Koala and kangaroo — two of Australia’s iconic marsupials. Read more
K Is For ….
King Of The Flies
I forgot to include this photo of a beautiful fly in my November Changing Seasons post. You know the weather is warming up when the blow flies come a-visiting. Maybe these exquisitely beautiful creatures are not such a pain after all. Unlikely praise for the king of the flies. Read more
Softly, Softly, Splash
Trip The Light Fantastic
This is my response to the Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge – Magical Light. Join me for a photo journey of light across the seasons.
In Australia, our light can be very harsh. Generally, if the light is too harsh for photography, it is too harsh for me. Nevertheless, I understand intuitively that different colours require different light, and that some colours create their own light. Read more
Purple Swamphen
Today I had the pleasure of reading about the African Swamphen on the De Wets Wild blog. If you haven’t checked out the De Wets Wild blog, you really should. Dries and his family travel to the many wilderness areas of South Africa to bring us beautiful photos of the flora and fauna of each place they visit. Anyway, the African Swamphen (Porphyrio madagascariensis) is a sub-species of the Purple Swamphen. The Purple Swamphen has a wide distribution across the globe, including Australia.
At Dries’ request, I’m posting a few photos I took recently of the Purple Swamphens in my area. Read more
Holiday Bird Diary – Part 5
This is my last holiday bird diary post. For this reason, I am going to indulge in a few scenery photos as well. This post features some common waterbirds and parrots. The beauty of the setting makes the birds appear very glamorous, like models on a photo shoot. Read more
Holiday Bird Diary – Part 4
To celebrate completing my tax return, I thought I would do another bird post. This post will feature the non-water birds around Yallakool BP Dam and Lake Boondooma (Queensland, Australia). Read more
It’s Getting Late. Come inside?
Today’s word prompt from Margaret of the Ragtag Community is crepuscule, meaning twilight. It may be because I’m getting older that twilight for me symbolises the last days of life — my life or possibly life as we know it. I am not a religious person so I take no comfort in there being an afterlife. In fact, at this point of my life I find death a frightening prospect, if only because I will never see my children again and because of the state of the world that my generation has bequeathed them.
Read moreHoliday Bird Diary – Part 3
Have I mentioned what a great holiday I had? As I’m not a coast dweller, I hadn’t really appreciated how beautiful and mesmerising Australia’s water birds are. Let me show you just a few of the water birds that my True Love (TL) and I saw when we visited two of the man-made dams in Queensland, Australia. Read more
Holiday Bird Diary – Part 2
A couple of hundred clicks north of Sydney, the Myall Lakes National Park in New South Wales (Australia) is one of the best habitats around for birds. It is a real bird oasis. The Myall Lakes is one of the state’s largest coastal lake systems. As we were just passing through and were time constrained, we only skimmed its outskirts. We stayed at the lovely, quiet fishing village of Hawks Nest. Usually, I have to work hard for my bird photos but the birds were lining up for their photos to be taken. Here are a few that we took one morning (click on images to enlarge). Read more
Reflections of An Untidy Mind 