@dropbear last time we had an extended winter blackout we invited the neighbours over, fired up the chiminea* and then drank a fair amount of red wine and made toasties for dinner. It ended up being quite a fun evening. It might have been a bit nippy but at least it wasn't raining.
*a cast iron outdoor wood burning fireplace that we rarely use.
"CBRLocalFood is a pilot project to assess backyard food production in the ACT using citizen science. The project aims to investigate the role of home and community food production in food security and healthy diets within Canberra."
For a city designed to be car-dependent, it's a quite remarkable statistic that over the last 20 years Canberra's population rose 44.5% while new vehicle sales rose just 23%
Large Sickle Greenhoods - Pterostylis falcata - near Square Rock, Namadgi NP, ACT. This impressive summer-flowering orchid grows alongside Large Mountain Greenhoods - T. monticola - in swampy grassland at this location (at just over 1000m alt.)
Kelton's Leek Orchid (Prasophyllum keltonii) variations growing close together near Namadgi NP, ACT. Flower colour ranges from lime green to deep purple in this rare species only known from 2 sites. Almost all of the ACT alpine leek orchids are summer-flowering with several species flowering into early-autumn.
We headed off to the pool party (which has moved inside for now) but had to turn back due to serious flooding on a suburban road near #Canberra Hospital. 😱
Righteo, pool party at 5pm has been delayed until this storm is over. Not complaining, love the rain. I have the famous artichoke packed, ready for the oven. So lucky to have generous friends who like to share their pool. #Canberra
Large mountain greenhoods (Pterostylis monticola) near the Cotter River, ACT. Like most of the larger greenhood orchids found at altitude in the ACT P. monticola is summer-flowering with some plants still in flower as late as March.
Very glad to live on the untrendy side of the lake at this time of the year, with the Festival of Small Penises in full flight on the northside. #Summernats#Canberra
Summer greenhoods (Pterostylis decurva) near Corin, ACT. Fairly widespread summer-flowering greenhood usually found above 800m altitude in ACT/NSW (also VIC + TAS). Can grow in large colonies but I've only ever seen scattered plants at this location.