Walking Through the Week

The creeping crawling and climbing critters

are out and about

scampering, slithering and sunning

my walks along the coastal tracks

and over the hill through the forests

and banksia wallum 

don't seem complete without ~

a critter or two

this well camouflaged fellow

is a small frill neck lizard

keeping absolutely motionless

in the first picture 

you almost miss him in the twigs

look at the fine detail

in his suit of armour

without ~

a wildflower or bunch

I thought this butterfly

was a moth

until I learned that moths 

are mainly nocturnal

that they rest 

with their wings flat open

and they never ever have knobs

on the ends of their antennae

so those facts would determine

that this creature is a butterfly

see his long proboscis

sucking, straw-like,

the nectar from the flower

The flower

is a Long Podolepis

without ~ a splash of green 

today from the Livistona fan palm

in the rain forest

and without ~
an obliging bird 
even if that bird
is just a humble pied butcher bird
with a lovely trill...


camera critters

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...