Sunday Walk

Sunday walk

to Sunshine Beach

for lunch

is a ritual 

that has been established 

this year

Up the hill

down the slope

through the eucalypts 

and the banksias

and the wallum

A Small Frill Neck Lizard poses for me

then 

back through the wallum 

to the tanglewood

and the rain-forest

It was hot today

we were all hungry

and on the move

Now back to collect our car

at the edge of the rain-forest

What's over here at the rock wall?

It looks small 

but these are large boulders

The carpet snake or Morelia Spilota

a native of the rainforests of Queensland

which is my state

is a python who is non-venomous

and can grow 2-4m

This one I estimated to be 2m long

Carpet snakes can live 20-30 years

He has attractive black 

and yellow/brown markings

and a gorgeous iridescent pearl eye

A great Sunday walk...