Spring is a moveable feast.
For Perth’s nectar-eaters, their season of abundance is already underway.
However, “honeyeaters” like Phylidonyris novaehollandiae – the New Holland honeyeater – cannot survive on a 100% nectar diet.
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By any reasonable definition, almost all of Tasmania’s Southwest National Park qualifies as “wilderness”.
This post is the fruit of a wonderful walk along a relatively sheltered shore, on Bathurst Channel.
Its sequel will take you to a nearby ocean beach, likewise, far from road or wharf.
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The largest and loudest of living lemur species has to be heard to be believed!
Humpback whales are the oceans’ most prodigious “singers”; arguably, the Indri (Indri indri) is the grand champion “vocalist” among land mammals.
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This is a wee landscape sequel to the first lemur post (more lemur posts to come, soon)
Comments closedOvernight, the Stirling Range – Bluff Knoll, especially – had its best snowfall in some years, and you can see it, complete with quokka….
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In marked contrast to most eastern Australian cities, Perth is enjoying a “proper” winter in 2018.
More than 150 mm fell here in July. As I type, heavy rain is falling, and it just might be snowing on Bluff Knoll, 400 ks southeast of here.
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Looks rather like a Paris-styled raccoon.
(Primatologist Alison Jolly’s 1967 description of Madagascar’s emblematic mammal)
Lemur catta – the ring-tailed lemur – is the most “adaptable” of circa 107 lemur species.
However, like other lemurs, its post-1967 story is one of potentially catastrophic decline, mostly via destruction of suitable habitat.
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No faux chateaux or Californianesque excess here: these seven Australian wineries are grand, not grandiose.
All will almost certainly offer you a lovely location, and a warm welcome from knowledgeable, unpretentious folks.
Each has a range of genuinely-excellent wines that begin at prices well south of $30.
Three will also serve you a delicious, affordable lunch.
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4.39 pm, Thursday 19 July 2018, southwest edge of Lake Monger.
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Today in Perth was one of this city’s not at all rare, uncanny winter days – the kind which turns visitors into immigrants.
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