Visit to Fleays Wldlife Park for Nancy's birthday

Had a great time at Fleay's Wildlife Park for my birthday. Images are of (from top): dingo, night heron, Perentie (type of monitor lizard), 2 rock wallabies, brolga with 2 chicks, croc in the water, 2 small dragons

New Vase Safely Home!

We've managed to get the beautiful Chinese vase we bought in Canberra safely home. It looks great!

Visit to Reptile Park in Canberra

Tidbinbilla National Park, Canberra

Spent a lovely day today at Tidbinbilla National Park just south of Canberra.

Birds and Rhinoceros Beetle, Taken with New Camera

Below: Rainbow Lorikeet; Sulphur-crested Cockatoo; Wonga Pigeon; Rhinoceros Beetle

Pheasant Coucal in our Yard

FUN with CAT HAIR

Raven and Zamboni

Your Cat is BROKEN

Scarf for Corinne

Our friend Corinne is off to vet school in Perth, via the Nullarbor Plain, so we made her a scarf to keep her warm while she is off becoming James Herriot....

New Year Day Birding Trip to Lockyear Valley

We saw 86 birds on New Years Day (we aimed for 100 but got a late start). The birds above (from the top) are:

Royal Spoonbill (breeding plumage)
Red Kneed Dotterel
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Pink-eared Ducks
Lagoon at the Gatton Campus of UQ
Plumed Whistling Ducks
Pied Stilts
Red-rumped Parrot
Woodswallow
Cattle Egret (on cattle)
Yellow-rumped Thornbills
Skylark
Welcome Swallows
Ground Cuckoo Shrike
Pale-headed Rosella
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Brown Quail