Holly Flame Pea
Currently flowering in the south-west is the beautiful and brightly coloured holly flame pea. The holly flame pea belongs to the plant family Fabaceae and to the genus Chorizema. Chorizema…
Red flowers attract birds
Today while scrolling through the news articles of the Australian Geographic website I found this article on a recent study which looked at red flowers and bird pollination. The study…
Bunny Orchids
When out walking the other day I came across a bunny orchid and I thought that it would be interesting to cover it here. The bunny orchid belongs to the…
Mountain Pygmy Possum
This interesting article on the Mountain Pygmy Possum caught my eye http://theconversation.com/australian-endangered-species-mountain-pygmy-possum-13149 The mountain pygmy possum, Burramys parvus, was once described by my physiology lecturer as “the cutest little animal”. Unfortunately…
Bottle or Tap?
Is tap or bottled water better? For some time now we have been led to believe that tap water is bad while bottled water is good. However this is not…
