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Welcome to 2025, the first flower from our Stapelia next to our fish pond.

Stapelia flower, 2025
Stapelia flower, 2025

Then a stroll in our backyard, to our forever bower of the Western Bowerbird, still adorn with treasures that have been continually replenished through the year… and there he was beneath the fig tree, singing a love song… wishing in the New Year.

2025 Bower of the Western Bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata)
2025 Bower of the Western Bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata)
2025 Bower of the Western Bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata)
2025 Bower of the Western Bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata)
2025 Bower of the Western Bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata)
2025 Bower of the Western Bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata)
2025 Bower of the Western Bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata)
2025 Bower of the Western Bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata)

Our glorious bower is a good omen for the treasures AusEmade will be sharing with you all into 2025 — from the heart of Australia in Alice Springs, AusEmade wishes all our readers, authors and contributors the very best…

Happy New Year one and all…

2025 Bower of the Western Bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata)
2025 Bower of the Western Bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata)

More info can be found on the Western Bowerbird under our Birds section.

Western Bowerbird, Olive Pink Botanic Garden
Western Bowerbird, Alice Springs NT

From our archives, you can read our previous New Years blogs…

2020 Treasures of our Western Bowerbird | 2021 Looking forward… | 2022 The Road Ahead | 2023 Welcoming the New Year… | 2024 More treasures to be had…