Diana Australis' photos with the keyword: paddy

Paddy melons on the roadside in desert Western Australia, in the Murchison region. The road is the red dirt on the right hand top of the picture. Paddy melons are not edible for humans.....They thrive in desert areas Nothing eats them: they are poisonous. A nice decoration for the desert...and Tiabunna tells me they are a feral import from South Africa. They have certainly colonised Australia well!