One small place on earth

MORTON BAY FIG TREE – Ficus macrophylla, Palm Grove National Park.  The mighty Moreton Bay fig tree which was uprooted by ex-cyclone Oswald in 2013, fell across the path.  Once the trunk had been cut, the weight of the […]

Jelly Fungus – Dacryopinax spathularia, roadside, Eagle Heights. The fungus was one of at least five species growing on a tree stump I photographed following a morning walk three weeks ago.  It had suddenly sprung to life […]

Green Tree Snake –Dendrelaphis punctulatus, house, Eagle Heights.  I photographed the snake sunning itself on a house roof in mid-March 2025.  It was quite a large specimen, perhaps one metre 80cm long.  The species can grow to […]

Robust Velvet Gecko – Nebulifera robusta, house, Mount Tamborine.  From a velvet worm to a velvet gecko, though, based on fossil records, geckos were in Asia some four hundred million years later than the velvet worm.  This is […]

Velvet Worm – Peripatopsidae sp, Palm Grove National Park.  This standout creature was filmed seven years ago.  It remains the one and only velvet worm I have encountered.  I didn’t know what I was looking at, but […]

Australian White Ibis – Threskiornis molucca, Bishopp Park, Eagle Heights. It was the second such bird I have seen on the mountain. I took the photo in early January 2025, nearly five years ago to the day […]

Pink-tongued Skink – Cyclodomorphus gerrardii, The Wild Garden, North Tamborine.  The pink-tongued skink occurs in coastal eastern Australia, ranging from Springwood in New South Wales to the Cairns region in Queensland.  Its colour and pattern resemble […]

The mounds appear after heavy rain. I have never seen ant activity on them.  The ants tend to remain underground as they consume aphids on the grass roots and any insect that falls down the […]