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1 0 Rosy Trumpet Tree

Rosy Trumpet Tree

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

A beautiful flowering, deciduous tree. Same family as the Jacaranda - ...

19 24 Australian Coot (nestlings with adults)

Australian Coot (nestlings with adults)

by Neil RossMount Coot-Tha, Queensland, Australia

The Australian Coot is a subspecies of the ...

1 2 Golden Bamboo

Golden Bamboo

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

100 year old bamboo grove. Golden Bamboo (aka Buddha’s Belly Bamboo) is an ...

3 2 White-faced Heron

White-faced Heron

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

The White-faced Heron, a relatively small heron of the family Ardeidae, is a ...

2 0 Grandidier's Baobab

Grandidier's Baobab

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Grandidier's Baobab is the biggest and most famous of Madagascar's six species ...

0 0 Swamp Foxtail

Swamp Foxtail

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

Pennisetum alopecuroides, commonly known as Swamp Foxtail or Fountain Grass, ...

0 1 Aloe Vera (Red Hot Poker)

Aloe Vera (Red Hot Poker)

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Aloe vera belongs to the genus Aloe which contains about 500 species of ...

1 0 Common Screwpine (Fruiting)

Common Screwpine (Fruiting)

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

The Common Screwpine (Pandanus utilis) is, despite its name, a tropical tree ...

1 0 Silver-leaved Paperbark

Silver-leaved Paperbark

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

The Silver-leaved Paperbark (aka Silver Tea Tree and Silver Leaf Cadjeput) is a ...

2 5 Blue Spotted Gum (aka Lemon-scented Gum)

Blue Spotted Gum (aka Lemon-scented Gum)

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

Corymbia citriodora is a tall tree, growing to 35 metres in height (but ...

10 4 Pink Water Lily (Nymphaea sp.)

Pink Water Lily (Nymphaea sp.)

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

Australian water lilies include at least 9 species, all of which are much more ...

1 0 Bat's Wing Fern

Bat's Wing Fern

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

Histiopteris incisa known as the Bat's Wing Fern (aka Oak Fern or Water Fern) ...

2 2 Carpentaria Palms (grove)

Carpentaria Palms (grove)

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

Carpentaria acuminata, commonly known as the Carpentaria Palm, belongs to the ...

1 2 Ivory Whip Grevillea

Ivory Whip Grevillea

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

The Ivory Whip Grevillea is an Australian native and a member of the family ...

1 7 White Punk

White Punk

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

A Polypore Fungi. Polyporales (earlier known as Aphyllophorales) are ...

1 0 Mountain Katydid

Mountain Katydid

by asterope1Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Female mountain katydid - showing her warning colours. This katydid looks just ...

3 1 Giant mealybug

Giant mealybug

by asterope14065, Queensland, Australia

Giant Coccid, or Mealybug. Mature adult stage. When this bug is younger, it is ...

10 7 Tree-running Mantid (nymph)

Tree-running Mantid (nymph)

by DanielePralongBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

Ciulfina is a genus of small, tree-dwelling mantises in the Family Liturgusidae ...

9 4 Eastern Water Dragon (juvenile male)

Eastern Water Dragon (juvenile male)

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

The Eastern Water Dragon is an Australian native reptile, and I'm fairly ...

5 7 Hardhead Ducks (male and female)

Hardhead Ducks (male and female)

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

It's taken me exactly 12 months, but this is my 300th spotting of PN, and what ...

0 0 Klinki Pine

Klinki Pine

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

The Klinki Pine is a species of Araucaria native to the highlands of Papua New ...

4 0 Straw-necked Ibis

Straw-necked Ibis

by Neil RossToowong, Queensland, Australia

The Straw-necked Ibis is a bird of the ibis and spoonbill family ...

1 2 Weeping Fig

Weeping Fig

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

This tree is huge! It's a Weeping Fig, a species of flowering plant in the ...

4 0 Dusky Moorhen (chicks)

Dusky Moorhen (chicks)

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

A little group of Dusky Moorhen chicks, swimming with confidence amongst the ...

