Resilient wallabies, birds and blossoms

 

We have a whole lot of heavy earthworks taking place below our home. The ground is being cleared for new housing. The downside is the grassed area where the local wallabies visited and grazed is now gone. The good news is that at dusk yesterday the wallabies ( three) still came up from the creek at the back and crossed the scorched earth (photo above and below) and made their way the slope and through the fence to the hospital grounds next door to graze. This morning on my walk I saw one at the front of our village happily grazing - hence my title resilient wallabies. 

We often hear the small brown honey eaters at dawn; and on my walk I managed to photograph one of these shy birds feed on a grevillea in rather dim light.

The blossoms in the house, in the village and on the road verges defy winter.

The early morning winter light is still dark and a little foreboding.

Such variety of beauty to remind me of hope.