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Taken in La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Agraulis vanillae (Gulf Fritillary / Mariposa Espejitos)
The Gulf fritillary is a medium to large butterfly, with a wingspan of 6–9.5 cm (2.4–3.7 in). It takes its common name from its migration over the Gulf of Mexico.
The Gulf fritillary extends from Argentina north through Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean to the southern United States, as far north as the San Francisco Bay Area on the west coast.
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One of a mass of tiny flowers on our Leptospermum scoparium bush. This plant comes from New Zealand and is also known as New Zealand tea tree or Manuka. There are several cultivated varieties of this plant whose flowers range from white to rose red.
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Leptospermum scoparium, Manuka myrtle, teatree, broom tea-tree, Mirtaceae
Sulphur Bay, Rotorua, New Zealand
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Wing vein shot of a gorgeous, dark blue bottomed bee amidst the Leptospermum flowers in bushland in Katoomba. [Upper Blue Mountains, NSW]
Opening of The Albert Bridge
The handsome new bridge which spans the river Torrens near the site of the old Frome, Bridge, and has been named after the late Prince Albert, was formally opened at noon on Wednesday May 7, by the Mayoress (Mrs Buik), in the presence of a large assemblage of leading citizens.
The bridge is an iron erection with the exception of the abutments, which are of stone, the lower part from the ground line to the plinth course being from Mr Bundey's quarry at Teatree Gully, while the piers, panels, and coping composing the superstructure are of Sydney freestone. The bridge has a total length of 120 feet between the abutments, and is composed of three spans—that in the centre being 60 feet, and those at the ends 30 feet each. The total width is 42 feet between the handrails, divided into a carriageway of 30 feet and two footpaths of six feet. The bridge has the appearance of an arched structure, but in reality it consists of continuous girders throughout, of which those over the central opening balance the side spans, which act as cantilevers. By this arrangement no weight is thrown upon the abutments, as would have been the case had an ordinary form of construction been adopted.
The piers in the river, which bear the whole weight of the bridge, are each formed of three cast-iron cylinders, the outer being 4½ feet diameter decreasing to 3 feet, and the inner 6 feet diameter decreasing to 4½ feet. These are provided at the bottom with a cutting edge, and are carried down to a depth of from 12 to 15 feet below the bed of the river, passing through a strong gravel and resting upon the_ gravel or upon an indurated clay which underlies it. The first cylinder was sunk dry, pumps having been used to keep down the water which flowed in from the gravel through which the cylinder passed. The power required to keep down the water was, however, so great that the contractors determined to sink the cylinders by means of a diver working under water, and the remaining cylinders have been sunk by this method. The diver excavated the gravel round the edge of the cylinders, which were heavily weighted by being loaded at the top with large blocks of cast iron and the bracing links from the old City Bridge, and as the gravel was removed by the diver the cylinder sunk by its own weight. When the cylinders had been sunk to the required depth they were filled up with concrete, and upon this bed stones were laid after the cylinders had been raised to the height of the under side of the girders. The cylinders are provided with ornamental bases and caps.
The height of the girders at the springing of the piers is 7¼ feet, and at the abutments 6½ feet, the radius of the curve of the under side of the girders for the side and centre spans being 28 feet and 106½ feet respectively. The girders are of wrought iron, and have a web 3/8 inch thick throughout, the flange-plates being of the same thickness. These are two feet wide and increase in number from a single plate at the ends to three at the piers. There are three girders, which are spaced 15 feet apart, and are securely braced together over the piers: these run the whole length of the bridge, and upon them cross girders are fixed 1¼ feet deep and 6 feet apart: the latter project 6½ feet beyond the girders and form cantilevers for carrying the footpath and parapet.
