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  • You wear it well…

    You wear it well…

    Author Andrew Turner â—¦ The perfect time of year and place to wear a beanie is at the Alice Springs Beanie Festival in June. We take a look back at previous beanie wearers and some of their beaming smiles… enjoy.… Continue reading

  • Beanie flashback…

    Beanie flashback…

    Author Koh Lin â—¦ The Alice Springs Beanie Festival is an iconic and eclectic creative arts festival, and now in it’s 29th year. Whilst we have been attending since 2006, it was not until 2021 that we became actively involved… Continue reading

  • Ausemade Beanie Sponsorship…

    Ausemade Beanie Sponsorship…

    Author Koh Lin â—¦ We became involved with sponsorship of the Alice Springs Beanie Festival in 2021. An amazing iconic annual event, that bring together people from all backgrounds and ages. The Alice Springs Beanie Festival is a fun filled… Continue reading

  • Touching insects

    Touching insects

    Author Koh Lin â—¦ It wasn’t so long ago, that I use to have a phobia of actually touching insects… now because of my fascination and interest in photographing insects for Ausemade, I will often pick them up (usually if… Continue reading

  • Mobile phone shots

    Mobile phone shots

    Author Koh Lin â—¦ Australia has some wonderful creatures both large and small. Just walking down the street, along green verges, open gardens and your local parks provides opportunities to see some Australian fauna. Even the walls on the side… Continue reading

  • Juvenile Sacred Kingfisher rescue…

    Juvenile Sacred Kingfisher rescue…

    Author Koh Lin â—¦ It was quite windy this particular day, and we heard a commodation outside. The dogs alerted us to a bird on the ground. We quickly scooped it up and placed it into a box lined with… Continue reading

  • OCDB

    OCDB

    Author Gary Taylor â—¦ Woohoo, reckon I’ve got a “new” species of native bee in my BeeTown…. 😃It’s been a couple of weeks since we’ve had a bush run. Midwest WA got its first rains last week, a whopping 75mm… Continue reading

  • being there at the right time and the right moment

    being there at the right time and the right moment

    Author Koh Lin â—¦ For us at Ausemade… being there at the right time and the right moment… provides an insight into how the many photographs and articles that we write, come about… The Golden-browed Resin Bee (Megachile aurifrons) has… Continue reading

  • Diptera on our back deck

    Diptera on our back deck

    Author Nikolas Haass â—¦ Diptera on our back deck and in our backyard in Carina Heights, Brisbane, Queensland (26th April – 20th May 2025). Dichaetomyia sp Mesembrius bengalensis Chrysomya megacephala Sarcophaga sp Cephaloconus tenebrosus Nephrotoma australasiae Chaoborus ornatipennis Chironomus sp.… Continue reading

  • a face a mother could love

    a face a mother could love

    Author Andrew Turner / Koh Lin â—¦ There is a saying… “a face only a mother could love” This page is a work in progress (currently listing 30 photographs)… Continue reading

  • Alice Springs Spiders

    Alice Springs Spiders

    Alice Springs Bug Life series… Author Andrew Turner / Koh Lin â—¦ The nature of the landscape and attractions here in Alice Springs provides an incredible backdrop to the many types of spiders that call Alice Springs Home… Technically, spiders… Continue reading

  • Alice Springs Butterflies and Moths

    Alice Springs Butterflies and Moths

    Alice Springs Bug Life series… Author Andrew Turner / Koh Lin â—¦ The nature of the landscape and attractions here in Alice Springs provides an incredible backdrop to the many butterflies and moths that call Alice Springs Home… We present… Continue reading