Category: Central Australia

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  More treasures to be had…

  Author Koh Lin ◦ Looking beyond the bower…  Our Western Bowerbird has been around for many years now… from our very first blog Treasures of our Western Bowerbird (July 2020), we wrote about the bower being there in our garden… Continue reading

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  Art of Birds – Sequel

  Author Koh Lin ◦ Photographer Dorothy Latimer ◦ Why speak, when an image can resonate all that is needed… Check out our following listed pages on the images of the birds above: Continue reading

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  bees do it…

  Author Koh Lin ◦ There I was, just minding my own business, with my trusty mobile phone… thinking I wouldn’t mind snapping a few native bees in the park today… And there they were… a couple of Lasioglossum (Homalictus) on… Continue reading

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  Wildlife at the Beanie Festival 2023

  Alice Springs Beanie Festival Author Koh Lin ◦ The Alice Springs Beanie Festival is an iconic event in the heart of Australia, showcasing the skills of artisans of all ages and background. With over 6,000 beanies from around Australia and… Continue reading

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  Bird Watching at the Beanie Festival 2023

  Alice Springs Beanie Festival Author Koh Lin ◦ Wow… the Alice Springs Beanie Festival 2023 has done it again… known as the Beanie Centre of the world, the iconic festival event that brings beanies from around Australia and also from… Continue reading

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  Touring the Red Centre Way with Puppy Love…

  Author Koh Lin ◦ Wow… it was amazing when we won “The Love of your Best Friend” award, and we know our birth mother Marilyn Hunter, who lovingly crafted us for the Alice Springs Beanie Festival, was equally thrilled. You… 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