The roadway is carried by 3-inch jarrah planking resting upon joists of the same material, and which are borne by the cross girders. The footway is covered with timber planking two inches thick. The ends of the cross girders support a moulded cornice with corbels, to which are attached the brackets which secure the handrail and the openwork panels under it. Over the caps of the river piers half-columns with fluted sides are carried up, covering the junctions of the springing of the curves of the girders, and giving the spectator just the idea of the extra strength required at these points to support pilasters of iron, which relieve the monotony of the handrail and are ornamented with panels on each side, the one facing the roadway being filled in with the arms of the Corporation of Adelaide. A lamp of graceful design upon each of these pilasters completes the bridge, which is a handsome one, though of massive proportions and, perhaps, a trifle heavy in appearance. The panels and lamps are, however, not yet erected as in consequence of the large amount of minute work upon them they were not ready for shipment with the rest of the ironwork. They are expected to arrive in a few days.
The bridge has been erected under the superintendence of Mr Langdon, the City Surveyor, by the contractors, Messrs Davies & Wishart, the contract price being £7,550. There have been some extras, however, which have brought the actual cost of the bridge up to £9,000. The design was chosen by the City Council in an open competition, the successful competitor being Mr John H Grainger, who is to be complimented upon the handsome bridge which is now completed.
The opening ceremony was a very simple affair. The bridge was gaily decorated with flags and banners, and a couple of arches of evergreen spanned the roadway. In the centre of the structure a temporary platform had been erected, and here the Mayor and Mayoress, members of the Government, and the City Corporation stood while the bridge was being formally named and declared open for traffic. The Mayor arrived in his carriage immediately after the time given had indicated the hour, and he was soon afterwards followed by a string of vehicles containing most of those who were anxious to see the ceremony. Among these were the Chief Secretary, Hon W Morgan, the Commissioner of Public Works (Hon G C Hawker), the Commissioner of Crown Lands (Hon T Playford), Messrs Townsend, Fowler, and Fraser MP's, Colonel Downes and Major Godwin, Mr R C Patterson, Assistant Engineer: the members of the Corporation: Mr Langdon, the City Surveyor: and several ex-members of the Corporation and other gentlemen interested in the erection of a third bridge between North and South Adelaide. The Mayor announced that his wife had been asked to formally open the bridge. Mrs Buik then stepped forward, and after breaking the bottle of wine in the orthodox fashion, formally named the structure "The Albert Bridge”, and declared it open for traffic.
The Mayor then came forward and said that he had been desired by his wife to say on her behalf that she felt highly honoured at being asked to perform the ceremony of opening this beautiful bridge. He believed it was universally admitted that though the bridge was smaller than the City Bridge it was better in many respects, at any rate it was much more beautiful. It was called the "Albert Bridge" after the illustrious husband of our beloved Queen.
The cost of the bridge was about £9,000 altogether, the contract price was £8,100, the extra cost being incurred principally through it having been found necessary to deepen the foundations. He felt sure the citizens would admit that the contractors had fairly and properly done their work, and that the bridge would be an ornament to the city as well as a great convenience to the eastern end of the town.
Ref: Evening Journal (Adelaide SA) 7 May 1879.
Melaleuca (/ˌmɛləˈljuːkə/) is a genus of nearly 300 species of plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, commonly known as paperbarks, honey-myrtles or tea-trees (although the last name is also applied to species of Leptospermum). They range in size from small shrubs that rarely grow to more than 16 m (52 ft) high, to trees up to 35 m (115 ft). Their flowers generally occur in groups, forming a "head" or "spike" resembling a brush used for cleaning bottles, containing up to 80 individual flowers.
Melaleucas are an important food source for nectarivorous insects, birds, and mammals. Many are popular garden plants, either for their attractive flowers or as dense screens and a few have economic value for producing fencing and oils such as "tea tree" oil. Most melaleucas are endemic to Australia, with a few also occurring in Malesia. Seven are endemic to New Caledonia, and one is found only on (Australia's) Lord Howe Island. Melaleucas are found in a wide variety of habitats. Many are adapted for life in swamps and boggy places, while others thrive in the poorest of sandy soils or on the edge of saltpans. Some have a wide distribution and are common, whilst others are rare and endangered. Land clearing, exotic myrtle rust, and especially draining and clearing of swamps threaten many species.
