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 eyeA great Sunday walk...