3 0 Salticid Ant Eater Spider (nest eggs)

Salticid Ant Eater Spider (nest eggs)

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

I'm pretty sure this nest belongs to this spider. Each white spot contains ...

5 4 Bridal Veil Stinkhorn

Bridal Veil Stinkhorn

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

A bright and very unusual fungus, the Bridal Veil Stinkhorn (Phallus ...

3 0 Peewee (male)

Peewee (male)

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

I refuse to call this bird a magpie-lark, because it is neither a magpie nor a ...

1 2 Blue Quandong

Blue Quandong

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

The Blue Quandong (aka Blue Marble Tree and Blue Fig) is a rainforest canopy ...

2 0 Blue Water Lily

Blue Water Lily

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

Nymphaea caerulea ssp. zanzibarensis, commonly known as the "blue water lily", ...

2 4 Blue Quandong (fruit)

Blue Quandong (fruit)

by Neil RossMount Coot-Tha, Queensland, Australia

It's only taken me 5 years, but this is follow-up to a previous spotting I made ...

0 0 Rock Grevillea

Rock Grevillea

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

The Rock Grevillea - Grevillea heliosperma, also commonly known as the Red ...

1 2 Weeping Paperbark

Weeping Paperbark

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

The Weeping Paperbark (aka Cajeput Tree) is widely distributed in northern ...

5 4 Broad-leaved Paperbark

Broad-leaved Paperbark

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

The Broad-leaved Paperbark grows up to 20 metres tall and has characteristic ...

0 2 Pandanus Palm (aka Screw Palm)

Pandanus Palm (aka Screw Palm)

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

Pandanus spiralis is shrub or small tree that can grow up to 10 metres in ...

11 1 Dusky Moorhen

Dusky Moorhen

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

This Dusky Moorhen caught my eye in this beautiful setting, and the first image ...

2 0 Australian Tiger

Australian Tiger

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Australian Tigers are yellow and black in colour, and are a species of clubtail ...

13 10 Australian White Ibis

Australian White Ibis

by Neil RossMount Coot-Tha, Queensland, Australia

Bold as brass!

3 1 Living Fossil - Wollemi Pine

Living Fossil - Wollemi Pine

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

This is definitely one of the botanical world's greatest discoveries of all ...

28 17 Eastern Water Dragon

Eastern Water Dragon

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

A water dragon doing what water dragon's are meant to do, and that is 'swim'. ...

8 4 Eastern Water Dragon

Eastern Water Dragon

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

A lovely, big water dragon being true to it's name. This fellow was large, and ...

2 2 Eastern Water Dragon (recent hatchling)

Eastern Water Dragon (recent hatchling)

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

This little fellow was, from nose to tail, approximately 7-8 inches long, and ...

1 0 Timber Moth Caterpillar

Timber Moth Caterpillar

by Neil RossCity of Brisbane, QLD, Australia

A Timber Moth Caterpillar nest. Found only a few kilometers from a previous ...

3 6 Hairpin Banksia

Hairpin Banksia

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

The Hairpin Banksia - Banksia spinulosa, is a species of woody shrub of the ...

0 0 Northern Grey Ironbark

Northern Grey Ironbark

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

Eucalyptus siderophloia, the Northern Grey Ironbark, is a eucalyptus of ...

2 5 Australian Yellow-dust Amanita

Australian Yellow-dust Amanita

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

Bright yellow agaric mushrooms. Small scales on caps. Gills pale and caps ...

5 2 Australian Yellow-dust Amanita??

Australian Yellow-dust Amanita??

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

If I've learned anything about identifying fungi species, it is never to make ...

5 11 Phellinus sp. Bracket Fungi

Phellinus sp. Bracket Fungi

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

Phellinus sp. wood-rotting bracket fungi. Roughly the same size as my clenched ...

8 5 Pineapple Bolete

Pineapple Bolete

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

Small, pink, shaggy-capped mushroom. Only one specimen found. No more than 6 ...

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