A Frog in a Pole

Next to the Dump Point at Ilfracombe I noticed a metal pole full of water and this little head peaking out of it at my chest height. It is a Green Tree Frog and he is alive because he ducked back into the water soon after.

Marvellous Country Men and Women

August 6th 2014
We left Barcaldine a bit later than we’d planned but it’s only 134 km to Longreach so that wasn’t a problem. There were an amazing number of dead animals along the highway, in all states of decay, mainly kangaroos but also a few emus, a sheep and some wild pigs. Wherever the animals were still reasonably meaty there were heaps of carrion birds and birds of prey, including Little Eagles, Blac ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Longreach

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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