The tuberous Drosera (auriculata) on the block are just starting to enter their
summer dormancy period, so they're seeding (but the wind gets them before me...)
and interestingly the upright stems turn a deep red - some plants are centirely
red whilst still in growth, and I'm going to try and cultivate some of these
in the coming years...
For those herpetologically inclined, we had a hitch-hiker come home with us
on the weekend - one of the small native skinks (pretty common in Vic.)! The
cheeky beast stowed away in one of the tool boxes and we found him/her the next
day in the house. It's already learnt how do to impressions of an escaped
skink... (My big reptile book failed to mention this trick ;-) )
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| John Taylor [The Banshee] | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
| rphjt@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au | Department of Applied Physics |
| MOKING IS A HEALTH HAZARD. | Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA |
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