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Sunday Selections #73

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It's Sunday Selections time again! Time to post photos that have been languishing in your files, photos that you may even have forgotten that you ever took. Have yourself a little search and rescue mission to find them. Brought to us by Kim of Frog ponds Rock , this weekly meme is a great way to show off your photographic skills, or just your most favoured photos and memories. This week I'm continuing our walk through the Olive Grove to show you the birds I saw there. See those two green parrots busily pecking for bugs or seeds at a knot hole in the tree? I watched them for quite a while, inching ever closer, hoping for more photos. One of them heard me sneaking up and from then on they took turns with one feeding and the other watching me. After this third photo they both took off flying to other trees, disappearing in the leafy canopy. So I turned my attention to the flock of Galahs feeding on the ground. Look at that one in front watching me! T...

Sunday Selections #72

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It's Sunday Selections time again! Time to post photos that have been languishing in your computer files, waiting for their chance to shine. This idea comes to us from Kim at Frog Ponds Rock , who realised one day that she takes many more photos than she uses, and wanted to show them off on her blog. A once a week meme seemed like a good idea, so Sunday Selections was born and anyone at all can join in. I often choose a theme for my Sunday Selections and this week my theme is: THE OLIVE GROVE Surrounding our lovely city is a ring of parklands dividing the city centre from the suburbs. Along the Eastern edge of the city centre the parks begin with the Botanic Gardens at the north-east corner and continue south all the way to Greenhill Road. (and then continue along in a westerly direction along Greenhill Road towards West Terrace where the parklands turn North...) The parks are interspersed with roads leading to the suburbs; there is Rundle Park just across ...