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Meerup is looking beautiful. The dams are still filling and as soon as dusk falls a chorus of frogs starts up. I love g...
17/07/2026

Meerup is looking beautiful. The dams are still filling and as soon as dusk falls a chorus of frogs starts up. I love going to sleep listening to them in the background. I have started swimming in the dam every morning, doing a few laps before work. I love the freezing water. Always have? Tingling skin and a feeling of strength? This image captured last year. A small flock of Rosellas that hang around close to the house and sheds. Some times only four, sometimes as many as twelve. They feed on the ground eating the seeds of the lawn and weeds. Often hard to see when they are feeding, Many times I scare them before I even realise they are there. Western Rosellas have been one of those species that I often see but have never managed to capture photographs I am happy with. I noticed them feeding near the house so managed to sneak around behind a pile of bricks and lay on my stomach. Always better to be at eye level with subjects. It creates a sense of connection and I think curiosity in an image. The colours really are that intense! Very very happy with my first good images of this species and hopefully many more to come!

There is nothing that captures my mind and heart more than Droseras in winter. A kalaidesope of light, colour, rainbows ...
17/07/2026

There is nothing that captures my mind and heart more than Droseras in winter. A kalaidesope of light, colour, rainbows and tiny stars. Photographing them is always a mind altering experience. Four hours seems like ten minutes. It is like going through some kind of portal into another dimension entirely. These from a few days back. The Droseras were heavy with dew but it was a sunny day so the light was thrown in all directions. On a small granite rock. While I was photographing the Droseras I noticed the moss, then the tiny spiderwebs. They were maybe two inches across but when I saw the images on the computer each one was like its own galaxy, thousands of tiny dew drops catching the light. Maybe a trick to attract insects? Very sadly there was an enormous amount of feral pig damage to this pristine fairyland. A unique environment, home to plants that grow no where else. I am going to see what can be done but I know the problem is widespread and escalating and DBCA are extremely under resourced? Welcome contacts or ideas?

I have a large Grevillia bush just outside my mobile cubby office. Extremely distracting….In the last week it has starte...
17/07/2026

I have a large Grevillia bush just outside my mobile cubby office. Extremely distracting….In the last week it has started to flower. Beautiful red blooms and lots of them. I noticed a bit of bird activity this morning so grabbed my Z8 and stood in the shadows to see who was about. A pair of Spinebills, and several different Honeyeaters including my photography nemesis the elusive White-naped Honeyeater. As usual this beauty totally evaded any reasonable images. I did get some nice ones of the Brown Honeyeater and the male Spinebill before the bossy New Holland Honeyeaters and a Wattlebird arrived and commandeered the entire bush. Good to know the White-naped one is about. I will pay close attention over the next few weeks. Awesome reminder that planting natives is a simple but extremely effective thing we can all do to provide a food supply and habitat for out birds, especially in urban areas.

There is nothing that captures my mind and heart more than Droseras in winter. A kalaidesope of light, colour, rainbows ...
17/07/2026

There is nothing that captures my mind and heart more than Droseras in winter. A kalaidesope of light, colour, rainbows and tiny stars. Photographing them is always a mind altering experience. Four hours seems like ten minutes. It is like going through some kind of portal into another dimension entirely. These from a few days back. The Droseras were heavy with dew but it was a sunny day so the light was thrown in all directions. On a small granite rock. While I was photographing the Droseras I noticed the moss, then the tiny spiderwebs. They were maybe two inches across but when I saw the images on the computer each one was like its own galaxy, thousands of tiny dew drops catching the light. Maybe a trick to attract insects? Very sadly there was an enormous amount of feral pig damage to this pristine fairyland. A unique environment, home to plants that grow no where else. You can see the damage in the last image. I am going to see what can be done but I know the problem is widespread and escalating and DBCA are extremely under resourced? Welcome contacts or ideas?

Some images of a Mardo known scientifically as the Yellow Footed Antechinus. Very lucky to see six of these tiny creatur...
16/07/2026

Some images of a Mardo known scientifically as the Yellow Footed Antechinus. Very lucky to see six of these tiny creatures with large pink ears and dark glistening eyes. Generally just a matter of sitting quietly close to the tangled branches of a long dead tree and looking for movement. These little guys seemed to emerge around 9.30am, when the warmth of the sun made itself felt in the understory. Active little creatures that dart in and out of hollows, up trees, through the leaf litter in search of insects. Interestingly, this is a species where males die after breeding. Years ago in an honours thesis for my Zoology degree I modelled the long term viability of two populations of Dibblers, a closely related species that lived on two islands off the coast of Jurien Bay. On one island males died after breeding while on the other island they lived for several years like females. The two islands are only a few hundred metres apart, so why the difference? Phd studies by other students found that male lifespan is genetically controlled, however a degree of plasticity exists in male lifespan, whereby, environmental factors operate to influence genetic expression. Effectively a genetic switch. In harsher environments and years where resources are scarce the switch is flicked and males die after breeding. In years and places where resources are abundant the switch stays off and males live long happy, fulfilled lives!!

