FLOWERING GUM

In Australia there's always time to smell the flowers...but there's politics in Cacti & Succulent Shows

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August 19th 2014
In Australia there's always time to smell the flowers. When we travel our senses are heightened by each new sight, sound, smell, touch and taste. So much we take for granted...relationships, possessions, health, safety, food and fun...and then there was the music. Recently when I visited Perth I experienced all of these things...and more. In quieter moments...sometimes its nice to just ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more