A Western Bower Bird

This is the male sitting near his bower, meant to woo a female. He is displaying his lilac pink neck crest to attract her attention (only it was us!) You can just see some of the white decorations outside his bower, on the ground through the branches.

Red Ochre, Olive Pink and Heavitree Gap

September 22nd 2014
We slept in a bit today and didn’t get moving until about 10am. We then went to look around the CBD of Alice Springs and get Barry’s hair cut. While he did that I started looking around the galleries and tourist shops in Todd Mall. I didn’t get very far before he returned but he put up with the rest of them, under sufferance. There were several places showing Aboriginal art and crafts, much ... 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

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