Tag: Australian Wildlife

  • Boulders

    What is it like to live with an affinity for boulders? I want to rescue boulders destined for the tip to put in my garden. I love sitting on boulders. How often do they serve as a snack stop on bush walks? I use boulders to step across creeks, I collect pebbles which are ‘mini…

  • A Python moved through the garden

    Col almost accidently picked up this 2.4 metre (nearly 8ft) python minding its business under our side veranda. I had said I’d need to be careful about removing the plastic sheet where I have temporarily stored some hay and lucerne from the rain, as it would be an ideal place for snakes. After some consideration…

  • The Owl and the Lizard

    A photo – one of my favourites – from my second WordPress post, to celebrate 100 posts. This frillneck lizard still lives in our garden, though my mosiac owl now sits tucked away under a tree, grounded by termites that made a feast of its perching place. There was purpose in the lizard’s highly focused,…