desert meets sea...

Such a strange sight to see the Namib Desert, of southern Africa, meet the Atlantic Ocean. And nearby, an old German colonial town, Swakopmund, awaits to offer the curious tourists some hospitality. The desert is regarded as the oldest desert in the world. https://t.co/cYdR9887FF

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 28, 2020

in the Sonoran Desert...or Maui, Hawaii?...

If ever there is a plant with attitude and spunk, this one from the Sonoran Desert, Mexico must be it... https://t.co/G1YXIyUurN

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 28, 2020

Further investigation of this image - found to be endemic to Maui. It is known as Haleakala Silversword. A website states it is a protected plant in Hawaii. This very image and more details: https://t.co/kKcQaU5Ggz
(Still, the plant has spunk and attitude. Love it.)

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 28, 2020

secret weapon?...

Snow peas seem to have a secret weapon against adversity. Perhaps they have a message for us...

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 28, 2020

resilience in action...

Just when you thought, as a locked down Melburnian, you had coped with the vicious storm last night, there is now the 'after shock'... We are going to be a tough, resilient lot, we Melburnians, when all this is over... We'll be able to stand up proud... https://t.co/s5vgogv4Nl pic.twitter.com/0FSfGENv6D

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 28, 2020

Even when the going gets tough, there are those who offer some quirky humour to ease the tensions... 

I guess that was too easy too. Now we don't have water either 😭😭

— Megan Lim (@megscl) August 28, 2020

snapshot of Melbourne...

Adore uplifting comments...You just gotta laugh... https://t.co/ZIcumjyMbw

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 27, 2020

the wind gods love Melbourne tonight...

A rather graphic view of what's happening over poor old Melbourne... https://t.co/CjBA6EUr2A

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 27, 2020

 As of November 2014, The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has defined its own regions. 

They are: Mallee, Wimmera, Northern Country, North East, East Gippsland, West & South Gippsland, Central, North Central, South West, Alpine and Melbourne.

And another point of view... If you want action...It's all happening in Melbourne right now... The wind gods love us tonight... https://t.co/4j3ayZ1dFC

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 27, 2020

We've just survived the wildest winds in Melbourne...a shelf cloud in action it seems...But while I loved the dramatic photos of clouds and seas, I adored this quirky comment about the fate of young spring blooms... https://t.co/HM0kjGTR5m

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 27, 2020

Less than 5 min drive from Box Hill to Blackburn and I literally saw the temperature drop from 19 to 7 degrees on the car gauge. What the heck #melbourneweather

— Vania ⁷ 🍓 (@VaniaCulca) August 27, 2020

There was a strange window of winter temperature late this afternoon in Dromana - 17 degrees... 

and a couple of hours later, down to 9 degrees...

tea and a blackened pot...

I went to yonder gumtree hills to see Old Amos tonight.
He was making his tea: a blackened pot bubbled with a bush stew.
I told Old Amos about the tucker I had in Italy, told him it was good.

Old Amos has never been on a plane.

And his pale eyes looked out to the hills... pic.twitter.com/8VpZEsGwbL

— Tim Mallon (@PatMalo85776814) August 26, 2020

in the life of a toilet roll...

A little humour for the day...😀 pic.twitter.com/KCDrIOisfX

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 26, 2020

parent-teacher interviews...

PASSING THOUGHT: It's been a long long long day...parent-teacher interviews after school from 3:30pm till just after 8:30pm. Each interview 10mins + all back to back. My schedule was full. Yes...I'm exhausted...But many parents grateful for remote learning efforts...Feels good...

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 26, 2020

Sturt's desert pea on Boolcoomatta Reserve...

Boolcoomatta Reserve, a former sheep station, is about 100km west of Broken Hill, NSW + 470km northeast of Adelaide, South Australia. It has sweeping plains of shrubs + ephemeral wetlands. The native desert pea is SA's emblem + a symbol of mourning for Aboriginal Australians. https://t.co/Eup0vdOQqW

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 25, 2020