Some uniquely Aussie faces

 

Little Raven at Belair NP

Little Wattlebird at Nangawooka

Superb Fairywren at Mt Loft Botanic Garden

New Holland Honeyeater at Port Elliot

Pelican at Clayton Bay

There Be Dragons!

Bearded Dragon at Port Augusta

 

Yes, Bearded Dragons climb trees! They also grow very large...

A young, and still quite small "Beardie"

...and the baby Bearded Dragon, not much more than a hatchling -- 
Eyre Peninsula, near The Blowholes

Where would we be without bees?

 

The Spirit of Winter in our local hills

 

The old road bridge at Sturt Gorge

Fly Agaric at Kuitpo

Koala at dawn, at Onkaparinga Gorge

Winter berries at Belair NP

fungus at Mount Lofty Botanic Garrens

Time and Tide on the Fleurieu

 

Dawn at Milang...

Grapes ready to harvest at Aldinga...

Full moon through the mist, outside the Pier Hotel...

Ponies at Silver Sands...

A mollusc enjoys the rain, Lake Alexandrina

The Colours of Winter

 

Maple leaves in the rain, Mt Lofty Botanic Garden

A winter's dawn at Milang

Petrel Cove on a sunny day in July

A tiny waterfall, Mt Lofty Gardens

Wild Orchids - the 2023 Orchid Hunt!

 

Rabbit Ears Sun Orchid at Manning Floral Reserve

Scented Sun Orchid at Spring Gully CP

Spider Orchid, Upper Waterfall, Belair NP

Eastern Donkey Orchid, Nixon Skinner Reserve

The 2023 Orchid Hunt took us to many places and turned up around 20 different species. Here are some of the prettiest and most perfect. South Australia's wild orchids bloom between late August and late October -- after the worst of winter and before the summer heat arrives. Not all orchids are beautiful ... some look distinctly odd, and many are so rare, we've yet to find them. 

Some Faces of South Australia in 2023

 

Vineyards, McLaren Flat

Canola, near Mannum

Spring in Belair NP

Carrick Hill

Murraylands

Spashes of woodland colour - Lorikeets, Parrots and Fairywren

 

Male Superb Fairywren at Karka Pavilion, Belair NP

Golden Whistler in Long Gully, Belair NP

Musk Lorikeet, Lyndoch Hill

Rainbow Lorikeet, Sturt

Galah, Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens

This Dangerous Shore: Dapp Beach

 

The ship-killer rocks at Dapp Beach

Dapp Beach is dangerous for boats and surfers

The walking trail runs from Petrel Cove to Dapp Beach, and beyond

Echidna!

 

The Rose, the Darter, the Honeybee and the Australian Fur Seal

Darter at Playford Lake, Belair NP

Rose at Lyndoch Hill

Honeybee at Nangawooka

Australian Fur Seals at the Goolwa Barrages