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Susan McCreery
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Writer. ALL THE UNLOVED out now. Retired proofreader (90 issues!) for Australian Geographic. Still work for trade publishers. Newbie freediver. Ocean, flowers, movies, birds, books, cats, silliness. Thirroul/Dharawal, Australia.

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My prez to me just arrived! (Half price in THAT sale.) Am almost excited as I was when I received the first edition from my mum & dad (which I still have).📚
Box set of the ninth edn of the Macquarie Dictionary, Australia's National Dictionary. It has two volumes: A–K & L–Z. Cover design: leaves & blossoms of native plants.
December 6, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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This morning's view over town and sea.
Dawn view over the darkened town of Thirroul, NSW, to the sea, where the horizon glows. A few streaks of low cloud in an otherwise clear sky.
December 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Temps nudging 40°C at elevenses today, so took self plus snorkel down to the cool to spend time with the fishlings.
December 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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~ sea dreaming in Greek ~
Underwater image of the shallows, showing sand & rock, small fish, & the underside of surface. The water has incredible clarity & shimmers with colour & light. This was taken off Koufonisia, 1 October this year.
December 4, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Meanwhile, it's time to unfurl.

Banksia serrata, from above.
#ozplants
View down into the burnished orange flower spike of a Banksia serrata. Tiny fuzzy beginnings of flowers are unfurling on delicate stalks. South coast NSW.
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Papery baubles hanging from a persoonia/geebung. What are they harbouring? What will emerge?
Two brownish papery sacs dangling from a persoonia tree. You can see green fruit & leaves in a tangle of webs. I do not know what is inside these things. NSW, Australia.
December 3, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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The gorgeous fringe lilies are flowering in local bushland (south coast NSW). Here's one with an appreciative hoverfly.
#FlowerReport #ozplants
The purple fringe lily (Thysanotus tuberosus) has three petals that are fringed at the edges. A black and yellow hoverfly is resting on a petal as it feeds on nectar. Background is blurred bushland. South coast NSW.
November 30, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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From this morning's swim. Water stunningly clear and cool (not cold), sun warm (not blazing), and only the slightest of breezes.💚

Looking south towards Bulli headland.
Swimmer's view across a barely ruffled surface of sea with reflections of trees (Norfolk pines) on nearby headland. A smattering of light cloud in sky. Bulli, NSW.
November 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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~ adorning the shore ~
A tawny clump of kelp & Neptune's necklace & an ageing shell, with tiny barnacles clustering round its tip, on the wet sand.
November 28, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Riding in on Friday's wave.✨️
Image of a wave breaking in the morning sunshine. Thirroul beach, NSW.
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Swam the light fantastic in Thirroul's ocean-fed pool at lunchtime today.✨️
Image of a 50m swimming pool with clear aqua water & string of small flags across the deep end. Brilliant blue skies above & a few Norfolk pines outside the fence. Thirroul, NSW.
November 27, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Greek doors, an occasional series.

Fournoi 🇬🇷
Image of well-maintained double timber doors painted a deep blue & set in a creamy recess. There's a lace curtain hanging halfway up the glass panels inside. All locks, handles, etc. appear to be in working order. The leaves of an olive tree can be seen at top of frame.
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Summer toms in their pert caps on way.
Three green pear-shaped tomatoes hanging on the vine. These are 'Beam's Yellow Pear', an heirloom tomato from Diggers.
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Narrow-leaved paperbark, after rain.
#FlowerReport 🌿 #ozplants
The feathery white flowers & narrow alternate leaves of Melaleuca linariifolia on a wet day. Glimpse of a pond alongside. Seen slightly inland, south coast NSW.
November 23, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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On cuddle alert.
#caturday #cats
Bella the black cat with wide-awake eyes snuggled into human's side on bed. Human hand appears to caress & scritch & Bella relaxes.
November 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Spotted gum transformed by a little rain.

Seen in Kangaroo Valley today.💚🌿
The trunk of a spotted gum (Corymbia maculata) showing vibrant green & tan spots where it has been wet by rain. The dry part of the trunk remains grey. Kangaroo Valley, NSW.
November 22, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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#WindowsOnWednesday
Fournoi 🇬🇷
High in a building is a fabulous rusted iron gate & behind it is (or was) a window with three long, narrow panels that no longer hold glass, or maybe just a bit. Then there's the view beyond of fallen blue timber, a wall, a house, who knows.
November 19, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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It's flowering time for leptospermum and jewel bugs are flocking.🪲
Side view of a colourful (metallic blue, green, orange, black) bug (Scutiphora pedicellata) on the white flowers (w green centres) of a leptospermum. South coast NSW. Back & underside view of another two bugs of the same species, same location.
November 18, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Great egret in a little patch of suburban wetland.

Bellambi, NSW. 🪶
A white egret at the edge of shallow water. The bird's neck is straight & beautiful plumes fan down from its back. Its bill is yellowy orange with a grey tip. The narrow leaves of a casuarina hang above it.
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Like fringed bells (or skirts, etc.).

This is the white variety of the blueberry ash (also pink).

Flowering now, south coast NSW.
#FlowerReport #ozplants
Six delicate white flowers that hang like fringed bells in bushland. The blueberry ash (Elaeocarpus reticulatus) is endemic to eastern Australia.
November 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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A sweet little eastern yellow robin seen in bushland this arvo. 🪶 #wildoz
Small grey bird with yellow neck & breast (tho breast is blurred by foliage) & a touch of yellow on wing. Black eye & beak. It is perched on the side of a tree trunk. South coast of NSW.
November 16, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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Spent a glorious afternoon yesterday freediving (line training) in the pristine waters of Jervis Bay, NSW.

View to Point Perpendicular, the bay's northern entry point.
Image of open water with 3 yellow inflatable circular buoys strung together & attached to a boat (not visible) by a green rope. Freedivers with masks & snorkels, or fin tips visible. They are depth training below the buoys. Long landform in the distance & tiny historic lighthouse.
November 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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~ abalone iridescence ~
The rainbow colours inside an abalone shell that's lying on sandstone. Seen at Sandon Point, NSW.
November 14, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Contortionist!

Topknot pigeon feasting on the fruits of the bangalow palm just now. 🪶 #wildoz
A large grey bird with a red beak & eye hanging upside down in a fruiting bangalow palm. My garden. Thirroul, NSW.
November 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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The gardenias are scenting the air (and my home) with their creamy-white blooms on this sunshiny blue day, and it's just so uplifting.🥰
A couple of open gardenia flowers, and many buds yet to unfurl. Backdrop of greenery & a bright blue sky. My garden. Thirroul, NSW.
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM