20 May 2016
Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog
Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog or Eastern Sedgefrog Litoria fallax. These tiny frogs only up to 3cm long are happy living in the man-made pond at our accommodation.
19 May 2016
Noosa National Park
Pandanus or Screw-pine Pandanus tectorius
Macaranga Macaranga tanarius
Jacky Lizard Amphibolurus muricatus (not totally sure)
Hell's Gates
Looking south to Granite Bay
Macaranga Macaranga tanarius
Jacky Lizard Amphibolurus muricatus (not totally sure)
Hell's Gates
Looking south to Granite Bay
The rocky beach at Granite Bay. You can hear the rocks clattering in the surf from above the beach.
15 May 2016
Wild Horse Mountain
So many Glasswings Acraea andromacha. The wings are like windows.
The Glasshouse Mountains, taken from the littlest Glasshouse Mountain, Wild Horse. There are eleven peaks in total.
11 Apr 2016
Fishing Gap
Silver Banksia Banksia marginata
On the lower slopes of Mt Domain, so many rusty orange flower buds of Royal Grevillea Grevillea victoriae
Some of the Royal Grevilleas starting to flower
Rough-leaf Currant Bush Coprosma hirtella
On the lower slopes of Mt Domain, so many rusty orange flower buds of Royal Grevillea Grevillea victoriae
Some of the Royal Grevilleas starting to flower
Rough-leaf Currant Bush Coprosma hirtella
30 Mar 2016
28 Mar 2016
Long Flat - Burnt Hill
After some rain, many little creatures were out in the damp but sunny conditions. Canary Worm or Canary Flatworm Fletchamia sugdeni.
Female Mountain Grasshopper or Katydid Acripeza reticulata
Some kind of female orange mealy bug, possibly Monophlebulus sp.
Whip Snake or White-lipped Snake Drysdalia coronoides. Very small only about 20cm.
One of only two Button Everlasting flowers seen on the walk Corinidium scorpioides
Black Sallee flowers are so tiny Eucalyptus stellulata
Just to show I was there...Sam Aboud's Dunny
Walking along the Border on Johnston's Line, facing west. Mt Gudgenby is just right of centre in the distance.
A Border Blaze- R39
Finally, at dusk, resting damselflies decorate the creekside. Unidentified.
2 Mar 2016
Main Range
Alpine Gentian Chionogentias muelleriana. One of the last alpine flowers of the summer.
Carpet Heath Pentachondra pumila
Mountain Celery Aciphylla glacialis. One of only two plants spotted on this late February trip with flowers. Most had finished flowering.
Alpine Spotted Grasshopper Monistria concinna
Australia's highest peak, Mt Kosciuszko
The second highest peak, Mt Townsend (in the clouds)
The Snowy River
View from Carruthers Peak
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