Category: Alice Springs
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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… 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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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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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
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The Love of your Best Friend
Author Andrew Turner ◦ It was a very special launch of the 2022 Alice Springs Beanie Festival. Ausemade were once again one of the many sponsors at this iconic and fantastic event in Alice Springs that bring entries from around… Continue reading
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Instead of going straight, I turned…
Author Shebah Alice Springs ◦ Who would have believed it… after all these days, weeks and months, instead of going straight, I turned… right. Yaaahhhh… having done the endless hours of down the road to Uluru, I finally get to… Continue reading
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The Right Equipment
Author Shebah Alice Springs ◦ Had a call out from Bianca and Elly this morning from Simpson’s Gap.They needed a new backpack because the one Bianca took was slowing them down. Very important to have the right gear that you… Continue reading
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What’s that on the windsock in the poo ponds…
Author Dorothy L. ◦ A perfect morning at ‘the ponds’, cool and crisp with the sun just over the ranges. No wind, good company and I hadn’t been to the “Poo Ponds” for a while. What’s that on the windsock,… Continue reading
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Henry… at the Gap
…a morning at Simpsons Gap Author Dorothy L. ◦ After all the rain of the past week, it was time for a visit to Simpsons Gap this morning. Besides my passion for bird photography, I’m also into insects, and a… Continue reading
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I’m sure I need a rest…
Author Dorothy L. ◦ Birds of Prey… Since I arrived back from a birding holiday in South Australia in late December… yes that’s correct, a birding holiday!! …I knew I was in need of rest. I thought about driving in… Continue reading