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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.

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!

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!

Just sometimes a wild animal will co-operate - and look at the camera! This cute Alpine Dingo lives at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia.

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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)

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.

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!

A young female Koala at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia. Posing for the camera - balancing on a stump.

Summer is mating season for Koalas - so Benni is making sure the girls know he's looking for love! Benni lives at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia, and is already father of 2 boys and a girl.

You know how you feel when you've just woken up after a long sleep - imagine how you'd look when you sleep for 18 to 20 hours a day. The Koalas at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria do that!

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

Bridges Under Fog - Murray Bridge, South Australia

One of the newest uploads for my architecture series. Here is Pyree Hall, NSW, on the outskirts of Nowra NSW.

Grevilleas are very popular in Australian gardens. This Rosemary Grevillea (Grevillea Rosmarinifolia) was flowering in my garden in Glen Waverley in Victoria, Australia.

A fallen branch from a big gum tree - after the storm at Shepherds Bush - part of Jells Park in 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.

A young female koala - just a teenager! Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia.

Definitely a weed - but very common - and very pretty when in flower. This Milk Thistle - also known as Scotch Thistle - (Silybum spp) has attracted a honey bee for a feed of nectar.

New to the pond! The water hen is a native to Australia with its' vivid blue-indigo plumage and red beak and head marking.

There are very few native plants in flower in Autumn and Winter in Australia. Correa Reflexa is one of the few which do. I was lucky to find this less common red variety at Hochkins Ridge Flora Reserve in Victoria, Australia.

Occasionally mistaken for Rice Flowers - especially by me! - these Candles grow in colonies and do look like candles from a distance. Proper name is Stackhousia Monogyna at Hochkins Ridge Flora Reserve, Victoria, Australia.

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!

This is a tropical Christmas dinner prawn pattern by Jennifer Pan. It has pink prawns, bellflowers, stars and the traditional colours gold, red and green. It's the perfect way to celebrate the summer holiday season!

The city of Sydney skyline taken in high dynamic range photography. Camera set to AEB of 3 and images merged to HDR using Photomatix Pro.

Little Blue Country Cottage in the pretty village of Tilba Tilba , Australia - watercolour

Just as well Hippos are vegetarians - if they weren't this Swamp Hen would have been in BIG trouble! Taken at Werribee Open Range Zoo in Victoria, Australia.

Dindi, the Koala, lives at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia. I've been taking photos of him since he came out of his Mum's pouch about 6 years ago - so he knows my voice. He very obligingly turned to say hello, when I asked him to!

These colourful Rose Crowned Fruit Doves would make a great addition to any aviary - and,yes, there are two of them! One kept hiding behind its mate. Taken in the Fighting Extinction Aviary at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia.

Prickly Tea Tree (Leptospermum Continentale) is one of the very few Tea Trees which grow inland - most of them are coastal. This one likes open woodlands and heath. The pink flowers along the stems make a pretty picture in Spring.

I waited weeks for these Tongue Orchids (Cryptostylis Subulata) to come into flower. The flower stems appeared in early Spring. A couple of weeks after the first flowers appeared I went back to see how they were doing - and found this gorgeous pair!