Natives, roses and bugs - 17 August 2026

like to talk about natives? Yes, thank you, Amanda, because here we are at the university in native city, I always call it.

It's so beautiful out here at the moment.

All the grevilleas are coming into flower.

It's worth, you know, just a walk around here at the moment.

Absolutely beautiful.

So the grevilleas are coming into flower and the native wattles are, which there are, of course, a lot here at the uni.

The grevilleas are coming into flower, which are absolutely great colour.

And at the end of winter, you would have seen when you're driving around, everywhere in Newcastle, the real long, tall stems.

And at the top, they have a red lily on.

You often see them on the highway when you're driving around.

Now you've got to keep your eye out.

I will.

Now you've got to keep your eye out.

Well, they're called guymere lilies.

And they're really great to plant in your own garden.

In a large garden, you need a big space and surrounded by kangaroo paws.

Now, I just noticed when I'm driving around, so they're out in flower as well as all the other natives that are starting to flower.

Lovely.

Yeah, very nice.

All right, well, we'll continue talking about that.