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Cyclone Alfred

Aftermath of Cyclone Alfred – Eagle Heights Road. In early April I decided to photograph the huge clearing in the rainforest bordering Eagle Heights Road, wrought by Cyclone Alfred a year previously. I was intrigued by […]

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Tibouchina 

Tibouchina – Tibouchina sp. roadside, Eagle Heights.  The powerlines were in place long before the then owner of the house planted this row of trees, which I filmed more than twenty five years ago.  They have been regularly […]

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Erebidae Moth 

Erebidae Moth – Mocis trifasciata, dwelling, Eagle Heights.  As I told Peter Hendry when I sent him the photo, it is an all too rare occurrence finding him a new moth to identify.  I took it in […]

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Red Flowering Gum

Red Flowering Gum – Corymbia ficifolia, roadside, Eagle Heights.  The leaf caught my eye on a morning walk in late March.  It stood out because of its shape and the subtle beauty of its colours against the […]

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Cycad

Cycad – Lepidozamia peroffskyana, roadside, Eagle Heights.  The plant was relocated to the edge of a block which was cleared of buildings and vegetation.  It was beginning to establish itself when a fierce wind split the trunk, […]

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Spotted spurge

Spotted spurge – Euphorbia maculate, roadside, Eagle Heights.  How typical that a ground cover which turns out to be a weed, caught my attention as I photographed fungi in Central Avenue on the 17th of this month, after […]

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Molasses Grass

Molasses Grass – Melinis minutiflora, unmown plot, Eagle Heights.  If you single out individual grasses, even the less ornate ones are photogenic.  This grass is utterly spectacular.  In Australia it is classed as a weed, but the […]

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Bunya Pine Cones

Bunya Pine Cones – Araucaria Bidwillii, Bishopp Park.  On January 19, I photographed a bumper crop of Bunya pine cones in the park, the first since 2018, and a month earlier than then.  I believe there are […]

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Unknown fungus

Unknown Fungus – MacDonald National Park.  Over the duration and extent of my biodiversity project, experts have told me that some species I have asked them to identify are new to science, most notably certain moths […]

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Mystery Beetle

By Peter Kuttner Mystery Beetle – Cerambycidae sp. Joalah National Park.  The beetle is one of the most memorable and intriguing insects I have ever seen and I wish that it could have been identified.  It puzzled the […]