Galah
Australian Crested Pigeon
2 Galas and one Corella
Corellas
Australian Laughing Dove
Australian Ringneck Parrot
Cooloongup house patio
Emu
Emu
Western Australian Grey Kangaroo
Not Laughing Kookaburra
Australian Pelican
Australian Pelican
Pelican breeding ground on Penguin Island.
Little Penguins (see notes below gallery)
Little Penguins
Dolphins. You can see the gouges on their fins from shark attacks.
Path to the beach. (Indian Ocean)
Pied Cormorant
Sea Lions sunning on the beach at Seal Island.
Seal Lions playing.
Young folks get an early start on the ocean here. This was taken by an island 1-2 km from the mainland.
Rainbow Lorikeet (parrot)
Rainbow Lorikeet (parrot)
Secret Harbour house
We went for a walk today by Lake Walyungup and saw this warning sign. The next picture shows the cool gals we found behind it.
Golden Orb Weaving Spiders (see notes below gallery)
Glasses for perspective on the size of the flowers.
You can see the yellow pollen sacs on the bees legs.
Boardwalk to bird hide. Spectacles Lakes
Boardwalk to bird hide. Spectacles Lakes
Black Swan
Black Swan
Hammond Park House
Australian magpie
Australian Magpie
Laughing Kookaburra
Laughing Kookaburra
Monarch Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly
Australian Shelduck
Purple Swamphen
Australian Ibis
Metallic Skink. (He's about the size of your baby finger.)
Eastern Great Egret
Silver Gull
Silver Gull
Young Quokka
Young Quokka
Brown Honeyeater
Brown Honeyeater
Tawny Frogmouth
Dingo
Pacific black duck
Eclectus parrot
Australian barn owl
Rockingham Beach
Stone Curlew
Little Penguins
These guys are only about 13 inches tall and just too cute. They spend 80% of their lives in the ocean hunting for food. They cruise around 8 kph. As luck would have it, the next island over is Seal Island, home to seals and sea lions who like to eat little penguins. These guys cruise around 17 kph. Go figure.
Australian Golden Orb Weaving Spiders
(Taken loosely from The Brisbane Times)
(Taken loosely from The Brisbane Times)
Researchers say the synthetics based on the golden orb’s spider silk could be far tougher than what surgeons used for ligament, reconstruction, skin grafts and sutures, which all have a limited lifespan. It could also be used for bulletproof clothing and fishing nets.
Although it would be great to be able to farm the spiders to produce more of the super-strong silk, Mrs Kerr said that wasn’t possible. “The natural product is just amazing, but spiders can’t be farmed like a silk worm because the spiders just eat each other.”
Bites of this species are not known to cause serious effects to humans.
Although it would be great to be able to farm the spiders to produce more of the super-strong silk, Mrs Kerr said that wasn’t possible. “The natural product is just amazing, but spiders can’t be farmed like a silk worm because the spiders just eat each other.”
Bites of this species are not known to cause serious effects to humans.