Dry Tropics Winter Day and Images from Western Australia

Western Australia, Day 10 Townsville: A wedding party stood beneath the majestic rain trees at the corner of the Townsville Golf Club in late afternoon. The white-clad bride and her groom were small, ...

Owl Pellets to Monitor Threatened Mammals, and Aussie Country Burgers

Western Australia, Day 9 Townsville: At midday, while cycling to James Cook University to attend a seminar, I passed a qartet of silent galahs foraging on the golf course and rode beneath flocks of ri...

Townsville Birds and WA’s Yellow-spotted Monitors

Western Australia, Day 8 Townsville: In the Ross River Bush Gardens, a pair of forest kingfishers perched on a branch in a gnarled poplar gum, one of the blue-and-white-suited birds gulping down a fre...

Tawny Frogmouths and More Images from Western Australia

Western Australia, Day 7 Townsville: In early morning, I again cycled to the Ross River Bush Gardens, curious as to whether the pair of tawny frogmouths would again be roosting in the she-oak where I ...