Yet again

This afternoon we visited my all time favourite garden, Wyndbourne Park, at Forest Range in the Mt. Lofty Ranges.

It's been a couple of years since we were there last, and the changes were really interesting to see.  It's a large place - about 20 acres - and we only managed to see a portion of it.  For some reason I wasn't so steady on my feet today (a bit tired I think), so didn't venture too far from the flatter part of the grounds. 

On our last visit, I took my all time favourite blue banded bee shot, so I knew we would see some.  I didn't expect to see so many; there were bee wars on some of the plants, although regretfully, I didn't manage to capture any of the fighting action - it was way too fast.

I was particularly pleased with this shot - you can even see the four wings whirring away.

And in case you don't know what I'm wittering on about, this is an Australian native Blue Banded Bee (Amagilla cingulata)..