This is June 2023

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June started well. I went to Brisbane to pick up my daughter after her European holiday and take her home to Toowoomba. I was hoping to have lots of time taking photos and travelling about for a couple of days. The weather was miserable, cold and drizzly rain every day. We did go out for eats and coffees and then did a drive around, sometimes popping into a place that looked interesting.

After I arrived home I didn’t feel well and had a bit of man-flu time on the lounge with the fire going, so not many photos this month. I haven’t felt like doing much so I have been pottering around here with a few visits to town. I always take my camera with me everywhere and this after noon on the way home I realised that I hadn’t taken it out of the car except for the car show. It was called Wings and Wheels and is held on the South Grafton Airfield. This is where small planes fly in and there is a flying school and plane hangers. OK let’s get going.

Here’s your June scrolling song. In case it’s unavailable in your country it’s Van Morrison “Evening in June” Actually I would like to know if you can’t view the video so drop me a line in the comments letting me know where you are please

The few hours I had in Brisbane was just late afternoon. It was lovely to go for a walk after a six hour drive. I was hoping for a good sunset and I wasn’t disappointed. This is another Brisbane sunset photo I did for Hammads Weekend Sky
Here is a great photo full of everything so many people love.

  • There’s the bridge people
  • There’s the train spotters
  • There’s the water/reflection crowd
  • There’s the cityscape/modern enjoyers
  • There’s the sunset lovers

Which one were you?
Here’s another bridge I just have to stop and photograph every time I drive past. It was a railway bridge. As it is happening every where, rail tracks stopped being used as trucks take over. Some bridges, like this one, the Sunnyside rail bridge built in 1888, have fallen into disrepair but this bridge is made of strong hardwoods and hasn’t changed much since the last time I went past last year. I was surprised to discover that it isn’t heritage listed so it can fall down and only a small group of locals care to have it preserved at the least and restored at best. There are fences and warning signs like the ones at the entrance to the bridge.

Meanwhile, back in Toowoomba, the city is full of Australian Ravens. I have never seen so many in one place especially a city. These two were being quite friendly on the lamp post. I like the lamp shade.

One of the things we did was have a wander around the cemetery. That will probably be a post later on. I was hoping to get a Raven or Currawong or at least a black coloured bird on a headstone but had to settle for a Crested Pigeon.

Up to the lookout which was so fog bound you couldn’t see anything. A pair or Galahs walked about picking through the seeds of the pine trees

I went out to a wetland to see if the Magpie Geese were still resting there. One of my quests is to get a duck bum up head under water. This one I thought would be easy but he was a paddler as well as a dipper or is that dabbler. Trying to keep up with him was hard.

The big flock of Magpie Geese were still there with most of them sleeping. Every now and then one will fly a few metres to sit in a different spot. Some, like this one, do their morning yoga

Sometimes I hear a sharp ringing tweet and know that a Grey-shrike Thrush is nearby. They sound like this

The garden has lots of small birds at the moment. The Eastern Spinebill has to find sources of nectar where ever it can as some of the bigger birds chase them out of the Grevilleas mostly. The Pentas flowers have a small amount but the Spinebill can take its time dipping into each flower

The Spinebill also found the Bromiliad flower before any one else.

One of the new things that has flowered is the Donkeys Ears, a large leaved succulent. I have never had one flower before. The flower stalk is about 1.5metres tall with flowers most of the way up the stem. There are so many of the beautiful tube shaped flowers are at the top and with all of those buds, there have been flowers for quite a while. It is still flowering.

I have a pot at the front with a small bush called Chamelaucium “Noras Delight”. It has lots of tiny 10mm flowers dotted all over the bush from a lilac to a deep pink which is lovely to have in Winter.

The Yamba Sunrise has lots of flowers at the moment too. These are the Grevilleas that are fiercely defended by the honeyeaters. This is a view looking down the centre of the flower

While I was taking photos, along came a Black-faced Hover Fly (I think). It was late afternoon and the Hover Fly was fast moving especially if I came too close. This is the first photo before he realised I was there. I like the nose.

