morally ugly movie, lovely park.

Paperbark Tomato Lake, Belmont, WA


Gums on Tomato Lake, Belmont, WA

Poppy was at daycare so we took the other little girls to "The Zookeeper", marred by the gratuitous nastiness of the hero when wooing his girl. Which we followed by going to Tomato Lake. First time the experience of taking the girls to the park had something for the adults and something for the kids. We walked around the lake, looking at the waterbirds and just enjoying the park, which had lovely gums, banksias and paperbarks and an impressive swamp.


Egrets roosting


Jamie and Ellie on the spider

In Perth

Gum, Anketell Street.


Illyarrie, Anketell Street

Finally saw the Illyarrie and its amazing joined cap of four thrust off by the blossoms. And when the cap has been thrust off, the blossoms form the corners of a square.

I now have an ID on the gum tree. It is E.globulus subsp bicostata. See www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd/-keys/euclid3/euclidsample/html/Eucalyptus_globulus_subsp._bicostata.htm

As for the Illyarrie See also: florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/5638
and: asgap.org.au/e-ery.html

For a photo of the Illyarrie in flower, see Nuytsia's photo at
www.flickr.com/photos/nuytsia_pix/2301820844/in/set-72157...