This weeks Critter pics were taken at Australia Zoo on a visit only months before Steve Irwin died. The family had a friend visiting from England so we drove up for the day. Australia Zoo is located just over an hour north of Brisbane. I will have more zoo animals next week.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
SkyWatch Friday
This weeks picture for SkyWatch Friday comes from my trip to Vietnam in 2007. We spent a night on a junk boat cruising Halong Bay in the north, a very beautiful spot. During the first afternoon I climbed to the top of this mountain.
You can just see about half way up on the left there is a midpoint viewing platform and some stairs.
It looks so steep from this angle.For more SkyWatch images from around the World, click on the logo above.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Watery Wednesday #24
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Three or More Tuesday
This is my first posting for Three or More Tuesday. The picture is of some wombats found at Australia Zoo. Wambats are large burrowing mammals found only in Australia. They live in a chamber of burrows and mostly come out at night to eat grasses, leaves and roots. They are marsupial, meaning, they carry their young in a pouch for about 5 months.
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Ruby Tuesday
Hasn't she got a great colour? Wolseley's were made by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) but the 1500 was only assembled in Australia for about 18 months.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Macro Monday
Mellow Yellow Monday - Card
Blue Monday - Card
My Blue Monday pic for this week is a card I made. A couple of years ago I got into stitched cards then last year found a new range of patterns to use with 3D images. The result was this card:
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
Shadow Shot Sunday #40
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Camera Critters Saturday
This weeks Camera Critter pics are Koalas taken at Australia Zoo, the home of the late Steve Irwin.
The koala is Australia's favourite marsupial. It gets it name from an Aboriginal word meaning 'no drink'. 90% of its hydration comes from it's diet of Eucalyptus leave (or gum leaves). It only drinks when ill or when leaves are too dry eg. drought. There are hundreds of varieties of Eucalypt trees but the koala preferrs to only eat from about 10 varieties. Due to their poor low-energy diet koalas have a low-energy lifestyle and sleep for up to 20 hours a day, much like a cat. A baby koala (joey) will remain in their mothers pouch until they are about 22 weeks old when they will take their first look at the outside world. Between 22-36 weeks they spend more and more time out of the pouch until they can no longer fit back in. They are weaned at about 12 months old and become totally independant at about 18 months.
The koala is Australia's favourite marsupial. It gets it name from an Aboriginal word meaning 'no drink'. 90% of its hydration comes from it's diet of Eucalyptus leave (or gum leaves). It only drinks when ill or when leaves are too dry eg. drought. There are hundreds of varieties of Eucalypt trees but the koala preferrs to only eat from about 10 varieties. Due to their poor low-energy diet koalas have a low-energy lifestyle and sleep for up to 20 hours a day, much like a cat. A baby koala (joey) will remain in their mothers pouch until they are about 22 weeks old when they will take their first look at the outside world. Between 22-36 weeks they spend more and more time out of the pouch until they can no longer fit back in. They are weaned at about 12 months old and become totally independant at about 18 months.
Friday, February 20, 2009
SkyWatch Friday
My images for SkyWatch Friday come from my trip to Lake Tahoe (USA) in 2005. I spent a morning hot air ballooning over the lake. This is the only place in the world where the balloon takes off and lands on a boat rather than from the ground during the warmer months. I was lucky as this was the last week of the season for the boat trip and doubley lucky becasue that day was the first that week where they were able to launch the balloon. The afternoon was spent driving the circumfrance of the lake where the second image was taken.
I will post more shots from this trip in Watery Wednesday and Scenic Sunday over the next week.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Watery Wednesday
Sepia Scenes Wednesday
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
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