Queensland houses or 'Queenslander' have some architectural features which are just perfect for birdwatching: timber stumps tha...

The Lamington National Park is approximately 100 km south of Brisbane, declared in 1915 after Lord Lamington, the Governor of Queensland a...

From left: Barn Owl, primary; Laughing Kookaburra, primary; Masked Lapwing, tail feather; Figbird, secondary, Laughing Kookaburra, ta...

I was surprised to observe the behaviour of this family of Australian Magpies, Gymnorhina tibicen . The young one, in the middle with a sti...

In Australian English (for non-Australian readers), a person may be called 'galah' when acting silly, probably because these ...

Last October the 16th was this blog's first birthday, I am amazed by the wonderful community of people it has gathered so far, to all t...

It is no wonder that when the 1500s Portuguese explorers, mapping the coasts of Australia, named it Psittacorum regio , the Latin for 'L...

The pretty face of one of Australia's icons is very well used in any possible way. Yet the population has been nominated as national th...

I saw three Stone Bush-curlews at the Brisbane Botanic Gardens. They are related to waders but they are actually terrestrial and found ...

Prints and greeting cards and bookmarks available. There are more than 700 species of Eucalyptus native of Australia, I was att...