Tag: Australia
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Pic of the Day – Lest we Forget
Read more: Pic of the Day – Lest we ForgetTook a drive around Yeppoon and then on to Emu Park today. Very much a holiday destination with an idealist coastline, excellent climate, what more could you ask? How about Byfield National Park just a short drive up the road which you can drive in and around on the sand dunes. Thats for another day…
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Pic of the Day – Sunrise
Read more: Pic of the Day – SunriseIn what seems like forever I have managed to get out at sunrise and do a photo shoot. It felt good to get back to what started getting me into photography in the beginning. But like everybody else, life/Covid gets in the way. It also helps to be on holiday in the Sunshine Coast, staying…
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Pic of the Day – Red-bowed finch
Read more: Pic of the Day – Red-bowed finchIt has taken me awhile to have a good opportunity to get a clear shot of this bird. A common bird but in my experience an elusive one when it comes to photography. Plenty of times I have seen them around, but never able to get a good shot. Taken a Oxley Common Creek, and…
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Pic of the Day – Red-backed Fairywren
Read more: Pic of the Day – Red-backed FairywrenThe venerable Red-backed Fairywren, a common bird around eastern and northern Australia. It has been a long time between updates on this website, life has a habit of getting in the way, as does Covid. Hopefully moving forward, I can get some regular content happening. Today I managed to get to my favorite birding spot…
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Pic of the Day – Striated pardalote
Read more: Pic of the Day – Striated pardaloteA trip to Eagleby Wetlands today yielded one of the pardalote family of birds. I went back a couple of times, and this little fellow was there both times. The striated pardalote (Pardalotus striatus) is the least colourful and most common of the four pardalotespecies. Other common names include pickwick, wittachew and chip-chip.[2] It is a very small, short-tailed bird that is more…
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Holiday 2020 – Surat
Read more: Holiday 2020 – SuratPart one if our outback adventures. Brisbane to Surat.
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Holiday – Brisbane to Surat
Read more: Holiday – Brisbane to SuratPart one With a 5 hour drive ahead if us, we set off from Brisbane at 8.30am, hoping to get to our destination by 2pm Google says allow about 5 hours for the drive. As is usual for us, a few stops along the way happened, with some pleasant surprises. Our first pit stop was…
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Holiday – Road Trip 2019 Pt 1
Read more: Holiday – Road Trip 2019 Pt 1A series of posts about our journey around the outback of Australia. Pictures and a few words about our experiences, the good and the bad.
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Pic of the Day – Spangled Drongo
Read more: Pic of the Day – Spangled DrongoCanon EOS 6D Mark II 1/1000 sec. f/5.6 400 mm iso12800 I was lucky to get this one. It was very early in the morning, hence the high iso. If I had more time I could have played around with shutter speed and the iso, but birds generally don’t sit around for long.
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Pic of the Day – Rainbow Bee Eater with Breakfast
Read more: Pic of the Day – Rainbow Bee Eater with BreakfastCanon EOS 6D Mark II 1/2000 sec. f/5.6 400 mm iso400 A good start for the day for this bird.
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Pic of the Day – Rainbow Bee Eater
Read more: Pic of the Day – Rainbow Bee EaterCanon EOS 6D Mark II 1/2000 sec. f/5.6 400 mm iso400 A bit of a birding walk for me on Sunday morning. It was turning into an uneventful day until I came across these birds. I have been after them for some time and luck would have it that they were sitting in a perfect…
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Pic of the Day – Straw-necked Ibis
Read more: Pic of the Day – Straw-necked IbisCanon EOS 6D Mark II 1/2000 sec. f/5.6 400 mm, iso 2500 Came across this bird while on a weekend holiday. My first go with the Canon 100-400 L lens.