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Tall Greenhood orchid, or Pterostylis Longifolia, is a common ground orchid, which appears for only a couple of weeks in Spring. This one was in a small colony around the base of a Messmate tree in Hochkins Ridge Flora Reserve, Victoria, Australia.

The paddle steamer Murray Princess docking at Murray Bridge on the River Murray from a river cruise up the river murray.

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Merry Christmas - Australian Theme

This is the coast of Bass Strait at the southern end of Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. It's exposed to the wild weather Bass Strait is famed for - this was a relatively calm day!

Short burst of warm, sunny weather brings out lots of wildflowers, including this Blunt Greenhood orchid - Pterostylis Curta - at Hochkins Ridge Flora Reserve, Victoria, Australia.

Brush Tailed Rock Wallabies are rare and endangered Australian animals. Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia, has a healthy colony and has just finished an extended area for them, which allows visitors to get close to these beautiful creatures. This little female hopped up onto a new bench to get a better view.

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This is the path up and down Hanging Rock in Victoria, Australia. Wouldn't have wanted to be on it when this huge rock fell from above!

A Red Collared Lorikeet at Melbourne Zoo Great Aviary in Victoria, Australia. Differs from a Rainbow Lorikeet as the red goes all round the neck. Vivid colours.

Caught in the act! This Scaly Breasted Lorikeet was enjoying a few gum nuts.

This is Yakini, who has recently taken over from his Dad as leader of the Gorilla group at Werribee Open Range Zoo in Victoria, Australia. He's not afraid to lay down the law!

All flights at the Flight Arena, Healesville Sanctuary, Victoria, Australia, are cancelled while the birds homes are being renovated. His keeper, Norm, brought Jess, the Wedge Tailed Eagle out for a bit of "show and tell". Jess' eagle eye spotted the camera and he kept an on me!

A pretty posy of Spotted Sun Orchids to present to your loved one - except you're not allowed to pick these! Their botanical name is Thelymitra Ixiodes, and these were flowering in Baluk Willam Reserve in Victoria, Australia.

This Giraffe apparently thought someone on the Safari Bus was good enough to eat! He had a good look - and licked his lips! The Safari Bus operates at Werribee Open Range Zoo in Victoria, Australia.

New digital painting of my Red Tailed Black Cockatoo in a Banksia garden setting and Fig tree background. Created in Pixelmator, this is a digital file. If you are interested in an NFT message me here on RB.

Alby, the Osprey, demonstrates his fishing skills again at the Flight Arena at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia.

I always enjoy a visit to the Butterfly House at Melbourne Zoo in Victoria, Australia. The butterflies are so active it's hard to get a shot, but this Orange Lacewing rested just long enough!

The dead tree and burnt bracken show just how dry and exposed this area is. Taken at Hanging Rock, Victoria, Australia.

Prickly Tea Tree - Leptospermum Continentale - defies the association of Tea Tree with coastal sand dunes. This species grows in heaths and woodlands all over Victoria, Australia. Taken at Churchill National Park.

Correa Reflexa - native fuchsia - in flower at Hochkins Ridge Flora Reserve in Victoria, Australia. Spring is on its way!

Nanki, the Serval, was out for a walk with her keeper, Paul, at Werribee Open Range Zoo in Victoria, Australia. She had a strong collar and lead to stop her getting up to mischief - and she wasn't happy about it!

A pair of beautiful Superb Fairywrens I found while out at a local park.

Superb Blue Wren design - from original watercolour painting by Nadya Neklioudova

Nothing says Aussie more than a large plastic Australian flag thong pool float. The iconic summer item.

A mob of Pelicans live by a pond at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia. Sometimes they have a spat!

Butcher Birds got their name from their habit of impaling their prey on a twig or branch while they tear it apart - nasty! Curiously they have a beautiful song - like this one singing in a dead tree in Glen Waverley, Victoria, Australia.

When I first saw these little pink orchids I thought they were just very small Pink Fingers. When I looked at the photo I could see they were much less common Black Tongue Caladenias (Caladenia Congesta)

This is Ganyeka, the younger brother of Yakini. They are both part of the Lowland Gorilla group at Werribee Open Range Zoo in Victoria, Australia. Handsome isn't he?

For the first time in living memory, a female Koala has been born at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia. Mum Emily looks relieved that she's leaving the pouch!

Male Eggfly butterflies are quite territorial - this one (with the blue eye spots) is pushing an intruder off HIS plant! Taken at the Butterfly House at Melbourne Zoo in Victoria, Australia.

These pretty little butterflies are everywhere in the Butterfly House at Melbourne Zoo in Victoria, Australia. Their wings are almost transparent - you can see part of the flower through them!

This is the only flat area on Hanging Rock, at The Saddle. It would have been the site of the famous picnic! Hanging Rock is in Victoria, Australia.

Norman Beach is at Tidal River, Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia. Very popular during school holidays, it's almost empty at other times.

Early Nancy - Wurumbea Dioica - has a much easier to remember common name. These dainty little flowers come out in Spring and prove that beautiful things come in small packages - the flowers are around 8 - 10mm across. This one was on show at Hochkins Ridge Flora Reserve, Victoria, Australia.

I could never understand why Lions are called King of the Jungle - when they don't live in the jungle. This old Lion at Melbourne Zoo in Victoria, Australia, was doing what all Lions like to do - lying in wait in the long grass!