Category: Wildlife

  • Scarlet & blue

    Such gorgeous colours in the feathers of this scarlet lorikeet, perched on someone’s hand at O’Reillys.

  • Lorikeet

    A scarlet lorikeet perched on a tourist’s head at O’Reillys.

  • Kookaburra

    This curious kookaburra perched outside our kitchen window, on a perch obviously used by the previous owners as a bird feeder. He hung around for quite a while, seemingly hopeful that we would through him a bit of sausage, before flying away disappointed.

  • Wasps

    On Australia Day, while playing catch in the pool during the afternoon, we spotted these small wasps nesting on a plant by the water.

  • Upper dam

    The view from the front of our house, during a summer shower of rain. The dams are full, the tanks are overflowing, and the garden is flourishing. Not visible in this photo is the darter who was fishing in the dam. Darters swim with only their curved neck above the surface of the water (which…

  • Swans