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Unseasonable Weather

The weather here has turned quite hot.  It is the middle of winter and it should be really cold, but it is hot.  Just walking down the path from the ferry home you can see that all the plants are responding to the heat.

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There is quite of bit of leaf litter along the way and they do make lovely patterns.

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I noticed that the wattle is getting ready to bud

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and the further I ventured into the more sheltered parts I found that it was already blooming.

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Other plants have put out flowers that you wouldn't expect to see until September/October.

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One of my favourite spots is towards the south of the island where the land falls away  sharply to the beach.  There are always birds here.  Kingfishers, honey eaters etc.  At the moment the water is so clear that looking down at first you can't see it.

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The other flowers that are now blooming are the Grevilleas. These flowers are from Western Australia and come in a huge variety of colours.  Looks like we are going to have a good show this year.

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The other day I saw hundreds of Cormorants plus a few Pelican on the eastern beach.  At first I thought there had been an oil spill because the beach was just black.  Then I realised that they were hunting the schools of mullet that come through at this time of year.  Of course I didn't have my camera with me, but those Cormorants are still catching fish.

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I hope this hot weather isn't going to mean we will have a very hot summer when it comes.

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RachelandDesign

Unseasonable weather in the northern hemisphere too - mostly rain, where we are!

Carolyn Foley

I shouldn’t complain should I?

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