DESKTOP 2698 - FALLEN

Brachychiton flowers that have fallen onto the tarmac road.

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and also part of the Photo Sunday meme.

DESKTOP 2516 - TRACK

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DESKTOP 2460 - ROAD

A road safety mirror at the end of Collins Street in Melbourne City. Seems like a looking glass portal to another dimension...

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and also part of the My Sunday Best meme,

and also part of the Photo Sunday meme.

DESKTOP 2358 - SUMMER

At the Darebin Parklands in suburban Melbourne, showing the effects of the dry weather we have been experiencing. The atmosphere is hazy with the bushfire smoke.

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and also part of the My Corner of the World.

MY DESKTOP 2277 - SOUTHERN CROSS

Southern Cross (formerly known, and still colloquially known, as Spencer Street) is a major railway station in Docklands, Melbourne. It is on Spencer Street, between Collins and La Trobe Streets, at the western edge of the central business district. The Marvel Stadium sports arena is 500 metres north-west of the station.

The station is managed, as part of a public-private partnership with the state government, by Southern Cross Station Pty Ltd, a private consortium which includes ABN Amro, Leighton Contractors, Daryl Jackson Architecture, Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners and Honeywell Limited. The station is the terminus of the state's regional railway network operated by V/Line, The Overland rail service to Adelaide, and NSW TrainLink XPT services to Sydney.

It also served by suburban rail services operated by Metro Trains, being one of five stations on the City Loop, a mostly underground railway that encircles the CBD. It is the 2nd busiest railway station in Melbourne's metropolitan network, with some 16.8 million passenger movements recorded in 2011/12. These figures exclude V/Line passengers who use the station.

Southern Cross Station also has a coach terminal underneath the Spencer Outlet shopping complex. Skybus Super Shuttle services to Melbourne Airport and Sunbus Shuttle services to Avalon Airport operate from there, as well as Greyhound Australia, Firefly Express, Premier Motor Service interstate coach services, and V/Line coach services to Mildura, Yarram and Mansfield, and other parts of Victoria not served by rail.

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DESKTOP 2192 - AFTERGLOW

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DESKTOP 2181 - TRANSITIONS

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme,
and also part of the Blue Monday meme.

DESKTOP 2089 - PARKLANDS

At the Darebin Parklands during our recent few days of Indian Summer...

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and also part of the Shadow Shot Sunday meme.

DESKTOP 2031 - AFTER THE RAIN

Sunset after the rain.

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and also part of the Friday Photo Journal meme.

DESKTOP 2015 - EVENING

Evening falls on the return trip home...

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and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme,
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DESKTOP 1772 - PRICKLY MOSES

Acacia verticillata (prickly Moses; prickly-leaved wattle; star-leaved acacia; prickly mimosa; whorl-leaved acacia) is a perennial shrub to small tree in the Fabaceae family, native to Australia and Tasmania. The species is a common understorey shrub in both wet and dry sclerophyll forests as well as scrub and heath. In coastal environments it will often have much wider leaves as opposed to the regular needle-like nature of inland specimens.

Acacia verticillata stems are ribbed and are sparsely to densely hairy. The leaves are small sharply pointed phyllodes (false leaves) are up to 17 x 3 mm. and 1.5-2.5 mm wide. They have one prominent vein and 1-2 less prominent veins. Its inflorescences which are numerous (Southern Spring: September, October) consist of numerous pale yellow flowers arranged on short cylindrical spikes that extend beyond the leaves. Its seeds are in elongated pods (5-10 cm long) which are sparsely hairy when young and glabrous when mature. This trees dispersal is by seed. Trees are often covered by a fungally-induced galls. 

On 1 September 2016, the Reserve Bank of Australia released a replacement of the polymer five dollar note which includes a stylised depiction of Acacia verticillata (subspecies ovoidea).

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DESKTOP 1690 - MELBOURNE SUNSET

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DESKTOP 1657 - OUTBACK ROAD

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DESKTOP 1590 - VIEW OF THE CITY

Looking towards the City of Melbourne along the Yarra River from the Southeast.

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and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,
and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme.

DESKTOP 1485 - GREEN GRASS

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DESKTOP 1026 - SEATTLE SKYLINE

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DESKTOP 1008 - OUTBACK AUSTRALIA

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DESKTOP 465 - TURKISH LANDSCAPE

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and also part of the Blue Monday meme.

DESKTOP 36 - RAINBOW

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