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Category Archives: Nature and landscapes
Mount Barker’s Laratinga Wetlands
Over 150 water bird species visit the award-winning Laratinga wetlands.
http://www.adelaidehills.org.au/attractions/our-favourites/laratinga-wetlands
At an awards ceremony in Melbourne on Friday 3rd June 2011, the District Council of Mount Barker was judged the overall winner of the Best Specific Environmental Initiative category of the United Nations Association of Australia World Environment Day Award for Laratinga Wetland.
Named after the Peramangk peoples name for the Mount Barker creek, Laratinga Wetland has taken several years to resemble a natural ecosystem. Landscaping design with the use of indigenous plant species has encouraged birds to utilise the wetland. Migrating birds utilise the safe island habitats. A food forest for Cockatoos has encouraged Cockatoos including the Yellow Tail Black Cockatoo back to the area.
Pelicans – Mount Barker Wetlands
For stunning pictures of Mount Barker’s wetlands, click on this link.
Pop-Star’s house in Dalmeny Park, Mount Barker is just 1.5kms from these wetlands, and a similar distance from the interchange exit being built on the South Eastern Freeway, 35 km from Adelaide.
150 metres from his house is a storage tank and pumping station for the wetland effluent, set on the highest point of the surrounding terrain. A nearby plaque commemorates its opening in 2005 by the then Minister for the Environment Mr John Hill.
Reserve tank and pumping station. The ginger cat is Scoop He enjoys accompanying Pop-Star on his walks.
Adjacent reserve.
Commemorative plaque
Germany on a grand scale
It is 69 years since the Second World War ended.
Six years of conflict had devastated much of the country .
Do take time to admire in this video the scenic grandeur of the new Germany.
Craggy peaks, some capped precariously by farm homes, and ski resorts.
Fertile wooded valleys, with lush green pastures, rivers and lakes.
Autobahns snaking across the plains to the crowded rebuilt modern cities.
Colourful densely packed red-roofed homes, and apartments many with bright flower boxes cascading from the balconies.
Ornate cathedral spires reaching skywards in appeal to the God above, that the events of those years will never be seen again.
Will we learn from history?
http://www.flixxy.com/germany-from-above-1080p-hd.htm?utm_source=nl
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