This pic pretty much speaks for itself. One of those evenings when the light is almost pink and a rainbow added in for good measure!
Form an orderly line....
These finches are Paulies favourite! There can be hundreds of them all at once lined up on our garden fence. Very cool!
Great Eggfly
One of the many beautiful butterflies that we are lucky enough to have visit our garden, these butterflies are found throughout Australasia.
Snake Skin
This is one of the first skins our snake 'Babylon' shed. I waited by her terrarium for hours so I could see her do it and it was quite amazing. Nearly as amazing as watching her feed!
Green Tree Snake
The Common Green Tree snake is a reptile that I was lead to believe (as it's name suggests) to be something that I would stumble across almost on a daily basis. HA! Not likely! In my world the Green Tree Snake is something quite illusive. No matter how hard I have searched...nothing! In fact I lived in Aussie for more than 2 years before I finally set eyes on one of these beautiful snakes and boy am I glad I did, they are gorgeous.
Although I hasten to add...I never seen another one since (though not due to lack of looking!!!) Common? Not in my neck of the woods!
Termite Mounds
Termite mounds are everywhere you look out in the Australian bush and not only do they make for a fantastic landscape, but they also never cease to amaze me. How something as tiny as a termite can build something as monstrous as this!!! Quite something.
A rare glimpse inside.....
Up the Creek
My favourite spot down at the local creek. It's such a beautiful, peaceful place where all you can hear is the parrots squawking and occasionally a Ulysses butterfly flits past your head or a paradise kingfisher flies past. Many an hour or three wasted down here!
The Wet
One of the things I love the most about where I live is the Wet Season. Its the thing the scares all the visitors away....but it brings out all the best things that the Tropics has to offer. Downpours that can dump so much rain in such a short amount of time that whole towns are cut off within hours, people use boats instead of cars and wildlife is abundant!
Cyclone Sky
I spotted this amazing cloud formation was just off the beach during our Wet Season last year. It was the first signs of Tropical Cyclone Olga which was threatening to hit land not far from our house! A scary, yet strangely exciting time as we moved all loose objects into the house, strapped down things that couldn't be moved...and waited. In the end it never eventuated. But due to where we live the prospect of more is pretty likely.
Tracks in the Sand
I'm sometimes blown away by some of the beautiful "living art" nature creates for us. These tracks in the beach made by the incoming tide are so cool!
Scarlet Tops
Just when you thought it was safe....more fungi!!!! These dainty little specimens appeared in our garden after a week or so of rain. Hard to tell from the photo but they were only about 5cm high.
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