Melaleucas range in size from small shrubs such as M. aspalathoides and M. concinna which rarely grow to more than 1 m (3 ft 3 in) high, to trees like M. cajuputi and M. quinquenervia, which can reach 35 m (115 ft). (One specimen of M. cajuputi reached a height of 46 m (151 ft).
Many, like M. lineariifolia, are known as paperbarks and have bark that can be peeled in thin sheets, whilst about 20% of the genus, including M. bracteata, have hard, rough bark and another 20% have fibrous bark. Every species in the genus is an evergreen, and the leaves vary in size from minute and scale-like (M. micromera) to 270 mm (11 in) long (M. leucadendra). Most have distinct oil glands dotted in the leaves, making the leaves aromatic, especially when crushed.[
Melaleuca flowers are usually arranged in spikes or heads. Within the head or spike, the flowers are often in groups of two or three, each flower or group having a papery bract at its base. Five sepals occur, although these are sometimes fused into a ring of tissue and five petals which are usually small, not showy, and fall off as the flower opens or soon after. The stamens vary greatly in color, from white to cream or yellow, red, or mauve with their yellow tips (the anthers) contrasting with their "stalks."
The fruit are woody, cup-shaped, barrel-shaped, or almost spherical capsules, often arranged in clusters along the stems. The seeds are sometimes retained in the fruit for many years, only opening when the plant, or part of it, dies or is heated in a bushfire. In tropical areas, seeds are released annually in the wet season.
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The natural tannin staining of tea tree in the small creek that runs into Abrahams Bosom Beach, NSW South Coast.
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This is another view of Cilin Pond in an overcast morning. I really love the serene feel there! :-)
P.s. I want to thank my friend Miss W.R. Chen who shares the shooting spot with my sister and me to capture the early morning light of beautiful Cilin Pond during our stay in the small township, Lugu, of central Taiwan.
I learn a rough idea of how Dongding Wulong Tea is made during our 3-day trip. Dongding Mountain in Lugu Township is located at the elevation of 600 meters to 1200 meters and the Wulong Tea made within this area is named after its location "Dongding" due to its exclusivity, that is the special weather with cloud and mist all year round and rich soil in this area, If you are interested to know more about central Taiwan, welcome to check out the official Lugu Township website!
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Cilin Pond, Lugu, Nantou, Taiwan
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- Sunrise @5.40am / Shot @ 6.10am
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I spent three days earlier this week in a small township of Central Taiwan to learn how to make tea leaf. We also drove around to enjoy the countryside scenery with my friend. I really enjoyed it and learned a lot! :-)
The shot was taken in one of the afternoons! I really love the rolling hills with different layers of tea trees. The mist was flowing fast during our stay, but it also provided some nice surprise too...
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Ginkgo Forest, Dalun Mountain, Nantou, Taiwan
- ISO 50, F22, 2 sec, 30mm
- Canon 5D Mark II with EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L lens
- Sunset @6.01pm / Shot @ 4.36pm
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And my final shot as I reluctantly let the train go, as it's running late, the days are shorter and it's about to run through a long 'dead' section with few photographic opportunities.
Sunday 25th March, 2012.
Photo By Steve Bromley.
The first Leptospermum flowers I have seen in a long while! I was so excited to find these growing in moist heath in the King’s Tableland. I am unsure which tea tree it is. Perhaps Leptospermum juniperinum given the wet grounds. [Upper Blue Mountains, NSW]
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A pair of Vietnamese women harvest the tea leaves at a large tea plantation in the remote Central Highlands of Vietnam, thankfully they had a machine which cut the tea leaves off rather than having to do it manually.
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Tea Tree Gully Heritage Museum
Former Highercombe Hotel 1854
The Highercombe Hotel was built for publican Thomas Pearce and was designed more for guests than for bar customers with many public meeting, dances and the like held in the main downstairs room.
Re-routing of the main road disadvantaged the Highercombe Hotel which ceased to operate as a hotel in 1877.
Part of the building then became the Tea Tree Gully Post Office with the remainder used as the residence for the head teacher of Tea Tree Gully Primary School and as a classroom for a number of years.
The building was used as a post office and residence until 1934. The Post Office remained in the building until 1963 after which it was used as the Tea Tree Gully Council offices and library.
