Binbrook Drive, Croydon

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My street walks are usually along one side and a return along the other. The best of both worlds, so to speak. Nearing the end of my journey in Binbrook Drive, I witnessed something very special.


Even though winter is upon us there was ample colour in gardens. It was a dull day and from afar, a display of red hot pokers, almost looked like a fireworks display.


To counteract the brightness, a group of green succulents were getting ready to flower.


Almost as colourful as the red hot pokers was a patch of yellow jonquils.


The usual display of camellias were evident as was a rhododendron tree with pure white flowers.






A few walkers were walking, most with their canine friends.


A garden ornament with a difference was a large terracotta warrior standing guard.


Another garden boasted a double story bird nesting box, complete with one inhabitant, with a nearby real bird in the form of a crow occupying a tree.




It must be lemon season as many houses had a lemon tree in their front yard with some overhanging high fences.


An unusual flower seen was one of the many varieties of the Correa genus. Not large but a thing of beauty.


Binbrook Drive is a well-established area, so it was no surprise to find a picket fence and lych gate. A 57 concrete milepost decorated one front fence, a relic of pre-metric distances.




At one point, we were descended upon by a flock of noisy corellas. They sat for some time on overhead wires, some on their own, but others in groups.




A beautiful sight for suburbia, but the best was yet to come. I came across a noisy miner and a rainbow lorikeet, both feeding in the same protea bush.


The lorikeet was busily feeding on one protea flower, while the miner flittered from flower to flower, occasionally just sitting.




Then several times the miner attacked the lorikeet. I have seen noisy miners attack and chase magpies, even cockatoos, but this little lorikeet was not fazed. He, or she, just kept doing what lorikeets do, feed. Two passing walkers stopped to watch this avian pantomime for several minutes before the participants flew the tree.


The walk ended with a down to earth sighting of a prowling cat.


You never know what you will see on a street walk.



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