Showcase Australia

Category: Fauna

  • The Camouflaged Pisser

    The Camouflaged Pisser

    Author Andrew Turner ◦ When I was young and living in Sydney, I remember going out to collect cicadas. All of us kids use to collect them, admiring them, on occasion putting them on each other, and yelling “haha you… Continue reading

  • Photographer’s paradise

    Photographer’s paradise

    Author Dorothy L. ◦ Part 4 ◦ Smelling the salt air of the coast… It was worth coming to the Otways Ranges, photographer’s paradise. Eastern, Flame, Pink, Rose and Scarlet Robins, Olive Whistler and the Rufous Fantail. WOW what a… Continue reading

  • Looking forward…

    Looking forward…

    Even the bower bird had renovated… Whilst it may be the year that everything got cancelled, for many of us, the pain, suffering, mental health and loss has followed them into the new decade. As we look forward to getting… Continue reading

  • whirr… whirr… a flat battery!!

    whirr… whirr… a flat battery!!

    Author Dorothy L. ◦ Part 3 ◦ A sound no driver wants to hear!!! Crossing from South Australia into Victoria, stopping at some lovely small stopovers along the way, Merino… just one night. At Goroke, Henry had a small amount… Continue reading

  • Back on the road…

    Back on the road…

    Author Dorothy L. ◦ Part 2 ◦ Excitement among the scrubby dead trees… A couple of days later I was back on the road, heading into South Australia, Narracoorte for fresh supplies, then onto the Bool Lagoon. Little Grassbird and… Continue reading

  • Trip of a Lifetime

    Trip of a Lifetime

    Author Dorothy L. ◦ Part 1 ◦ Some people might call me a senior, but I prefer young at heart….now I am on my trip of a lifetime. I had Henry (who doesn’t name their car) fitted out with new… Continue reading

  • Backyard Wildlife

    Backyard Wildlife

    Author Koh Lin ◦ Memories of our dad… I am not sure when my interest in flora and fauna began, although I do have childhood memories of gardens with carnations, and cabbages and a neighbour who had a golden peasant.… Continue reading

  • Treasures of our Western Bowerbird

    Treasures of our Western Bowerbird

    We at Ausemade are privileged to have enjoyed over the last eight years the presences of the Western Bowerbirds in our backyard, and in particular the bower of a male Western Bowerbird. There underneath our magnificent olive tree, we witnessed… Continue reading