Australian Kids Hoodies

This is about as close as you would want to get to a Wedge Tail Eagle - that beak could do some damage! Taken at the Flight Arena at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia.

I was using my new 600mm lens to get a close up of a Giraffe - when this Ostrich walked into my view. It was too good an opportunity! The Ostriches roam free at Werribee Open Range Zoo in Victoria, Australia.

The Red Browed Finches at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia, usually breed in Spring, but I took this shot in mid-Summer. I think it was either running very late - or having a second go!

More twin Wax Lips! These lovely orchids are usually one flower to a stem, but sometimes 2 grow so close together they become twins. Their botanical name is Glossodia Major - and they are sometimes known as Parson In The Pulpit.

Blue Faced Honey Eater - chasing off a Red Tailed Black Cockatoo that strayed into its territory. World of Parrots, Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia.

These noisy parrots used to be common in the forests of Southern Australia, but the best place to see them now is Healesville Sanctuary, Victoria, Australia.

Sulphur Crested Cockatoos are well loved in Australia - not least because of their cheeky behaviour! This boy's name is Quosi, and he lives at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia.

Moon River - Railway Bridge at Murray Bridge, South Australia. This print was in my exhibition Road, River & Rail at the Murray Bridge Regional Gallery.

Australian Stockman in Foggy Eucalyptus Forest. Photographic digital art.

Walking through the Dandenong Ranges National Park, near Ferntree Gully in Victoria, Australia, the sun broke through the forest canopy - and lit up this tree fern (Dicksonia Antarctica).

I found this Honeysuckle (Lonicera Japonica) growing wild in Shepherds Bush - a part of Jells Park in Glen Waverley, Victoria, Australia. It's an introduced weed here, probably a garden escape, but the scent was glorious!

On a holiday to the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, we took a day trip to Mount Tambourine - and the National Park. We'd just arrived when a tropical rainstorm hit! When it cleared we took a walk along the boardwalk - and captured this lush forest growth.

The Taggerty Cascades are on the Taggerty River, about 14kms (almost 9 miles) above Marysville in the Victorian Alps. Access is by a twisty, dirt road, then a steep walking track. The photos made it worthwhile though!

After a lot of pushing and shoving, these critically endangered Helmeted Honeyeaters both got a bit of nectar! Taken at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia.

Taken in the Butterfly House at Melbourne Zoo in Victoria, Australia, a Common Eggfly clings to the edge of a leaf.

Last night's supermoon - had to wait ages for a break in the clouds - but it was worth it! Taken from the balcony of my flat in Melbourne, Australia at about 10.00 PM.

These body boarders must be keen - at low tide it's a long walk to the waves! Norman Beach, Tidal River, Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria.

The Rainbow Lorikeets are making themselves at home in the Land Of Parrots at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia. These 2 have taken over this nest hole - the male is checking the sky for rain!

Casuarina Littoralis (Black Sheoke) is a common small tree in Southern Australia. It has male and female trees, so they only produce seed when they are near each other. This is a female tree with a flower. These flowers are tiny and easy to miss, but worth a close inspection.

A tiiny Silvereye on a cactus flower in the Meerkat enclosure at Werribee Open Range Zoo in Victoria, Australia. The white ring around its eye, which gives it its name, is clearly visible.

Miff, the Major Mitchell Cockatoo, pops her head up from the hollow tree - and shows off her beautiful crest! Taken at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia.

Took lots of shots here as the river and falls had plenty of water, in spite of our recent lack of rain! The Toorongo River is near Noojee, in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.

I found a small clearing in the forest, where these Spotted Sun Orchids were enjoying the extra sunshine. Their botanical name is Thelymitra Ixiodes, and these were flowering in Baluk Willam Reserve in Victoria, Australia.

This is another difficult plant - again one stem with white flowers along it. I was lucky to find a couple of nice specimens tangled together by the wind. Common name is Creamy Candles or properly Stackhousia Monogyna, and very common in Spring in the woodlands of Southern Australia.

This Tawny Frogmouth was roosting in a Silver Birch tree - right outside the front door of my flat. Great when the wildlife comes to you!

I found a colony of these Tongue Orchids (Cryptostylis Subulata) in the middle of last Winter. I kept going back every month or so until they produced some flower stems. Then I visited every week - weather permitting - until they flowered. Their exotic beauty was worth the wait!

Marla is the oldest Koala at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia. She's seen it all before - so when someone points a camera at her - she just yawns!

Irish Australian Grown With Irish Roots - Gift for Irish

Australian Native Floral and Cockatoo Pattern

Straight Outta Hobart - Gift for Australian From Hobart in Tasmania Australia

This photograph of Australia's iconic cockatoo was *featured* in 'Your Country's Best' . #cockatoos #sulphurcrestedcockatoos #birds

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Australians are from the upside down right?

One super happy cat to make you super happy. Original art hand drawn with Poscas in sunny Arnhem Land, Australia.

I chose this unusual composition to focus on the beautiful colours near the base of the first drop of Belmore Falls. The first drop is huge & then it falls one more time into the valley below. Photographed with a Canon 400D in the Morton National Park, NSW, Australia. *Features* Canon DLSR, March 2013. A Place To Call Home, March 2013.

This is probably the largest of the Greenhood Orchids - Pterostylis Grandiflora - which means the same thing! Commonly known as a Cobra Greenhood, they seem to be quite rare - these were growing at Baluk William Reserve in Victoria, Australia.