These lizards have really interesting defence mechanism's, the spikey beard actually couldn't hurt a fly, its very soft. If they feeel threatened they take in loads of air to puff themselves up
Alice Springs July 6th 2006 I had a lovely day and a half visiting alice springs, I wish i'd had a day or two extra in the murder capital of australia(I'm not being sarcastic!)! There is actually a lot to do considering its in the middle of nowhere and is quite small if you compare it to Sydney.
Kangaroo rehab centre:
I visited a centre for rescued Kangaroo Joey's (baby kangaroo) which is well worth a visit - basically ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Alice Springs 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
Hi everyone, this is basically for my family and friends to use and a convienient way to store photo's! Docuementing my trip around the world taking in South East Asia(Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and either Cambodia or the Philipenes) New Zealand, Fiji, Australia, LA and San Francisco with my firends Tom, Ele and Clara (for various parts of the trip. We leave at the beginning of September 2005 and I think I will be gone for about a year - 6 weeks to go, okay now 4 weeks to go! Are we prepared? some might say overly, am just getting my last injections sorted out, can't quite believe am abandoning a... full info