Northern Brown Bandicoot
A rather pregnant Northern Brown Bandicoot that has been visiting for the last few nights. This may be because:
The populations of I. macrourus live in two different habitats: one during the dry season and the other during the wet season. During the dry season, this species lives in thick vegetation consisting of tall weeds, small trees, and dense shrubs.
Source: Wikipedia
We’ve only had one day with rain for what seems like months and with the rain came this:
Rainbow
Crash
Furrows
Smoky sunset
Dust and smoke 00
Dust and smoke 01
Dust and smoke 02
A combination of the dust that has blown up from the south and smoke from bush fires behind Ingham. The ABC has a report called Dust storm reaches QLD’s far north illustrated with pictures from, er, Brisbane. Here’s a report about the bushfires.
Burning sky
Reinforcements will be called in to help two snake handlers remove a giant python from an abandoned building in Cairns in far north Queensland.
Aaron Chapman from the Kuranda Venom Zoo says a smaller python lifted his colleague off the ground when they tried to catch it in the Yorkeys Knob Boating Club this week.
Yep, it must be snake season already. The stingers will be here soon, no doubt.
Via the ABC. Read the full piece here.