Taken this morning on the first anniversary of Cyclone Yasi:
Paint dust
I’m hoping the painter has finally completed work at the lodge. Vacuuming 155 square metres (1680 square feet) of wooden floors is a pain in the arse. I think I need to hire a floor polisher now.
The garden zoo was busy today
I went outside and spotted a medium sized wallaby doing some lawn maintenance. I grabbed the camera and was just about to click the shutter release when it was spooked by a noise from the forest. Yet another cassowary in the garden. I’m going to miss these when we move back home. Cassowary having a [...]
Golden orb weaver spider
To give you some sense of scale this little lady is larger than my hand. Cute! It’s probably a Nephila pilipes and also likely to be a juvenile female. You can read more about this baby on Wikipedia. There are nine male admirers sitting in her web and waiting for her to return. The males [...]
Goanna in the garden
A fine specimen stomping through the garden and searching for breakfast. This big boy is about 1.5m (4 foot) long. The usual stuff about taking photos through a fly screen applies. Click the thumbnail image for a much larger version, as always.