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Description: Scarlet robins and Quandong trees are native Australians. Gorgeous and colourful, they're the perfect Christmas icon, but I'm also more than happy to see them every day. Quandongs are a parasitic plant with distinctive lime-coloured leaves, and their bright red fruit can be made into jams or the internal nut eaten.
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Description: Original artwork is a watercolour sketch of a Willie Wagtail, a type of Fantail, native to Western Australia. The local aboriginal name for Willie Wagtail gives the derivation for the name Chittering, where I live. The blue Lechenaultia is a striking native plant, also endemic to the area.