Some old, familiar faces

Koala -- naptime at Morialta Falls

Shingleback - sunbathing at Nixon Skinner

Crested Pigeon - Playford Lake

Murray River Turtle - Playford Lake

European honeybee - Nangawooka

Monarch butterfly - newly hatched, home garden

Doe Kangaroo ... lunchtime at Myponga

Spring comes to South Aus

 

Canola, near Milang

Blossom, Strashalbyn

Surf's up, Dapp Beach

New Holland Honeyeater

Laratinga

Highland cattle, near Clarendon

Magnolias, Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens

Dunes, Parson's Beach, Newland Head CP

Galah, Belair NP

McLaren Vale Visitors Centre

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

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

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. 

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

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

The Monarch, the Kooka, the Goat and the Flowers...

 

A Monarch (Wanderer) butterfly on the Milk Weed in the home garden

Spring flowers ... kerchoo!

A kookaburra at Belair NP keeps an eye on the canned tuna

I wonder if goats make good pets!

Dawn over the hills and vales south of Adelaide

Acorns and Conkers and Brambles ... and Rabbits -- oh, my!