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Last weekend my wife and I travelled westward over the ranges to our nation’s capital, Canberra to visit family and also to visit the beautiful Tulip Tops tulip gardens. It was a beautiful day and thousands of gorgeous tulips and other flowers were arrayed in artistically portrayed beds. While we were visiting we took a walk in the Jerrabomberra Wetlands […]

Spring has sprung again here down under in Australia, and once again the native flowers drip with loads of nectar proving food for our over 76 species of Honeyeater. One which exists and breeds in prolific numbers here around the Sydney and east coast regions is the beautiful Rainbow Lorikeet. Though this bird loves feeding on nectar and eucalypt blossom […]

The bush is alive with sound once more as breeding season begins for the smaller to medium sized passerines. We do include Cockatoo and Lorikeet which have a longer period stretching over more months. One of the most notable signs, other than the very continuous and musical calls of the Golden Whistler seeking its mate, is the bright breeding plumage […]

This week we will focus on our east coast rainforest area where we see the the three main foraging birds the Superb Lyrebird, the Bassian Thrush and the Australian Logrunner. Here is a movie I have prepared, sorry if it is not too professional: Click on image below to purchase or find out more about this new book release and […]

Sunny Sunday Afternoon and my wife suggested a walk in our local park for some much needed exercise, and so off we went. Our first sighting from the footbridge was this Greater Egret in its various hunting positions. The key to success for Egrets and Herons alike is to be perfectly still and wait. While one went fishing the other […]

After two years of nesting failure for our resident Powerful Owl we rejoice to report one juvenile owlet has finally emerged from the nest, however it appeared to be alone, being displayed resting not far from the nest in a casuarina pine tree. It was resting alone in the afternoon sun, occasionally being pestered by a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. Click on […]

Another amazing warm crisp blue sky winters day for a walk with my wife and our friend, so we decided to walk along the riverbank as my wife’s foot was continuing to heal and a flat even walk was required. The river bank unexpectedly at high tide was lined with over a dozen Bar-tailed Godwit very busily foraging, as they […]

Last week my wife and I visited my four grandchildren on a round trip of the mid-north coast and Hunter Region of NSW. We sighted several raptors among other birds which were not plentiful this time of year in the colder months. While walking along the beach front near Newcastle Beach without my camera, as I pushed my wife in […]

We have been blessed with some warm crisp Winter days emerging from quite cold mornings. We are thankful for the warm sun as it relaxes and cheers us as the day progresses. My wife and I decided on a riverside walk along our local Georges River leading into Botany Bay. Being it Winter we do not expect to see many […]

This week we focus on Norfolk Island, an island under the rule and serviced by Australia, even though it sits some1,677 km (1,042 miles) away from Sydney out in the Pacific Ocean. The English first used it as a penal colony and later abandoned. In 1856 was settled under Queen Victoria’s rule as a new home to relocate rebel Pitcairn […]