Things With Wings

I think this is what they call an Orthetrum villosovittatum - Also called a bog skimmer or pond skimmer, male dragonfly. Don't ask me how I know it is male... tee hee... actually the male has a red body and the female is more of a brownish orange body. The legs point forward so that it can catch its prey mid flight.

Wall E goes to Noosa

November 29th 2008
Today, was exceptionally warm and humid, we needed to get out for the day and stop thinking about tents and trailers, there was a need to just get out and explore. We left Alexandra Headland on route to Noosa and beyond, if we could make it happen, just felt desperate to move. We filled the truck up with 125 Litres of Diesel which came to £71.00 UK (bearing in mind we have in addition to the ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Maroochydore

Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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