Speaking of flying…….the part of a day spent at Wings and Wheels was quite good. Lots to look at and there were planes flying in every now and then

A couple of planes were out on show

as were lots of cars

There was only a couple of vintage cars. I liked this one.

There were quite number of flash looking cars too.

Even the Tractors came in orange

Not many motorbikes and a few hot rods

Some of Australian trees shed their bark in Winter. I like the strips hanging down and the variety of colours. Once all the bark has gone the trunk of the three is an off white. You can see the new timber on the left hand side at the top

One afternoon the sky had a complete cloud cover and the sun was just a yellow glow

The Moon has been around during the day for a lot of the month. This was on the 1st June late in the afternoon in Brisbane

Shining brightly in the early afternoon on the 24th June

Well the sun is setting so it’s time to set off and roost

Thanks for stopping by. Of course I have to know if you had a favourite photo.

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50 thoughts on “This is June 2023”

    1. Thank you Lou. It is crazy with the nights this week down to -1 and around 2-4C with days of low 20’sC. I have the fire going this morning as it is quite chilly 🙂

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    1. Thank you Sarah. The Hover Fly was just dumb luck. I wonder why that is. There wasn’t any motion in the video, it was just a photo of the LP cover. That is a first as well.
      I had a quick flick through your post. Love the stairs at the Tate 🙂

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  6. All great photos, as usual, Brian. — But I wonder: What did the raven into his brother’s ear? Possibly, there is a peeping Tom or possibly Brian taking pictures of us. What shall we charge him?

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    1. I think they were a pair and a bit of canoodling was taking place so a bit of voyeur action was happening. There was a youngster a bit further along whinging about food or whatever

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    1. Thank you very much Ann-Christine. I tend to take some birds for granted, and the Crested Pigeon is one, as they are everywhere 🙂

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  9. Your Galahs are my favorites. Maybe it’s their unreal color, but they are something very special. You moonscapes are also great and so sharp!

    We have a lot of collapsing bridges too. When they have to be rebuilt, you discover how much of a river valley this is because you have to go MANY miles out of your way to travel just one town over. The Blackstone winds and twists and we are never far away from it anywhere in the valley. Those bridges enable us to stay connected and given how important they are, you’d think they’d take better care of them.

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  19. You’re right. Your bridge photo is a real crowd-pleaser. As are all your bird and other wildlife photos. Hope you’re feeling better,and that your daughter had a great trip. She must have crammed a lot in!

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  20. I hope you’re feeling better, Brian. The video was fine here. I’m not a trainspotter or cityscape person, in part because we don’t have either of those things here! Definitely the other three though. Too bad about the old railway bridge. I love it when old rail rights of way, including the bridges, are made into public trails. Such a good use for those places. The bird photos are all great as usual, but I’ll plump for the yoga duck as my favorite this month, since it gave me a big smile!

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    1. Thanks Graham. Glad the music was OK over there. Not sure whether a rail trail would work out there. It’s a long way between towns. I smiled at the Magpie Goose stretching too 🙂

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  21. Still looked like a busy month, Brian. No wonder you had man flu/fatigue. The city zaps energy, doesn’t it. I’m not a fan of Brisbane. I really love that bridge. The donkey ears are very funky too. My favourite photo is the magpie goose cocking its leg. 🙂

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    1. Thanks Tracy. Yes a bit of the blasted thing still lingers. I keep being told to rest up but when you have to do stuff you have to. Brisbane was OK. I’ll be going back later this week for a concert with a mate. I am a Donkeys ears growing champion. I have so many little plants plus some that are quite big. They are great for give away plants to guests or friends for pots only. I reckon in the garden they would take over and be a pest.
      That was the pick of the Magpie Geese photos 🙂

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  24. Always enjoy your month Brian. Favourite photo is the railway bridge. I have a similar one taken near Beechworth. 😊

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  25. Sorry to hear you had illness days in June – those are never fun! Even though you say you didn’t take as many photos as you’d like, you still have a beautiful selection for us at The Changing Seasons!

    Of course, I love your bridge/cityscape/sunset/water reflection capture … just stunning! And I particularly love the galahs too – didn’t realise they have pink chest feathers! They have so much attitude!

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