Cox's Scrub and the Grey Shrike Thrush

It was delightful this morning to hear the thrush being answered!! It means there is a mate and hopefully they will nest here and raise a family...

The other exciting thing this afternoon, was that we went to Cox's scrub, which is a reserve on the Ashbourne road. We approached it from the Nankita road and found gate no 4 which is closed of course. We went in between the three little posts and found an absolute wonderland of colour! Prostrate grevillias , donkey orchids, isopogons, daisies, heath , little blue star flowers and the thrush was there too, singing its little heart out. No wonder the early botanists were amazed at all this colourful and unusual flora!
Below is the Donkey orchid.
I am Having trouble organizing these pictures and then adding their descriptions.








So , below is an Isopogon and I think it may be the thorny corn bush, it wasn't flowering at this stage.

We have had a good wet winter  of course and so everything has responded and grown beautifully.We came back via McGharg creek road which runs up the very steep hill towards Mt Magnificent and down the other side past Kuitpo forest. Along the road everything there too is flowering and putting on a show. As you come down old Willunga hill road you can see McLaren Vale show up as a large block of new housing. The vines are all sprouting too and look good, though I am wondering what this cold weather is doing to the fruitset. I am glad I am not a horticulturist or a vigneron!!