Category: Alice Springs
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Memories of Flora at the Desert Park
Author Koh Lin â—¦ The Alice Springs Desert Park provides a great location to experience the many plants that are native to the region. If you are lucky like me, I also got to experience the different plant species through the year…… Continue reading
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Walking with insects…
Author Koh Lin â—¦ Over the years, I have seen many insects. Some were rescued from dog water bowls and swiming pools, some in shops and shopping malls, others from pedestrian walkways and roads. Sometimes just the slightest ovement would catch my… Continue reading
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Beanie Festival Wildlife… 2026
Author Koh Lin â—¦ There is nothing to fear from the wildlife at the Alice Springs Beanie Festival… and this 30th year celebrates the love we have for our wildlife… from birds, marsupials, mammals, repitles, ocean creatures, insects and spiders… enjoy! This… Continue reading
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Alice Springs Beanie Festival 2026 — 30th Anniversary
Author Koh Lin â—¦ The very popular Alice Springs Beanie Festival, started by Jo Nixon’s aunty Adi Dunlop (back in 1996), is culminating in the 30th Anniversary and at this point in time, will be the final beanie festival. We at Ausemade… Continue reading
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Memories of Birds at the Desert Park
Author Koh Lin â—¦ Since arriving in Alice Springs in 2006, one of the many places I frequented and continue to visit, is the Alice Springs Desert Park. As one of the key attractions in Alice Springs, it is worth visiting throughout… Continue reading
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More captured moments …
Author Koh Lin â—¦ As I look back through some of my photographs, I could see that I had snapped many photos of insects, and a phrase comes to mind “all creatures great and small”. For those that remember, the phrase became… Continue reading
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Captured moments…
Author Koh Lin â—¦ Looking back through some of my photographs and articles, I realised that Mother Nature plays an important part of what I like to snap, write and share. When I hear from friends that their children are using content… Continue reading
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Cheeky Dogs
Author Koh Lin â—¦ I was going through the many books in my bookcase when I came across… Cheeky Dogs To Lake Nash and Back Author Dion Beasley and Johanna Bell Allen and Unwin. Retrieved 26 July 2019 This certainly brought back… Continue reading
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Our eight legged family…
Author Greg Sully â—¦ Ya came into our lives in early October 2019. This was shortly after Ro had passed away on the 28 Septemer 2019. My partner said that Pup needed a new companion, that would help her through… Continue reading
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more of my favourite photos…
Author Koh Lin â—¦ This is part two of my series “some of my favourite photos…“ It is an amazing thing to ponder, that over the years your trusty mobile phone can take so many photos. Of course, the advantage… Continue reading
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Friendship and the love of birds…
Author Dorothy L. â—¦ Friendship can occur from mutual interests… One of those interests is the love of birds and maybe one in particular… On meeting Noriko in Alice Springs, she wanted to know where the best place was to… Continue reading
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Insects and Spiders
Author Koh Lin â—¦ My passion for insects and spiders has evolved over the last couple of decades when I moved from Sydney to Central Australia (20 years ago). From being squeamish about most crawling insects and spiders, it was… Continue reading