Images Dated 2017

Plasterer bee (Colletes cunicularius)

Plasterer bee (Colletes cunicularius). Species in this genus build underground nests and line the cells with a polyester secretion. They are often referred to as Polyester bees. Collected pollen is clearly visible on hind legs. Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park, Bas Rhin, France

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Princes Bridge over the Yarra River completed in 1888

Princes Bridge over the Yarra River completed in 1888 and connecting Swanston Street and St Kilda Road. It was designed by John Grainger whose son, Percy Grainger, became one of Australia's best known composers. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Gooram Falls on Seven Creeks in the Strathbogie Ranges

Gooram Falls on Seven Creeks in the Strathbogie Ranges, an granite outlier of the Great Dividing Range, its hills festooned with granite boulders, small and huge. The stream is so called because when it reaches a plain before converging with the Goulburn River it is braided into many smaller streams and numerous billabongs. Euroa, north central Victoria, Australia