In 1967 the building was purchased and restored by the National Trust and converted into a Museum.
LOYAL HIGHERCOMBE LODGE
The anniversary dinner of the Loyal Highercombe Lodge of Oddfellows was celebrated at the Highercombe Hotel, on Wednesday, March 12. At 3 o'clock about 60 of the brethren assembled at the above hotel, after
which they marched, preceded by Schrader's band, to the chapel, at Teatree Gulley, where Brother Novis offered up prayer, and delivered a very appropriate address on the advantages resulting from Oddfellowship.
At the termination of the address the brothers again assembled and marched through the township, followed by scores of children, who seemed to enjoy the proceedings amazingly.
Precisely at 6 o'clock the brethren sat down to a first-rate repast prepared by Host Haines, Schrader's band remaining in attendance.
Toast - The health of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and the Host and Hostess were proposed and responded to: after which the meeting separated. Many of the members, however, remained till a late hour enjoying themselves with the good things provided by Host Haines. [Ref: South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide) Friday 14 March 1862]
I think this is an antlion. This one was big! And the wings were just stunning. Such a striking insect and a pleasure to see and photograph. Seen in bushland in Katoomba. [Upper Blue Mountains, NSW]
EDIT: Big thansk to David and Judy for correcting my I.D. This is a Dobson fly.
Small-leaf Tea-Tree (Gaudium parvifolium). One that was previously known under the genus Leptospermum but has undergone a recent taxon change. I love their soft pink flowers and tiny, succulent-like leaves. [Faulconbridge, Blue Mountains, NSW]
Mullumbimby. Population 3,000.
The town is sited on the Brunswick River which was named after the wife of George IV – Queen Caroline of Brunswick. It is a short river at just 34 kms long. It rises in the mountains to the west and enter the sea at Brunswick Heads. As with elsewhere in northern NSW the timber cutters and red cedar cutters were the first whites in the region. With land clearing a few farmers moved to the region to grow sugar cane or fruit. The town of Mullumbimby was not gazetted until 1888. The school opened in 1886 and the first Post Office in 1889 and the railway reached here in 1894. Today the district is known for its production of bananas, avocadoes, macadamias, dairying, tropical fruits etc. The main tourist attraction of the area is the Crystal Castle and Shambhala Gardens with its garden of crystals and a giant Budda statue. It is ideal for learning mediation, Buddhism and about alternative lifestyles. We do not have time to visit it. The most interesting aspect of Mullumbimby’s history is the soldier settlement movement after World War One. The government thought that small blocks of land suitable for growing bananas would make good soldier settlement blocks. But the land was covered in giant trees. The soldier settlers had to first fell the trees. This was incredibly difficult and time consuming. The scheme was totally unsuccessful and the last settler walked off his block in 1925. Presumably they received some income from the timber that was cut but probably none ever grew bananas. The heritage listed buildings of Mullumbimby include the old courthouse built in 1908 in the Edwardian style with Walter Liberty Vernon as the architect; the timber and iron Post Office 1907 which was moved to a new location in 1984 when it became the town museum.
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A local washes his laundry in the midst of a tea plantation as our train travels by.
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the enchanted forest, a unique remnant of moonah ( Melaleuca lanceolata ) 'jungle' suspended between limestone cliffs on the great south west walk near cape nelson
discovery bay coastal park, victoria, australia
Leptospermum trinervium, Flaky-barked Tea Trees on a forested sandhill
Broadwater National Park NW AU
I think this might have been a spot-flowering Paperbark Tea Tree (Leptospermum trinervium) but I am not great at tea trees, so I am open to correction! [Castlereagh Nature Reserve, NSW]
Lasioglossum (parasphecodes) on the leaf of a Tea Tree (Leptospermum sp.). [Upper Blue Mountains, NSW]
Praying Mantis, with two legs tucked under its chin, on Lemon Teatree. Possibly Garden Mantis Orthodera ministralis.
This beetle decided not to sip at the edges of the Leptospermum nectar well, but to dive right in! [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]