Ailsa has asked for close ups this week. Here are a few from our Kimberley trip, almost a year ago. First some creatures!
Rainbow Bee-eater
Hoary-headed Grebe
Pied Heron
Scarlet finch
baby Saltwater Crocodile
and then some flowers ….
spinifex and red rock
Kimberley Rose
sundew
The colours of the Kimberley are distinctive, desert shades. This is fragile ancient country, flooded in the Wet and baking in the Dry, yet home to an extraordinary variety of living things, many of them still surviving the destruction of the land by cattle. It was in an area where cattle had been removed 11 years earlier that we saw the original richness and beauty of the land … Mornington Wilderness Sanctuary.
purple crowned wren
tree bark
grasses
shadows
me close up to a giant boab
dadirridreaming 
So many wonderful shots Christine. Aussie really is special.
What a strange looking tree…love the photos!
Beautiful world you show us Christine. Thanks!
It’s an amazing habitat, isn’t it? I’m in awe of you being able to capture so many birds close up – especially that exquisite purple crowned wren – what an enchanting creature! 🙂
Lovely photos and good to know that these creatures and plants now have sanctuary.
You really do have some special wildlife, so colourful. The boab is just fabulous, what a womanly shape! Great photos my dear 🙂
you can guess who else loves that womanly shape … he drew and painted quite a few boab trees … you know they came to us from Africa … via the first wave of migration about 25,000 years ago … those people seem to have died out then the second wave arrived, our indigenous people …
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Well done S, what good taste 🙂 They had to have arrived from Africa, but I wouldn’t have guessed how long ago!
I think the Kimberly is such a special place. Would love to go back there again but your photos are a great compensation for the real thing
Thank you so much for showing us the beauty of nature! These are very special flowers, birds, and plants!
Beautiful images!! loved the birds and the croc and the natural scenes and … and.. everything!! ❤
I too like the boab tree amongst many others; such an unlikely shape for a tree. I like to think its an art project gone wrong, or some tipsy persons idea for fancy dress. Thanks for the post
I have never seen a blab tree, even in photos, and I think I’m in love! 🙂 These are fantastic photos of the most interesting array of birds, plants and trees, Christine. What an incredibly rich landscape. I’m so glad I didn’t miss this post.
The sundew is amazing. Our country is so beautiful, it’s a shame that us east coast dwellers don’t get to see more of it.
The last plant to the right is a carnivore friend right? Very cool macro.
Nice shot of the wren. My experience of wrens is that of shy birds that hide in the grass and can’t sit still. Mind you, I’d probably behave the same way if I were that small and shaped like an exclamation mark.