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Magnetic Termite Mounds 31 Mar 2013 | 03:58 am

As soon as I set eyes on these termite mounds, thanks to David Attenborough I knew exactly what they were! I had first seen them on one of his documentaries a couple of years earlier and now here we w...

River Bed 31 Mar 2013 | 03:30 am

The diversity of the Australian landscape has always fascinated me. Looking at this photo you would be hard pressed to believe that we were an hour away from the Tropical Rainforest in the middle of t...

Fern 24 Feb 2013 | 09:46 am

I took this pic this morning in our garden. I've always been a huge fan of ferns, and we have a lot throughout our property.

Garden Fungi 24 Feb 2013 | 08:18 am

If you are a regular viewer of my blog, you will already know that I have a thing about fungi. Here's a new addition to my collection of pics, these sprang up in my back yard over the last few days as...

Torch Ginger 12 Jan 2013 | 06:05 am

One thing that the tropics does very well is flora. I'm still constantly wowed by some of the flowers that I come across here. This Torch Ginger is one of my favourites. It is a visually stunning flow...

Arse Rock 11 Jan 2013 | 03:46 pm

I was quite taken with this rock formation when we came across it at Finch Bay in Cooktown. We had this great walk through the bush from the Botanical Gardens (which unfortunately were very disappoint...

Poinciana 11 Jan 2013 | 03:28 pm

Isn't this tree magnificent? This is a Poiciana and is actually native to Madagascar, but we are fortunate enough to have lots of them here in Queensland. They flower at the start of the rainy season ...

Sugar Wharf 26 Dec 2012 | 12:44 pm

I took this pic coming back into Port Douglas from a sunset cruise the other week. It was a beautiful calm night and the Wharf looked stunning at dusk.

Moon 16 Dec 2012 | 05:09 am

We had the most beautiful clear night here last night and the start of a new moon, in fact after a little research I discovered that this is the Waxing Crescent Moon, the first phase of a new moon whe...

Stripy Palm 9 Dec 2012 | 04:02 am

I just love the detail on the trunk of this palm. I don't know what type of palm it is but I found it on our trip to Cooktown near the cemetery. I will work on trying to identify it, until then it is ...

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