Tree planting at Yarra Bend Park

This is a Correa "Dusky Bells" in our backyard
I learnt a few new plant species at the Yarra Bend Park tree planting day today. I admit I couldn't remember the names of all the species I saw today - I think the trick is to make sure I learn at least one plant each time I'm outdoors.

Anyway, these are the plants I learnt today:
· Acacia mearnsii (Black Wattle)
· Goodenia ovata (leaves look a bit like strawberry plant leaves - a shrub with a yellow flower)
· Correa (not sure what species we planted)
· Casurina cunninghamiana (River Sheoak - native to Australia, but not to the area, I don't think).

Another interesting observation was a flock of Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos. It's the second flock I've seen in the city in the last couple of months. Apparently there are reports of them everywhere in the city. At the last Birds Australia meeting, a couple of us were discussing Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos and how their presence in the city in larger numbers might be because of habitat loss from the recent fires.