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June 5, 2014

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

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