Not as you may think deciduous leaf colour, but flowers from autumn flowering plants in the native garden, starting with with two Correas, the cultivar Misty Pink, and one of the many forms of Correa reflexa, this rough-leaved form from the Mottle Range in East Gippsland.

Staying with tubular flowers, popular with nectar seeking honeyeaters, Eremophila maculata, and the very beautiful Eremophila glabra “Yanna Road”.

Moving to the Proteaceae, Grevillea Robyn Gordon was at the forefront of the G. banksii x bipinnatifida hybrids that have become so popular, and it is still one of the best.

It was closely followed by many others with the same parentage,

Grevillea  “Superb”

Grevillea “Soopa Doopa”.

A prostrate form of Grevillea lanigera, “Tamboritha”.

Autumn flowering Hakeas, Burrendong Beauty, and Hakea lissocarpha, pink form. The former has an interesting history that can be found here.

To conclude, a beautiful Crowea, Cane’s hybrid.

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For over six months now the female St. Andrew’s Cross spider has been up under the house eave, and she has now constructed six egg sacs. It will be interesting to see how many of her children decorate the garden next season.

Also sheltering under a structure is this magnificent big female Nephila edulis at the Bellbird Corner Riverside Reserve information shelter.

Jumping spiders seem to have been much less numerous around the house this season, with Hypoblemum villosum one of the few to show up. This little beauty goes by the name of the Shaggy Red-headed House Hopper!

Crane Flies are fascinating with their extremely long jointed legs.

There are still a few Meadow Argus butterflies about,

and along the creek, ants were displaying their weather forecasting ability by heading upwards on a red gum in their thousands, prior to the rain due in a couple of days.

Also taking shelter behind loose bark were these black Portugese millipedes, forming an interesting abstract subject for the lens….

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