Category: Guest Author

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  Facebook Cover Photos II

  Author Koh Lin ◦ Following on from a previous blog titled Facebook Cover Photos, AusEmade have also presented header photos on some of the topics we have covered, especially on the flora and fauna to be found in Australia… following… Continue reading

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  Firetail

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ The “Firetail” Stenotritus… 😃 Ok, nothing to do with this week’s bees, but pretty stoked… 🙂 4 years ago I spotted a male Stenotritidae with an unusual bright orange tuft of bum fluff that didn’t match… Continue reading

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  Four units in this procession…

  Author Koh Lin ◦ The word “procession” has its roots in Latin – move forward, late Old English, via Old French from Latin processio(n- ), from procedere ‘move forward’ Source: Dictionary.com Whilst not quite a cavalcade, on this particular morning,… Continue reading

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  a lot of Psyllid activity …

  Author Marianne Broug ◦ I came across a small Eucalypt yesterday with a lot of Psyllid activity … Phyllolyma sp. adults and lerps. Quite uncommon apparently to see the adults and also with them mating. Note the balls of sugary… Continue reading

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  Art for art’s sake

  Author Koh Lin ◦ “Art for art’s sake” or l’art pour l’art… is a phrase describing a philosophy that art should be valued for its inherent beauty and aesthetic qualities, that is independent of any social, moral, or political purpose.… Continue reading

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  Journey into the Spiderverse

  Author Koh Lin ◦ Looking back at my phantasmagorical journey into the “spiderverse” is something I could never imagine in my younger days… creepy crawlies and eight legs to boot… The following photo is of a spider moult sitting next… Continue reading

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  Marsupial Mouse

  Author Koh Lin ◦ The “Marsupial Mouse” is a common name to describe a small Australian mouse-like animal, that belong to the Dashyurids (family Dasyuridae, order Marsupialia). As is sometimes the case with common names, the “Marsupial Mouse” is also… Continue reading

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  The existence of Fair Folk in our bush…

  Author Marianne Broug ◦ ~ Are there Fairies / Faeries in Australia? Your questions answered. 😂 ~ “We’ve all heard tales of Bunyips and Drop Bears, large mythical creatures that instill fear in locals and alarm tourists. But there are… Continue reading

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  Fragments… my father

  Author Koh Lin ◦ As I get older, I realise some memories are slipping away… but now and again, a snippet pops into my head. Sometimes it takes a little effort to bring that memory to the fore and if… Continue reading

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  the magnificent Hakea victoria

  Author Terry Dunham ◦ The outstanding beauty of the magnificent Hakea victoria (Royal Hakea) adorned in colourful foliage and bloom is a very rewarding sight to enjoy. (Hakea= Baron van Hake, patron of German botany + victoria = Queen Victoria… Continue reading

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  Whose there…

  Author Andrew Turner ◦ When all there is… Is a piece of reflective glass… But then you know, that one of them knows…. Grammatically, it is “Who’s there?”…. but these birds don’t speak… they just babble 🙂😄🙃 See our Alice… Continue reading

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  The Art of Emu

  Author Koh Lin ◦ Emus are one of those interesting birds and popular Australian wildlife. Seen in their natural environment, wild emus are often encountered by travellers in the outback, as well as being a popular exhibit in wildlife enclosures.… Continue reading