P.B., Wendouree.

Your bird is a white-plumed honeyeater. The bicoloured bill indicates it is a non-breeding adult. Adults in the breeding season have black bills.

This species is found sparingly across Ballarat, mostly where planted eucalypts occur. River red gums are particularly favoured. Most sightings are of just a few birds from time to time.

It is as much an insect eater as a honey eater, so it does not need to be near trees that are flowering. Like most honeyeaters it is fond of bathing, as is evident from your photo. The white-plumed honeyeater is a permanent resident in red gums around Clunes and Burrumbeet.