Rainforest Surprises

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Today we set out for a walk in the rainforest
At the park gates we were surprised
to see a kookaburra
sitting on the street light

Look up in this tree,
you will be as surprised as we were
to find a sleepy carpet snake
too tired to raise his head

His head is off to the left in this photo
resting on the branch
his tail dangling through the central coil
What a gorgeous fellow

I was hoping he would remain coiled
and not drop down on my head
while I crunched in the undergrowth
below him
trying to capture him on camera

Australia's national flower is the golden wattle
This is another wattle species
with a most unusual
pale green flower

Photo from Wikipedia


Returning through the Tanglewood Track
we could hear the distinctive call
of the whip birds - their bird song a duet,
a long piercing note followed by the whip crack
and the female's responding notes.

The whip bird is a smallish olive green bird
with black head and breast
and a small black crest.
He has a white cheek patch
and a long dark olive green tail
tipped with white

The birds are not often seen
but I spied the pair in the gum trees
calling like this...

Today
it was a walk
full of surprises...



Oh Happy Days



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