Lockdown walk No. 6 Colours of early Spring
a wattle way
harbinger of spring
we take the track
to a chatter of lorikeets
they dangle like monkeys
from golden banksia
spring is coming
steeling through the twigs
silently seeping
through the sap
budding vernal green
once seen it is everywhere
lilac waraburra is showy
it vines over the scrub
purple trails up the trees
no wonder it is often called
happy wanderer
white star flowers sometimes
called ‘tread-softly maybe because
of its spiky leaves
and the pink wax flower
just budding open
sprinkled through the bush
fuchsias delicate little trumpets
stand out
bright red comes
with the dusky coral pea
hard to see at first
and then it turned up hiding quietly
in the brambles in the scrub
maybe wild jasmine
and wonga wonga the native climber
gives us our touch of purple in its delicte white trumpets
And the wattles three we found today
Galahs were busy too
one on a branch as decoy
and this gorgeous one
in a hollow of the old tree
Finally at the lookout Crackneck
we watched an eagle play
on the air currents
and then down the less worn track
back to the car
