Sorry I am late, but I have been on a road trip up to Darwin. More of that in the July issue.
A cold snap brought snow to the Brindabellas to the west of Canberra.
Even the Kookaburra puffed up to keep warm
TheWhite-faced Heron doing a flyby.
One of our Jade plants flowering
The Crimson Rosellas love the Eremophila bush
Yours Truly at our first lunch stop, with dogs very interested in a treat.
The Murrumbidgee River at Balranald - early morning
Part of the Silo Art at Paringa SA
Surface along the Stuart Highway heading north. We could see where the road had been cut by floods earlier in the year, and SA Roads still had crews out repairing the damage.
The BIG Miner at Coober Pedy near where we stayed for the night.
Opal mines at Coober Pedy
A Road Train at Marla, carrying hay north
The Big Man sculpture at Aileron NT depicting an Anmatjere hunter (17m tall, 8 tonnes)
Big Man's family, an Anmatjere Woman and Child with a goanna
Black kites were a constant along the Stuart Highway.
We had a quick stop at Karlu Karlu (Devil's Marbles) - the rock formations cover a large area and provide a spectacle in the changing light.
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You know you are getting into the tropical north when the termite mounds are dressed for dinner
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Darwin's dinosaur, Big Kev, has been relocated from it's landscaping beginnings to Bunnings
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Esme has a kangaroo treat inside the kong
Osprey completed eating a fish on this limb while I was watching.
Galahs, Corellas, Red-tailed Black Cockatoos and Sulphur-crested Cockatoos wheeling against a smokey sky. The seasonal burning was in full steam (smoke) ahead mode.
Red-tailed Black Cockatoos descended in large flocks onto the burnt ground to feast off scorched Pandanus nuts
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Masked Lapwing paddling the shoreline
Rainbow Bee-eater in flight
Crimson Finch
Lemon-bellied flycatchers
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Paperbark Flycatcher - looks identical to the Restless Flycatcher. The main identification is 'location, location, location'.
Forest Kingfisher
Female Varied Triller
