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Turbo Chook

The Tasmanian Native Hen is locally referred to as the “Turbo Chook” or Road Runner, though it is not. It is a mostly flightless bird that can run very fast and has a loud raucous call. Apparently they are great eating! After preparation, it’s best to cook them for an hour in a pot of water with a rock, then throw away the bird, and eat the rock. And yes, their eyes are really that…

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Eastern Spinebill

Unpublished Eastern Spinebill images from the archives. OM-1, Olympus 75-300 f4.8-6.7 II lens, ISO of 12800 to keep the shutter speed up around 1/800 at f6.7. Edited / noise reduction with DxO Photolab 5. Thanks for flying by 😀

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Weeds - nuts on The Nut

Unfortunately everything is not quite peachy on top of The Nut at Stanley. You would think this isolated plateau peninsula would be relatively protected from invasive species, but gorse and hemlock have over-run about a third of the area each! Prickly Gorse above is quite prolific and spread in patches over most of the agricultural/rural areas of Tasmania, despite many failed campaigns over the…

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Perfect blue parasols

Faeries left their little parasols out after the rain! I found this intimate group of three lovely Mycena interrupta just off a fire trial not far from my home after a few days of rain. Of all the photos I’ve taken, these are my favourite fungi shots of all time, one in particular. The “in front of the scene” shot above, was taken with my phone, immediately after the image below was captured,…

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Urban living

it doesn’t take much for life to bloom.Find your feet, grow strong.

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Jiminy Crickets!

Don’t sweat the small stuff!

I found this cricket in my wheelbarrow after carting a load of firewood . Taken with Oly EM1 II, 60mm macro, jpeg focus stacked in camera.

(Click on pic to zoom)

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Postcard from home ...

Postcard from home …

My fourth postcard design (minus my watermark).

HOBART, TASMANIA:

Main: Evening view from South Hobart.

Mt Wellington from Waterworks Reserve.

Hobart and River Derwent from Rosny.

Macquarie & Murry St, the only Australian intersection with all four remaining Victorian era buildings.

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Devil's Corner, Van Dieman's Land.

Devil's Corner, Van Dieman's Land.

A series of images from our visit to Devil’s Corner Vineyard, nestled in one of the nicest little valley’s in Tasmania with an awesome view to The Hazards. The weather wasn’t kind, but it still looked fantastic.

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