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February 28, 2014

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Labour and wait

Labour and wait

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July sunset – sorry for knocking you off your perch for this one Snowball
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Eye to eye with Snakey the diamond python
Eye to eye with Snakey the diamond python
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A breba crop
Mist rising over Berowra Valley National Park
Mist rising over Berowra Valley National Park
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From labour and wait
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A fossil in the garden
Australian magpie with hairy caterpillar
Australian magpie with hairy caterpillar
Huge sandstone cliffs at Wentworth Falls
Huge sandstone cliffs at Wentworth Falls
A fossil in the garden
A fossil in the garden
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Tumeric flower
Tumeric flower
Dawn breaks over the barrier between Bombah Broadwater and the open sea
Dawn breaks over the barrier between Bombah Broadwater and the open sea
Eat your heart out Georgia O'Keefe
Eat your heart out Georgia O’Keefe
Red liquidamba leaves
Red liquidamba leaves
Today on chicken TV: the makeover show
Today on chicken TV: the makeover show
Silhouette of a yellow tailed black cockatoo
Silhouette of a yellow tailed black cockatoo
And this time a squid.
And this time a squid.
Surfers floating over the relics of yesterday's lagoon
Surfers floating over the relics of yesterday’s lagoon
A hoarder's confessions
A hoarder’s confessions
A hoarder's confessions
A hoarder’s confessions
Butterfly visiting a shallot flower - is it a cabbage white?
Butterfly visiting a shallot flower – is it a cabbage white?
April sunrise
April sunrise
Beautiful jerusalem artichoke flowers
Beautiful jerusalem artichoke flowers
The light blue soldier crab, Mictyris longicarpus
The light blue soldier crab, Mictyris longicarpus
Death, hot compost and chicken addictions
Death, hot compost and chicken addictions
Sparrowhawk square crop
Spring rain
Spring rain
Past-it parsley showing off its new spiky leaves
Past-it parsley showing off its new spiky leaves
Callicoma shadow great
Pomegranate star and blue sky
Pomegranate star and blue sky
Eastern water dragon enjoying the attentions of the papperazzi.
Eastern water dragon enjoying the attentions of the papperazzi.
Apocalypse descending over Berowra
Apocalypse descending over Berowra
The liquidambar feast
The liquidambar feast
R and Andy June 2011 crop
First artichoke of the year
First artichoke of the year
Clydeside in late autumn. Ideal habitat for kale.
Clydeside in late autumn. Ideal habitat for kale.
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Bee-ing positive
From bean thieves
From bean thieves
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Spring rain
Sprinter (not yet sprummer)
Sprinter (not yet sprummer)
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Orchestral manoeuvres in the dark
Orchestral manoeuvres in the dark
Green and orange for closeup real crop horizontal
Child's eye view
Child’s eye view
Red wattlebird in our Japanese maple
Red wattlebird in our Japanese maple
Just part of the flock
Just part of the flock
Dianella caerulea really really closeup
Dianella caerulea really really closeup
Pelicans on the Wyong River in late afternoon
Pelicans on the Wyong River in late afternoon
The Bronze Orange Bug: a worthy adversary
The Bronze Orange Bug: a worthy adversary
The papparazzi invade the marsupial Big Brother House
The papparazzi invade the marsupial Big Brother House
Spring rain
Spring rain
A fossil in the garden
A fossil in the garden
Andy mugshot
Andy mugshot
White faced heron
White faced heron
darter wings outstretched crop
Brush turkey chick on the alert
Brush turkey chick on the alert
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Bowerbirds: snacking for solar gain
Reflections of a ground predator
Reflections of a ground predator
Borage: a salad climax community
Borage: a salad climax community
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Summer sunset
Cockies and smokey view 2 Aug 2014
Still morning on Two Mile Lake
Still morning on Two Mile Lake

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