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Coming soon to North Melbourne
You probably haven’t been able to tell with all this rain lately, but spring has well and truly sprung, and I for one am thrilled.
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Delicate monster
The delicate looking creature in the accompanying pic is aptly named a lacewing. But don’t be fooled by her demure feminine charm, this lady is a cold calculating killer. And she was, even as a child.
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The gall of North Melbournites
If you’re a gardener, or just wandering North Melbourne’s parks, you’ll have seen many galls in your time, although you may not know a lot about them. Non-gardeners can mistake these often colourful and attractive little baubles for a natural part of the plant, which of course they are not.
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Busy little biter
The bull ant in the pic, photographed in the Flagstaff Gardens, is like any you might find in your back yard. He looks ferocious and dangerous, and he’s rather pleased you think so.
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Guggenheim Gumleaf
Either the owner-builder of this gum leaf structure has seen the Guggenheim Museum or influential American architect Frank Lloyd Wright paid a visit to North Melbourne before designing his famous art gallery - or so one would imagine.
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A suspicious death
There has been a murder in the garden. The whole of North Melbourne is buzzing and the renowned Italian Detective Ento Mologist, more lately of the yard [the backyard], has been brought in to investigate.
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Life on eight legs
Clearing out the back garden I came across this hairy orange monster with the most delightful yellow eyebrows. Assuming I’d discovered a new species I checked the reference books only to find I’d been beaten to it many times.
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Yes, the eyes have it
Checking out the gardens of North Melbourne at night can be fun, but of course a little patience is required.
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Every child’s delight
It’s hard to believe, but something good came out of our recent travel restrictions due to COVID … people suddenly rediscovered our local parks.
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News from Parkville Gardens
December in Parkville Gardens was busy! The Parkville Gardens Residents’ Association (PGRA) held two big events in the lead-up to Christmas – an open-air jazz concert and the AGM, both of which were very successful.
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Constructions site takes shape over Footscray Rd
Greens join public housing residents in fight to stop Victoria’s privatisation of public housing
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