Category: Fauna

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  Faces of the Blue Moon

  Author Koh Lin ◦ Mimesis in art… art imitates nature What a wonderous world we live in… when sometimes you discover something new… something that catches your eye… that flutters by and into your life in his resplendent accoutrement. Indeed… Continue reading

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  There are dragons in my garden

  Author Koh Lin ◦ I grew up with dragons… they appeared in story books and on the television and there was St George, but he slayed the dragon. Now we have friendly dragons filling our screens. Of course we all… Continue reading

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  CBC… fostering

  Author JeLa D ◦ Photos by Dorothy L. ◦ Drop them off at the creche, pick them up as a teenager… It’s coming up to 1800 hours  (6 pm) and I’m sitting outside waiting, it’s very quiet as I haven’t… Continue reading

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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 Pheasant.… Continue reading

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  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