Sunday, April 5, 2009


Banksia marginata Silver Banksia, Honeysuckle
HABITAT: Dry open forest on shaly loam, around sandstone outcrops and steep rocky slopes.
FLOWERING: April-July

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Just another night around the house

Golden-crowned snake. This nocturnal snake is venomous but not considered dangerous.



Another one of our resident possums.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009




Eagle Rock from the air.
Photos courtesy of M. Treanor

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Actinotus minor Miniature Flannel Flower, Lesser Flannel Flower
FLOWERING: mainly summer, occasionally throughout the year
HABITAT: heath and dry sclerophyll forest on sandy soils
(yes the petals do feel like flannel)

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Tuesday, March 3, 2009


Phalacrocorax melanoleucos Little Pied Cormorant


Sunday, March 1, 2009

Petrophile sessillis Prickly Conesticks
FLOWERING: December - January
HABITAT: Dry eucalypt forest and heath, on rocky slopes
and in shallow sandy soils.

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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Watery Wednesday #20

THE LOST WORLD
In the distance, you can just see what we call the Lost World, a remote patch of rainforest.