Photographed a few weeks back in the drizzly rain. I am back at Meerup after a hectic week in Perth. So good to be back ...
10/07/2026

Photographed a few weeks back in the drizzly rain. I am back at Meerup after a hectic week in Perth. So good to be back in the forest. The dams have risen and the last three mornings I have been swimming in the freezing water. So cold it hurts but wakes my brain up and leaves my skin tingling and me feeling strong and alive. I swim across to a submerged log and back, today I did two laps. I have a backlog of images so will slowly work through them in the next few weeks. This beautiful raptor a Brown Falcon, not rare but the first time I have seen the species near my property. Perched on a fence post on the road to town. I managed a few images through the car window, love the interesting spots on the wing feathers. The fluorescent green pasture in the background really is that colour. I toned it down very slightly by dropping the saturation of greens, just a touch because I like my images largely unaltered.

The last few months have been a kaleidescopic whirlwind of diverse situations. Life is like the ocean, it has moods, alt...
04/07/2026

The last few months have been a kaleidescopic whirlwind of diverse situations. Life is like the ocean, it has moods, although this was a very strange mix of anticipation, new life, the most wonderful and happy, but also overwhelm, self doubt and anger with one of those unpredictable curve balls that come hurtling in from your past to do a few chaotic laps then bounces out as fast as it came in. Always things to learn and in this case a decision to be courageous, back myself and hold ground in a situation that was humiliating and difficult paid off. I knew if I could do it I would walk away feeling strong and that is what has happened. Amongst it all have been sparkles of magic mostly found in the dark, wet undergrowth of old growth Karri forest. Those ancient trees put our human concerns firmly into perspective, it is deeply calming to walk amongst giants and look for light! I haven’t had the chance to process the images in my usual overly perfectionistic and slightly manic way so here they are. A few adjustments to exposure and shadow, whites and blacks and that is about it. Mostly taken with my dedicated 200mm macro lens but for fun and a broader view I sometimes use my 13mm astrophotography lens for fungi, so I can draw in a sense of the forest, and the feel of the undergrowth and tangled overgrown vegetation. The diversity of form, color and texture always grabs my mind along with thoughts of the vast mycelia networks that exist beneath our feet. Surrounded by life above and below. Absolute highlight this year were green mushrooms and blue ones. Huge thankyou to PembertonDiscoveryTours and robynjane_photography for an amazing few days!! ♥️

The last few months have been a kaleidescopic whirlwind of diverse situations. Life is like the ocean, it has moods, alt...
04/07/2026

The last few months have been a kaleidescopic whirlwind of diverse situations. Life is like the ocean, it has moods, although this was a very strange mix of anticipation, new life, the most wonderful and happy, but also overwhelm, self doubt and anger with one of those unpredictable curve balls that come hurtling in from your past to do a few chaotic laps then bounces out as fast as it came in. Always things to learn and in this case a decision to be courageous, back myself and hold ground in a situation that was humiliating and difficult paid off. I knew if I could do it I would walk away feeling strong and that is what has happened. Amongst it all have been sparkles of magic mostly found in the dark, wet undergrowth of old growth Karri forest. Those ancient trees put our human concerns firmly into perspective, it is deeply calming to walk amongst giants and look for light! I haven’t had the chance to process the images in my usual overly perfectionistic and slightly manic way so here they are. A few adjustments to exposure and shadow, whites and blacks and that is about it. Mostly taken with my dedicated 200mm macro lens but for fun and a broader view I sometimes use my 13mm astrophotography lens for fungi, so I can draw in a sense of the forest, and the feel of the undergrowth and tangled overgrown vegetation. The diversity of form, color and texture always grabs my mind along with thoughts of the vast mycelia networks that exist beneath our feet. Surrounded by life above and below. Absolute highlight this year were green mushrooms and blue ones. Huge thankyou to PembertonDiscoveryTours and robynjane_photography for some amazing days!!

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