The Wallaby Gully Babbler

Nice to see the Glossy Black Cockatoos passing through again. These are vulnerable birds with a very restricted diet of casuarina seeds....

Noises in the roof early morning make people nervous. Rats are the first thought, but here at Wallaby Gully the roof cavity is too small...

Last year we added entwined sticks above a couple of bird baths. They have proven very popular with the finches. This type of bird pref...

In the midst of a heatwave -  yesterday was 45C. The first time we have seen a Scarlet Honeyeater this year. Normally they show up when...

A new visitor to the bird bath. A White-throated Treecreeper. His huge claws allow him to live in a vertical world, flying from tree to...

Back to a fairly normal dry season before the northern monsoon kicks in and brings us more rain. Meanwhile the local Swamp Wallaby take...

First day out for the young wrens. They came out this morning from a Lomandra bush (the perfect cover for a wrens nest). We've been...

Bees and Bee-Eaters Spring at Wallaby Gully means lots of native flowers. Some plants, like this pea bush, attract many types o...

Always listening for a different bird call at Wallaby Gully, I tracked this one to a melaleuca on the edge of the dam, took a quick sna...

The new outdoor trail cameras use infra-red photography so as not to scare the wildlife. I have it set in an area where I reckon a Bandi...

Untidy Gang Gangs Noisy Friarbird - might look a little more handsome with a feathered head Autumn is usually the...

A warmer than usual autumn and lots of flowers and seed make the birds go on breeding. The Double-barred Finches have successfully rai...

The local Satin Bowerbird and I are having fun. If I place items near or within a few metres of the bower he throws them out. So I am l...

It's reptile heaven at the gully.    This photo of a pole dancing Jacky Lizard was taken through the bathroom window.

Every afternoon around 4pm the Rainbow Bee-eaters descend to eat insects on an area of exposed soil behind the tiny house. They ...

Pest control in a plant nursery is important but when this happens I just marvel at the beauty and walk away.

                                         First hot day of the season at the birdbath

We live on a wildlife corridor joining large areas of forest to the south and north. The birds are at a peak now and breeding, especial...

                              A rare sighting this morning while having breakfast. Species number 115 for Wallaby Gully...a Bassia...

                                The Yabby King at work                      Cherax destructor The dam was built 20 years ago and h...

   A friend at the kitchen window watching me do the breakfast dishes this morning.

During these humid, rainy days after the big dry of January, more dragonflies have been seen around the dam. This is one of the biggest...

                                                Potted tubers                                     Two-legged tuber                 ...

Your eyes are not playing tricks - a pink birds nest. Found this in an Angophora just about to drop it's fruit. A small nest, probabl...

  Insects are at their peak now that it's mid-summer. The Green Lacewing has delicate transparent wings - a beneficial insect in the...

The micro - house on the tiny house.    I’ve been sleeping in the tiny house and enjoying the nocturnal sounds of the wildlife around the ...

Louise and Chris (left in centre) are in the process of having their beautiful piece of a valley protected under a Voluntary Conservation ...

  One of my earliest posts on this site is of the Wedge-tailed Eagles nest on the mountain above (March 5, 2010). After many climbs on ...

  The first moth of the season.  Crimson Tiger Moth      Spilosoma curvata.

A sure sign that spring is near...a Spotted Pardalote excavates the centre of a hollow log on the ground not far from the bird bath.

We are experiencing the biggest Spotted Gum flowering since we have lived here. This is a composite image of a tree and flowers. A cacoph...