Its been a very wet and overcast Easter Weekend here in Queensland. The rain did not stop on Easter Sunday and while this may be welcome by the end of the day I was feeling like a caged animal and desperate to get out. I only managed it today. I headed out as soon as I saw that it had stopped albeit briefly. I went off expecting to see puddles and mud and not much else. Instead I found the most spectacular web shimmering with drops of rain which balanced artfully on its thin but strong strands.
Meeting a friend along the way was joyful and we headed off to explore some bushland nearby. There were no koalas for us to see but we saw some kookaburras and some spectacular orange trees. They are the Grey Gums and once a year, round about February they shed their outer bark and become intensely orange in colour and never more so then after rain. These Grey Gums are plentiful on the eastern border of Australia and a lot of the original settlers chose to use their lovely wood for construction. The bark falls to the ground in large segments. It makes good kindling, and can be home for little creatures as it breaks down. They are intensely colourful for a month or two particularly following rain. They bright orange is striking and wonderful in the afternoon light and early morning. Once the new back weathers the colours fade to a rather dull grey, until it all happens again.
We stopped to admire them today.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Leave a comment :)