout the year and I love their pink and grey colors.

Rural Sunrise

The sunrises at "Rocklea", Geelong, Victoria, Australia can be quite beautiful and this morning was no exception. Sunrise was at 6.19am on a warm, cloudy summer's morning.