Teale Britstra

MSc(Astronomy) student and amateur astronomer. I also enjoy astrophotography and nightscape images.My blog and a gallery of my photos can be found at: http://www.brightstarastronomy.com/

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This Green Tree Snake picked up a small visitor while posing for me at Tondoon Botanic Gardens, in Gladstone. Cute! (at Tondoon Botanic Gardens)

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Cosmophasis micarioides jumping spider at Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens. (at Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens)

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No Paparazzi!! At least I think that's what this Rainbow Lorikeet at Mackay Botanic Gardens was trying to tell me...? (at Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens)

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Metallochlora lineata - one of many amazing moths I saw while at The Eungella Chalet, Eungella. (at The Eungella Chalet)

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Eastern Yellow Robin at Eungella National Park, near Mackay. (at Eungella National Park)

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Common Crow butterfly (Euploea corinna) at Cape Hillsborough National Park. (at Cape Hillsborough National Park)

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Sunrise at Cape Hillsborough National Park (at Cape Hillsborough Nature Tourist Park)

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For comparison, here's a male Olive-backed Sunbird that also stopped by our cabin. This one was more interested in having a drink from the tap though 😁 (at Cape Hillsborough Nature Tourist Park)

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A Female Olive-backed Sunbird posing for me outside my cabin at Cape Hillsborough Nature Tourist Park, north of Mackay, a couple of weeks ago. (at Cape Hillsborough Nature Tourist Park)

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Female Orchard Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio aegeus), Cape Hillsborough National Park. (at Cape Hillsborough National Park)

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The Spiny Orb Weaver (Gasteracantha fornicata) was the first Australian spider to be described by science by Joseph Banks. This one was hanging out (heh, pun) in Cape Hillsborough National Park, north of Mackay. (at Cape Hillsborough National Park)

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An Agile Wallaby at sunrise on our first morning at Cape Hillsborough National Park recently. (at Cape Hillsborough National Park)

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The core of the Milky Way Galaxy setting over Cape Hillsborough Nature Tourist Park, north of Mackay. (at Cape Hillsborough Nature Tourist Park)

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A Green-spotted Triangle butterfly or "Tailed Jay" (Graphium agamemnon) at Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens. (at Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens)

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Here's a Helmeted Friarbird that was all too willing to pose for a portrait at Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens recently. Http://www.macrokosm.com/ (at Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens)

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Here's an unusual little butterfly. It's a Spotted Sedge Skipper (Hesperilla ornata) that Emma spotted (pun!) at Cape Hillsborough National Park on our recent visit. Http://www.macrokosm.com/ (at Cape Hillsborough Nature Tourist Park)

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Blue Triangle butterfly (Graphium sarpendon) at Mackay Botanic Gardens last week. Such a hard butterfly to photograph - they never stop moving!! Http://www.macrokosm.com (at Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens)