images of australian wildlife
images of australian wildlife
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 Southern Mallee |
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Red-kneed Dotterel
Merin Merin Swamp
Frost, mist and fences
Camperdown district
Lake Gnarpurt
Foxhow district
Laughing Kookaburra
Stevensons Falls
Woolshed
Illabrook
Foothills
Illabrook
Tullaroop Reservoir
Tullaroop Reservoir
Galah
Bamganie
Little Corella
Bamganie
Poa
Fiskville district
Hoary-headed Grebe
Dreeite
Black-winged Stilt
Dreeite
Sunset over Lake Martin
Lake Martin
Brown Falcon
Gnarpurt
Jacky Winter
Illabarook
Fences
Morrisons
Australasian Pipit
Stockyard Hill
Sunset
Dereel district
Black-shouldered Kite
Rokewood
Superb Fairy-wren
Lake Bullen Merri
Varied Sittella
Illabarook
Flame Robin
Illabarook
Tornado
Lale Bolac
Sacred Kingfisher
Baccus Marsh
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Serendip
White-faced Heron
Serendip
Grassland
Rokewood
Black-shouldered Kite
Pitfield
The Great Victorian Volcanic Plain stretches from the western suburbs of Melbourne almost to the South Australian border. It is one of only a handful of Australian regions with reasonably fertile soil. It has always been a mixture of grassland and grassy woodland with very few trees and a huge variety of native wildflowers. For this reason, the Volcanic Plain was settled by graziers very early on. They did not need to laboriously clear the land, they could simply occupy a stretch of it (illegally in most cases) and move a mob of sheep on to it. The consequences were dire: today less than 0.2% of the original cover of Plains Grassland and Plains Grassy Woodland remains.
