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Koala
Cassowary
Sulfur-crested Cockatoo
Mareeba Rock Wallaby at Granite Gorge Nature Park
Striped Possum
Long-nosed Bandicoot Looking for Honey
Golden Orb Weaver
Duck-billed Platypus on the Atherton Tablelands
Musky Rat kangaroo
At the Cassowary House in 2013
In Victoria, Australia in 2023
“London Bridge” Has Fallen Down!
Eastern Gray Kangaroo
Tawny Frogmouth
Male Plains-Wanderer
Female Plains-Wanderer
Little Buttonquail
Female Painted Buttonquail at Gulpa Island
Southern Boobook
Southern Boobook at Lotusbird Lodge
Barn Owl
Gang-gang Cockatoo
Olive-backed Oriole
Superb Fairy-Wren
Beets on Burgers in Australia!
Yummy Kangaroo Meat for Lunch
Payten and Jones Winery
Wine Tasting at Payten and Jones
We Visited Coldstream Hills Winery
After Lunch at Yering Winery
Yering Winery
We also Visited DeBortoli Winery
Vinyard Fields
Melbourne Royal Exhibition Hall
Street Art in Melbourne
Sue at the Beach in St. Kilda
Square-tailed Kite at Gulpa Island.
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo with iridescent green on back and wings
A slightly ruffled Common Bronzewing
Supreb Parrot at Gulpa Island
Painted Honeyeater near Wanganella Swamp
Baillon's Crake at Coopers Swamp
Brown Treecreeper
Black Honeyeater
Striated Pardalote
Galah at Gulpa Island
An Eastern Rosella peeks out from a nest hole
A pair of Rainbow Bee-eaters
Goannas, species unknown
Fat-tailed Dunnart. Not a mouse!
Lerps, a type of "bush tucker" -- sweet, but it would take a lot to make a meal!
Emus: Signature bird of Australia featured on the coat of arms
Emu at Lakefield National Park
Papuan Frogmouth at Lakefield National Park
Black Butcherbird
Female Victoria's Riflebird
Australian Bustard
Royal Spoonbill
Royal Spoonbill looking for food
A Brolga with friend Magpie-goose at Lotusbird Lodge
A Pied Currawon at O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat
Female Regent Bowerbird at O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat
Eastern Whipbird seen from the boardwalk at O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat
Golden Bower Bird
One of the very tame Crimson Rosellas at O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat
Pirate Sue!
A White-necked Heron in all his glory
Grey-headed Flying Foxes at a roost in the Lockyer Valley
Pink-eared Duck at the U. Queensland agricultural research campus in the Lockyer Valley
Magpie-goose
Fan-tailed Cuckoo at Lamington National Park
Male Satin Bowerbird at Lamington National Park
Varied Sittella
Male Mistletoebird
Australian Magpie
Azure Kingfisher at Gulpa Creek
Black Swan in the Gulpa Creek Reed beds
Little Pied Cormorant at Gulpa Creek
Diamond Firetail
Gray Butcherbird with an impressive snack
Apostlebird
Little Wattlebird
Budgie in the Wild
Australian Owlet-nightjar Outside in Broad Daylight!
Brown Falcon
Male Chestnut Quail-thrush
Olive Whistler at Port Campbell
immature Beautiful Firetail
White-browed Scrubwren
Eastern Yellow Robin
Silver Gull in flight
Australian Ibis were seen on the grounds of the Golden Heritage Hotel
Maned Ducks at our hotel in Beechworth
Gala (Large Cockatoo) in Beechworth
Laughing Kookaburra
A Sulfur-crested Cockatoo emerges from its nest hole at the golf course
Gray Fantail
Female Superb Fairywren
Rufous Bristlebird at Daysy Hill Cottages
Rufous Bristlebird
New Holland Honeyeater
Pied Currawong
Female Chestnut Quail-thrush runs across the track in Murray-Sunset National Park.
Red-browed Firetail Finch
Black-chinned Honeyeater
Long-billed Corellas at a nest hole at the Murray Valley National Park, Gulpa Creek Reed Beds
Female Regent Parrot at Wandown Flora and Fauna Reserve near Swan Hill
Male Eastern Shrike-tit in Chiltern-Mt. Pilot National Park