Bushbernie's Blog archive

A Mid-Summer Wander Through The Spectacle Garden at the Roma Street Parklands (Brisbane, Qld)

I've just recently returned from a quick visit to see my eldest son and grandchildren....

The Missing Monsoon Trough and the New Gardening Year

So, the Twelfth Day of Christmas has come and gone and that's the end of another...

Christmas Week Conditions and Foliage Favourites

This past week has seen scorching hot temps. (34-36 deg C), no rain, wide blue skies,...

Christmas Decorations

During my adult life, I've never actually bought many Christmas decorations, apart...

Creek Flows and A Tree Falls.

Yesterday was an interesting day. Firstly, we had a cracker of a thunderstorm right...

Townsville's Palmetum

The Townsville Palmetum is a botanic garden featuring plants of the palm family...

Raindrops On Rooftops and Sweat Marks on Shirt Tops!

The last couple of days have been days spent mostly indoors in the air-con. It's...

Lovely Rain and Lots Of Birds

It was an indoors type of day today ... indoors with the air-con on! We had glorious...

"Build-Up" Season and Kookaburra Crash

It definitely feels like the "build-up" season these days. That's what we call...

Catching Up With What's Been Happening In The Last Two Weeks

It's been two weeks since my last blog post and that time has flown by. I thought...

Pleasant Evenings and Sick Plants

We've had such pleasant evenings lately. While the daytime temps are still hovering...

Sunbird Bath and Spying A Spider

Clear, big blue skies continue and the high today is yet again 33 deg C. We did...