Photo’s: Baz – The Landy, Gulf Country, Northern Australia 
Australian Wildlife – Encounters in the bush
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Tawny Frog-Mouth and Baby (Too Cute)
Photo: Baz – The Landy
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A Superb Fairy Wren (In the Australian Bush)
A couple of days ago we were “Out and About” in the Australian Bush at Gloucester Tops and what a glorious day it was.
Ham left over from Christmas lunch on freshly baked sour dough bread, a swim in a mountain stream, and company of family and friends.
Crikey, it doesn’t get any better than that, hey!
Anyway, while we where there I managed to snap a picture of this beautiful Blue Wren…
Photo: Baz, The Landy
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A Tawny Frog Mouth (Australian Wildlife)
I captured this picture of a Tawny Frog Mouth sitting in the backyard this morning. Standing tall and silent it kept a close eye on me as I clicked away.
Doesn’t it have such lovely textures that blend in so well with its environment?
Australia hey, strewth you just have to love it.
And by the way, Merry Christmas!
Photo: Baz, The Landy
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G’Day Mate (Polly wants a cracker)
A lazy Saturday afternoon down by the lake with Janet, a cup of tea in hand watching the sunset…beautiful (and so is the sunset 😉 ).
Oh, and a couple of hundred cockies flying around.
A bit unusual to see so many here…
You just wouldn’t be dead for quids!
photo: Baz, The Landy
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Crikey – Where’s the snooze button (Turn that bloody thing off!)
There is a lot to like about our island continent, Australia.
Our unique wildlife, kangaroos bounding across wide open plains, koalas sleeping in a lonely gum tree, and even a crocodile here and there…
Beaches that are counted among the best in the world, the brilliant red colour of the Outback set against a rich blue sky.
But don’t worry, I’m not writing an advertorial for our local tourism authority, besides, I think Australia does a good job of selling itself…
No, what I am writing about is the world’s best alarm clock.
There is no need to set it, it comes in a range of colours and is mostly uniform in shape and size…
No snooze button on this model though…
It doesn’t make the usual mind-numbing BEEP…BEEP…BEEP, or gently awaken you to the sound of your favourite music.
But it will awaken you to the sounds of jovial laughter, perhaps leaving you to wonder whether you are still in that bar you were going to leave before the stroke of midnight…
As the first sign of light began to show in the eastern sky, I wiped the sleep from my eyes and headed for the shed, my predawn exercise workout beckoning.
And that alarm was still laughing, mocking me, seemingly taking pleasure that it had dislodged another from the dreamworld that we all try to hold onto for those extra few minutes.
Yep, natures alarm clock, Australia’s own Kookaburra – you’ve gotta love ‘em…
(The one pictured is a Blue-Winged Kookaburra photographed by Janet, my partner, on Bowthorne Station in the Gulf Savannah of Northern Australia.)
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Crikey – Turn that bloody thing off…
There is a lot to like about our island continent, Australia.
Beaches that are counted among the best in the world, the brilliant red colour of the Outback set against a rich blue sky.
Our unique wildlife, kangaroos bounding across wide open plains, koalas sleeping in a lonely gum tree, and even a crocodile here and there…
But don’t worry, I’m not writing an advertorial for our local tourism authority, besides, I think Australia does a good job of selling itself…
No, what I am writing about is the world’s best alarm clock.
There is no need to set it, it comes in a range of colours, and is mostly uniform in shape and size…
No snooze button on this model though…
It does not make the usual mind-numbing BEEP…BEEP…BEEP, or gently awaken you to the sound of your favourite music.
But it will awaken you to the sounds of jovial laughter, perhaps leaving you to wonder whether you are still in that bar you were going to leave before the stroke of midnight…
As the first sign of light began to show in the eastern sky, I wiped the sleep from my eyes and headed for the shed, my predawn exercise workout beckoning.
And that alarm was still laughing, mocking me, seemingly taking pleasure that it had dislodged another from the dreamworld that we all try to hold onto for those extra few minutes.
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