The Blue-tongued Lizard
For those who follow the blog closely, you’ll know how I love to enrich your life with various snippets of wildlife information, dressed with photos taken by yours truly. Among those, there have been a number of reptiles, such as, skinks, and a barking gecko.
The other week, on a warm and sunny Spring day, [...]
Whale Of A Time - Photos
As requested, here are some ’stills’ of the whales and pelicans. Most, if not all of these were taken by my wife, as I was busy with the camcorder.
When I place photos directly into a post like this, I try to make them a little more suitable for web viewing, by lowering the quality and [...]
The Australian Brown Snake
Knowing that you all love photographs, here’s yet another one I nearly forgot to upload. It was taken 3-4 weeks ago, on the road just outside Lock.
As the title says, it’s an Australian Brown Snake (I think), and it is very early in the season to be seeing them out on the road, which is [...]
Total Lunar Eclipse
Last Tuesday evening we had the priviledge of seeing something we’ve never seen before, a total lunar eclipse. We’ve probably had them during my lifetime in the UK too, but I suppose there’s less chance of getting a clear night. Australia however, hardly ever doesn’t have a clear night. Well, South Australia at least.
The Wedge-Tailed Eagle
Last Thursday we were invited to go and see some sheep shearing (look out for a video of that soon), before we went to the Bible study and prayer meeting at Elliston. On our way up to the shed, travelling along a 16km lane, it was like driving through an Australian safari park! We saw [...]
