DESKTOP 3325 - DIAMOND VALLEY VIEW

Diamond Valley is an outer suburb of Melbourne. Far enough from the City to be like being in the countryside, yet near enough to be near all the big city amenities, conveniences and services.

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DESKTOP 3068 - LAMB

Merry Christmas! 

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DESKTOP 2956 - HORSES' HEAVEN

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DESKTOP 2935 - PASTORAL

Countryside adjacent to the Melbourne outer suburbs. Still pastoral...

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DESKTOP 2540 - GATE

A gate leading to paddocks in country Victoria, close to Kangaroo Ground. A lot of the land there has now been converted to organic produce growing and alternative farming practices with new crops that are more in harmony with the environment.

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DESKTOP 2508 - PASTORAL

I had occasion to travel to the country on a day trip yesterday and fortunately the weather was good - cold but sunny. I went by train and took a few photos of the countryside from the window. These cows look contented, feasting on the lush grass of Gippsland, Victoria.

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DESKTOP 2497 - PASTORAL

People who follow this blog know that I like taking photos from the plane when I travel. Here is another such photo from archives, taken while approaching Melbourne. The tracts of fertile farmland have been blessed by a few years of good rains. I am sure that all who love to travel have missed such experiences now that we are locked down due to COVID 19!

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DESKTOP 2294 - SILVAN

Silvan is a town in Victoria, Australia, located 40 km east of Melbourne. Its local government area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges, and the town marks half way between the Belgrave and Lilydale, both large towns. At the 2016 Census, Silvan had a population of 1246. The area's soils, well suited to growing fruits, vegetables and flowers, draw tourists to the various pick-yourself orchards and berry farms in Silvan. A cultivated hybrid variety of blackberry known as the silvanberry is named after the town.

Originally known as Wandin Yallock South, the town was first surveyed in 1868. The town's name was changed to Silvan in 1913, the same year the local primary school changed its name to Silvan Primary School. In 1917, and as a result of a growing population in Melbourne's south east, the Silvan Reservoir was commissioned, with the reservoir completed in 1932. A conduit from the Upper Yarra dam was completed in 1957. In 1954 the first Tulip Festival was held, becoming an annual tradition continuing to this day.

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DESKTOP 2108 - PEEK-A-BOO

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DESKTOP 2018 - AT THE PENINSULA

The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south-east of Melbourne, Australia. It is surrounded by Port Phillip to the west, Western Port to the east and Bass Strait to the south, and is connected to the mainland in the north. Geographically, the peninsula begins its protrusion from the mainland in the area between Pearcedale and Frankston. The area was originally home to the Mayone-bulluk and Boonwurrung-Balluk clans and formed part of the Boonwurrung nation's territory prior to European settlement.

Much of the peninsula has been cleared for agriculture and settlements. However, small areas of the native ecology remain in the peninsula's south and west, some of which is protected by the Mornington Peninsula National Park. In 2002, around 180,000 people lived on the peninsula and in nearby areas, most in the small towns on its western shorelines which are sometimes regarded as outlying suburbs of greater Melbourne; there is a seasonal population of around 270,000. One may find quite a few small farms scattered amongst the small towns and nature reserves.

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DESKTOP 1050 - COUNTRYSIDE

Victorian countryside near Melbourne, Australia.

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DESKTOP 976 - GRAPES

"The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do." - Galileo Galilei

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DESKTOP 743 - BY THE DAM

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DESKTOP 608 - YARRA VALLEY

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