Your brugs look nice, and I hope your seedlings give you some new and different things. Are those birds in your yard?
Shawn

Thanks for sharing your down-under photos. Its always nice to see how and where other people are growing theirs. Are those birds Rainbow Lorikeets?
You take really nice photos. I love Ollie and the sunset photo is stunning too.
~Lenette

Great photos! I have to keep going back to look. Seems like we're all interested in the birds, but that pup is a cutie, too! :)

Love the birds!!!!and the brugs of course.....

later....April/dirt

Thanks so much for sharing the pics with us. Australia is such a cool place. Would love to visit there someday. You have very nice brugs and thats a good idea with the peat pots. I just love Ollie! That is one cute pooch! Love the birds too. How nice that you have such pretty wild birds in your country.

Ok, I really want one of those bird, beside the tree frog, and the squirl and deer....

maya

I'm moving to Australia!! :) Wow! Your brugs are awesome! And those birds!! I would be in heaven if they were in my back yard splashing in the bird bath! lol! Are they Nanday's? If so - alot of screeching?? :) Thanks for sharing your great pics! I really liked them!

Mike

OH MY GOSH- Was the fist thing I said as I viewed the sunset- then the birds! Your pal is really a cutie too! We almost moved to New Zealand- but settled here in NC instead. Thanks a bunch for sharing!
Kasha77

Maya... Wow! Beautiful Brugs, lorikeets, dog and setting! The Brilliant Orange rocks. Some of the photos look like you're in a rain-forest. Good stuff... good stuff.

I took a quick look at the rest of your site... if I ever make it to Magnetic Island (which I never heard of till now), I know where I'm staying! Love the pool area. This is my kind of place!

Bob

Very pretty Maya, thanks for sharing your love of plants and animals/birds with us!

Your Beach-Bum Ollie!!! He is just adorable!!!!!
What a Magnificent place Thanks so much for the tour... We will have to keep this thread bumped up to soothe the Winter Blues... Beautiful!!!!

Wow love your brugs,and beach bum,and the birds,are beautiful.What kind are they?Thanks so much for sharing your paradise with us.
Bonnie

Maya,
Love all of the pics. Your brugs are doing great, they look so lush. The sunset is beautiful. The birds are just gorgeous with those striking colors. How on earth were you able to get such a great pic without them all flying away?
And you little furry friend is simply too cute. Thank you for sharing with us.

Deb

Thanks all for your very kind words,I really appreciate them.
The birds in my converted Austar dish are rainbow lorikeets....they come in the mornings ,(as regular as a senior citizens bowel routine,screech as loud as a woman in labour delivering twins,natuarally and are as pushy as a used car salesman) Seriously though, they are a sight to behold,the colours are just magnificent ,I think I have a closeup of one somewhere on my messy unorganised cdrive,must look.
Bob the guest house is always open for visitors, always have heaps come and stay, I noticed you live in this sort of climate as well.
I must change the backgound on my Angel page as DH says it looks like I'm advertising for a funeral home.....
Talk soon Mya

Your garden is just beautiful and I also love the lorikeets. There's a butterfly/botanical garden in FL and they have an aviary full of lorikeets that you can go in with a cup of nectar. The birds swarm all over you. Freaky but so beautiful. Australia and New Zealand are two places that I'd love to visit.
Karyn

Hey..how did you get MY dream home? lol! Seriously, it's all absolutely beautiful Maya! Those lorikeets are gorgeous! Thank you for sharing!

Hey Karyn... sort of like this? This is at the World Famous (their words!), Lion Country Safari, in West Palm Beach. Pictured are my wife, Laura, My niece, Jenna, and my nephew, Cody's arm.

{{gwi:571956}}
{{gwi:571957}}
{{gwi:571958}}

Oh... and you can get real close to the giraffes too! Laura and I have yearly passes, so she can go anytime to feed them.
{{gwi:571959}}

{{gwi:571960}}

Great pics. I've been there more times then I can count. First when I was a little kid and now I take my kids. It's been so built up around there. I'm surprised that the park didn't sell out during the building craze. Actually I was talking about the lorakeet exhibit at Butterfly World. I love that place and when we drive I always come home with lots of cool plants. Can't bring much of anything on a plane anymore. Have you been to Butterfly World?
Karyn

Never been. I have been to Tradeinda Park, where its located. They use to put on an amazing, drive thru Xmas light display, and I've done a few television shoots there. I need to go check it out with Laura.

Absolutely stunning photos Bob......

Bob you should check it out. The plants in the conservatories are just gorgeous and the butterflies and hummingbirds flying around are really something. The outside gardens are beautiful as well and you can get some cool plants. It's really close to you. I'm surprised that you've never been. I'll be going again. I never get tired of it. I have no idea if we'll be flying or driving. Even with cheap fares it's expensive to fly 5 people anywhere but with the price of gas........
Karyn

Karyn... I hear you on the flying v gas thing. Laura actually went to Butterfly World, some years ago. I will make it a
point to get there soon. And that's Tradewinds Park ... pretty bad Typo!

You have a beautiful family Bob. I would like to go to some of those places. I watch a show filmed in Florida called Eye on Gardening and have seen some of those places on there. I would love to go there someday too. Mya you better watch out with this bunch letting us know you have a guest house, lol. I am going to win the lottery one day and I might come see you, lol.

Just beautiful Maya and the birds are gorgeus!!!
Thank you for sharing!

Karen