Australian Wildlife

Australia’s ‘Other’ Wildlife: Cute Creatures.

16 November 2011 Australia's Bad Things

Time for another reprint of one of my recent articles for Australia and New Zealand magazine. With impeccable timing, given the cockroach and snake posts of last week, today I’m going to be talking about Australia’s ‘other’ wildlife; the nice stuff. With articles like this, I have an advantage over the magazine, even if I [...]

Snake in the House: The Video Analysis

2 April 2011 Australia's Bad Things

My epic movie, the 12 minute long video I put on my blog on Wednesday, has caused a bit of a hullamooloolaba around here. If you haven’t watched it yet, and you do have those precious 12 minutes to spare, I suggest you head over and see it. It’s a “live” capture of events as [...]

Life in Australia. And Plenty of It!

24 September 2010 Life in Australia

Two weeks I probably scared quite a few of you with my post about the arrival of spring and with it the waking of the snakes. Then at the end of last week I may have scared a few more of you with my post about swooping magpies attacking people. As these posts were separated [...]

The Top Ten Australian Wildlife Pictures

11 August 2010 Australia's Bad Things

So I have this category called Australia’s bad things. This is where I talk about the frightening killers that roam freely around Australia, like the spiders, snakes, the crocodiles and the sharks to name just some. But as I’m sure anyone who reads this blog regularly will already know, I don’t really think they are [...]

In Memory of Doug, the Baby Koala: Nov 2009 – Jan 2010

25 January 2010 Australia's Bad Things

It’s been a tough weekend here in Australia. On Friday, just a couple of hours after I posted my roundup of the news, Doug the baby koala passed away. Tomorrow is Australia Day here, a national holiday and a day of celebration. In light of poor Doug, it will be a true test of this [...]

Monotremes, Platypus, Echidna and Pullenvale

9 July 2009 Life in Australia

After yesterdays first post about snakes, I thought I would follow up with a post that reminds you again of the diversity of Australian wildlife and the beauty it can offer. “Daddy, what’s a monotreme?” It’s always a little embarrassing when one of your children asks you a question which you cannot answer. I doubt [...]