Category: Central Australia
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It was all over in three frames
Author Dorothy L. ◦ We were all getting along nicely, when suddenly the Singing Honeyeater decided it wasn’t getting enough attention. The Singing Honeyeater lashed out at the Hooded Robin and being female, she wasn’t putting up with it. It… Continue reading
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not quite the surf… Lifeguard
Author Koh Lin ◦ After my umpteenth rescue, it appeared to me that I was like a surf lifesaver, except without the surfboard, or the surf… ok so there was no beach, and it was just a swimming pool… so… Continue reading
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Strike a pose
Author Dorothy L. ◦ First I have to find the right rock… Action replay… Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) © Dorothy Latimer Check out more blogs and contribution by Dorothy L. Continue reading
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Strike a pose… potty wasp…
Author Koh Lin ◦ One of the interesting and amazing wasps often seen in Central Australia is the Potter Wasp (Delta latreillei). A fairly large wasp (the one pictured here is just over 3.5 centimetres in length from head to… Continue reading
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There’s more than size, when opposite attracts
Author Koh Lin ◦ Size is not the only difference between the male and female Australian Golden Orb Weaver Spider… they actually look different. This is known as “sexual dimorphism”. As you can see here, in the world of Golden-Orb… Continue reading
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Secrets in my garden…
Author Koh Lin ◦ As a well known phrase from a late 1960’s popular American television sitcom… “I see nothing!” That was me… and I suspect a lot of other people. With the growing interest in the natural world around… Continue reading
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Welcoming the New Year…
It has become a little tradition here at Ausemade when we look forward to the New Year and we talk about our Western Bowerbird that still has his bower in our backyard… after a little reminder popped up in our… Continue reading
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a penthouse with a view…
Author Koh Lin ◦ Who would have known… that from the first row of single bedroom units — I guess you could call these the ground floor units — an apartment block would be built above them. I might have… Continue reading
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Now where did we leave our child…
Author Dorothy L. ◦ I am telling you… this is where we left the baby… Well lets keep looking… Ok… let daddy try calling for junior… Baby… baby… is it time to leave the creche… You can read more on… Continue reading
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A bit of Ruff at the Poo Ponds
Author Dorothy L. ◦ Five minutes of being inside the gates of the Alice Springs sewage ponds and I spotted the Australian Pratincole!! Wonderful find, click, click, click. The crows, at least 25 to 30 of them, were continually harassing… Continue reading
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My yellow hairy bug…
Author Koh Lin ◦ Another day at work… and after a windy night, I had just finished my morning task of pool maintenance. I had taken the pool cleaner out and there was not one leaf in the pool, or… Continue reading
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Loving the River Red Gum
Author Koh Lin ◦ Found growing across Australia is the River Red Gum. Although I have always noticed them, I really did not pay too much attention, as living in Central Australia, they were all around me. Since I have… Continue reading