Frogs splashing up a storm at Uluru
We couldn’t wait to share this picture of a water-holding frog having a dip in a tiny rock pool at Uluru. Months of sporadic rainfall has generated an explosion of […]
Tag Archives: native fauna
Annual red crab migration begins
We’re so excited – the annual red crab migration has begun on Christmas Island with millions of the creatures making their way from the forest to the coast. The arduous process […]
Friends of the Gardens launch illustrated bird brochure
Following on from our recent brush with HRH Queen Elizabeth, former Governor General His Excellency Michael Bryce AM AE, Patron of the Friends, launched a new bird brochure at the […]
Breakfast with the birds
An abundance of birds nested at the Australian National Botanic Gardens this spring. Each Saturday and Sunday morning from mid September to mid October I took visitors through the gardens […]
Scaly, slithery, creepy and crawly
Kakadu has an abundance of reptiles that call the national park home. With a healthy dose of caution and respect for our scaled, cold blooded, slithering friends we can all […]
Promising news of the brush-tailed mulgara
At Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park we’re on the lookout for one of the park’s most threatened marsupials – the brush-tailed mulgara. We are currently undertaking our third annual survey of the mulgara, using 500 […]
Mum-to-be at Booderee
I was lucky enough to take this photo of a gravid (pregnant) jacky lizard last week. Look how full of eggs she is – you can see the bulges in […]
