It was in at the deep end. Half of yesterday was spent in formal induction. Then it was straight into team meetings to meet the team I will be managing and to meet the larger section we are integrated within.
Now for something completely different. On Saturday we had a bright day so Deb and I were out and about. Neither of us had much energy so we went in the direction of the city.
Once again our focus was the Yarra River. I wanted to catch piccies of a cascade known as Dight’s Falls. The falls are right near the heart of the city in the old industrial suburb Abbotsford.
Unfortunately there was a construction site on the river bank there so I couldn’t get close.
Then I noticed a look out high up on the other side. 
I had to go a long way around. Nearly a mile downstream to cross a road bridge. Then it was into a patch of bush that follows the river almost all the way into the city.I paused to catch these piccies of delicate Eucalyptus tree flowers.
Then I had to stop and catch this view of the city. 
My new office is half way up one of these skyscrapers.Then I heard something familiar, I turned and scanned the tree tops.
Can you see what I saw?
The noise was the gentle sounds of cockatoos ‘talking’ to each other .
High in the trees – a flock of Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoos Calyptorhynchus funereus
I have never managed to get decent photos of these large (two foot long) parrots before.So I began to stalk closer. I managed to get a little closer,
But I spooked this shy fellow.She took off with an alarm call which caused all the others to take to the air.
I managed to snap this very out of focus shot before she disappeared through the trees.
You can see why they are called ‘yellow-tailed’. There is a related species called ‘red-tailed’.I went a little further to the look out. It wasn’t a great vantage point after all. But I did manage to get a few nice piccies of boulders in the torrent.
