Category: Northern Territory

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  Welcoming the New Year…

  It has become a little tradition here at Ausemade when we look forward to the New Year and we talk about our Western Bowerbird that still has his bower in our backyard… after a little reminder popped up in our… 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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  A hard life…

  Author Koh Lin ◦ Life can be hard… from birth through to death. For many, there are choices in life, unless of course you born as a Belenois java teutonia, aka the Caper White Butterfly, then your life is pre-determined.… Continue reading

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  A day in the life of Redbank Waterhole

  Author Dorothy L. ◦ WOW so much water in the gorge, the banks are wonderfully green, the sky is cloud free and a vibrant azure blue. Then I heard this loud squark, squark, squark, and there atop a dead tree… 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

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  The Road Ahead

  Still here and facing the road ahead… So here we are, we have made it through to 2022, leaving behind the turmoil we have lived through and looking into an uncertain future. The ground is seemingly scattered with debris of… Continue reading