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Tom Parkes
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Gariwerd/Grampians aficionado
Nature/Environment/Aboriginal Culture
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Morning run with the mad Kelpie.
#SheepDog #Dog #Kelpie #Pup
October 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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$2 Million for x2 bollards! They’re having a laugh!!
#auspol #springst #politas
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October 15, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Dispute being fairly dry in the bush, there are some beautiful orchids in flower in the Ironbark country around Stawell.

Diuris pardina - Leopard Orchid
Glossodia major - Wax-lip Orchid

#Orchids #Wildflowers #Grampians #Spring
Diuris pardina - Leopard Orchid Glossodia major - Wax-lip Orchid
October 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Pterostylis pedunculata - Maroonhood

#Mallacoota #Croajingolong #Orchid #Wildflowers #Spring #Wildoz
October 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Pelicans of Mallacoota

#Photography #Mallacoota #Croajingolong #Pelican #Birds #Wildoz
October 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Green Cape Lighthouse Telegraph Station powered by Starlink.

#BeowaNationalPark #NSW #Starlink
September 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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A bit fresh at Dead Horse Gap.
Beautiful country, however, time to get serious about ridding the Alps from Brumbies, Deer, Rabbits, Foxes & Cats. #NSWpol #WildOz
September 25, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Jincumbilly Siding on the Monaro high plains. #VisitNSW
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Visiting Thredbo for a few days, the amount of feral deer & rabbits is astonishing.
Time the NSW NPWS closed the town for a week and destroyed these destructive ferals.
#NSWpol #WildOz
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Croajingolong Magic! Home of the Gunaikurnai & Monero peoples.
September 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Well this is a new experience for me.
September 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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A few orchids from Croajingolong.
Blunt Greenhood, Spider Orchid & Maroonhood.

#wildoz #flowers #orchids
Pterostylis curta Caladenia parva Pterostylis pedunculata
September 19, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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Spectacular morning in Croajingolong, pelicans and dolphins feeding, scent of blossom rich in the air.
September 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Mighty #Croajingolong, the scent of Pittosporum undulatum is thick in the air. Beautiful spring. #Australia
September 15, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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A few orchids starting in the Stawell Ironbarks.
#Gariwerd #Grampians #Orchids #Wildflowers #Wildoz
Pterostylis nana - Dwarf Greenhood Cyanicula caerulea - Blue Fairy
September 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Neo-Nazis so concerned about housing affordability they bashed Aboriginal peoples at camp sovereignty. #auspol #springst
September 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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September 1, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Apologies to David Pope for updating his timeless classic.
#Auspol #SpringSt #NSWpol #MarchForAustralia #Racists #HousingCrisis
September 1, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Baby four-toed skink, relocated to a safer place in the garden.
August 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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It’s to most wonderful time of the year. #Stawell
August 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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Acacia enterocarpa - Jumping Jack Wattle

An endangered species, I’m thinking this may be an insurance population planted 50 years ago.

#Grampians #Wattle #Acacia #wildoz
August 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Some early wildflowers in Gariwerd.
#Grampians Thryptomene, Common Heath, Trim Greenhood, Helmet Orchid.
#wildoz #flowers #wildflowers
August 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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So many water birds on Lake Lonsdale today, Swans, Pelicans, Coots, Shelducks, musk ducks, black ducks, wood ducks!
Sunshine and Gariwerd.
#Grampians #birds #birding
August 2, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Now that I’m 2% Jewish, Zionists can no longer call me antisemitic for calling out Israel’s war crimes and demanding Netanyahu be sent to The Hague!
Shame on Israel.
#auspol #Israel #Palestine #Gaza
July 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Turns out I’m 100% white. How boring! #DNA #FamilyTree
July 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM