As the clocks changed in late October, I swapped Autumn sunsets for Spring sunshine and headed for Australia…
Jacaranda mimosifolia – known locally as purple panic as its flowering season coincides with exam time for schools/colleges.
Ficus macrophylla subspecies macrophylla (Moreton Bay Fig) above and below outside the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Deutzia in flower, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Charred Banksia seed heads in the Blue Mountains. We believe this was a routine roadside burn, done in accordance with state or territory law requirements as a bush-fire management technique.
Grevillea (Spider flower) in Uluru (Ayres Rock)
Asphodelus albus in flower in the Blue Mountains Botanic Gardens in Mount Tomah – we have these in cultivation at Uppark.
The Blue Puya, related to the pineapple, in flower in the Blue Mountains Botanic Gardens in Mount Tomah.
Aborigine dancer in Uluru
Amazing views and wildlife at Mount Tomah
*Jelly-legs = I don’t like flying!
Uppark Garden 
Fantastic photos.
Amazing photography Andy. Perhaps, as you suggest, I ought to get down under sooner rather later!