This afternoon, on my way home from a friend’s in Malmsbury, I decided to stop in Sunbury to have a look at one of Melbourne’s best native grasslands.  I first saw this grassland when I started my PhD in 2005.  But it’s been a few years since I’ve seen it at this time of the year, and I wanted to see how it was looking.

What a good idea!  I was completely blown away by what I saw…

I started this post thinking it was a good excuse just to put up some pretty grassland pictures.  But it’s turned into something a little more than that – for me, at least.

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about grasslands, why they’re important and the role they play in our city.  This afternoon’s visit involved a bit of a detour – not much, but it felt like an effort after a…