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1 4 Spotting

Spotting

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

bluish hue) in colour. Growing on decaying log amongst ferns and leaf litter ...

1 1 Bunya Pine (Bunya Mountains NP)

Bunya Pine (Bunya Mountains NP)

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

This spotting is an old growth tree in the

3 1 Bunya Pines

Bunya Pines

by ChristianeQueensland, Australia

This photo was taken in Bunya

0 1 Puffballs

Puffballs

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Cedar, Bunya Pines, and smaller forest ...

2 3 Bunya Nut

Bunya Nut

by ChristianeCaptain Creek, Queensland, Australia

Great Dividing Range now known as the

0 1 Native Olive

Native Olive

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Native Olive, aka Australian Olive, is an indigenous plant of the genus Olea ...

3 0 Red-necked Wallaby

Red-necked Wallaby

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

mountain. Why would there be when the ...

5 2 Yellow-footed Antechinus

Yellow-footed Antechinus

by ShannaBignellQueensland, Australia

We saw a few of these little marsupials while hiking in

7 3 Red-necked Wallabies

Red-necked Wallabies

by ShannaBignellQueensland, Australia

Mountains

3 3 Cramp Ball Fungus

Cramp Ball Fungus

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Also known as Tinder Fungus, Coal Fungus, Carbon Balls, and King Alfred's ...

3 4 Common Earthballs

Common Earthballs

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

directly beneath native Red Cedar and Strangler Figs, and nearby

5 0 Bird's Nest Fern

Bird's Nest Fern

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

Asplenium australasicum, commonly known as "bird's nest fern" and "crow's nest ...

1 0 Scrub Turkey/Australian Brush Turkey

Scrub Turkey/Australian Brush Turkey

by armadeus.4Queensland, Australia

A spectacular large bird with black feathers and a red head. It has a ...

8 6 Satin Bowerbird (female)

Satin Bowerbird (female)

by armadeus.4QLD, Australia

This is a female. Females are distinctively green/brown or otherwise entirely ...

3 0 False Turkey Tails

False Turkey Tails

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

Stereum ostrea, also called "false turkey-tail" and "golden curtain crust", is ...

0 0 Southern Bracket

Southern Bracket

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Wood-rotting bracket polypore fungi. Two specimens found on the root of a dead ...

3 2 Glossy Turban Carnivorous Snail

Glossy Turban Carnivorous Snail

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

The Glossy Turban Carnivorous Snail belongs to a family (Rhytididae) whose ...

3 2 Grey Shrike-thrush

Grey Shrike-thrush

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

My first encounter with this species. Some would say the plumage of the Grey ...

2 1 Jelly Ear Fungus

Jelly Ear Fungus

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

Small reddish-brown fungi. Very soft and jelly-like to touch. Bracket ...

1 0 Strangler Fig (vs. Queensland Red Cedar)

Strangler Fig (vs. Queensland Red Cedar)

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

The Strangler Fig (aka Watkin's Fig) is a hemiepiphytic fig that is endemic to ...

6 7 Strangler Fig (aka Watkin's Fig)

Strangler Fig (aka Watkin's Fig)

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

The Strangler Fig is a hemiepiphytic fig that is endemic to Australia, and this ...

2 5 Horsehoof Fungus

Horsehoof Fungus

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Who said fungus can't be fun, particularly when it looks like Mickey Mouse?! ...

0 1 Queensland Red Cedar

Queensland Red Cedar

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

Red Cedar (Toona ciliata) is a forest tree in the mahogany family which grows ...

3 6 Goanna (Lace Monitor)

Goanna (Lace Monitor)

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

This was a big animal, and I almost died when it shot out from the rocks and ...

1 0 Glossy Turban Carnivorous Snail (remnant shell)

Glossy Turban Carnivorous Snail (remnant shell)

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

The remains of a Glossy Turban Carnivorous Snail. It belongs to a family ...

3 0 Ghost Fungus

Ghost Fungus

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Funnel-shaped agaric growing in overlapping clusters, and it is ...

0 5 False Turkey Tails

False Turkey Tails

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

I didn't recognise these brackets at first. There were two distinct areas of ...

4 4 Southern Bracket (old specimens)

Southern Bracket (old specimens)

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

This is the largest bracket fungi I have ever seen (photos 1 & 2). There were ...

6 4 Horsehoof Fungus (dislodged)

Horsehoof Fungus (dislodged)

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Fomitiporia robusta (formerly Phellinus robustus) most likely sp. I found this ...

17 18 Grass Trees

Grass Trees

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

Cartoon characters? Sadly not, although they do have character. These are Grass ...

3 2 Red-necked Wallaby

Red-necked Wallaby

by armadeus.4QLD, Australia

"Red-necked wallabies are distinguished by their black nose and paws, white ...

2 0 Red-browed Finch

Red-browed Finch

by armadeus.4QLD, Australia

"The Red-browed Finch is most easily recognised by its bright red eyebrow, rump ...

3 0 Yellow-throated Scrubwren

Yellow-throated Scrubwren

by armadeus.4QLD, Australia

"The Yellow-throated Scrubwren is a small, ground-dwelling bird with a ...

2 0 Australian King-Parrot (male)

Australian King-Parrot (male)

by armadeus.4QLD, Australia

A gorgeous male King-Parrot. These males are "the only Australian parrots with ...

1 0 Grass Trees (aka Black Boys)

Grass Trees (aka Black Boys)

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

When I see Grass Trees I think of the Australian bush with all its ...

5 5 Pied Currawong

Pied Currawong

by armadeus.4QLD, Australia

Up there as one of my favourite birds, the Pied Currawong is "a large, mostly ...

5 1 Eastern Whipbird

Eastern Whipbird

by armadeus.4Queensland, Australia

The Eastern Whipbird is "mostly dark olive-green above, with a long tail, and a ...

8 2 Common Jezebel

Common Jezebel

by armadeus.4Queensland, Australia

Also known as Black Jezebel. Not sure if this is a male or female as I was ...

3 4 Red-necked Wallaby (juvenile)

Red-necked Wallaby (juvenile)

by armadeus.4Bunya Mountains, Queensland, Australia

This juvenile was already quite used to humans. The Red-necked Wallaby is ...

12 9 Superb Fairy-wren (male)

Superb Fairy-wren (male)

by armadeus.4QLD, Australia

This is a male! In their breeding plumage, these stunning little Fairy-wrens ...

2 2 Crimson Rosella

Crimson Rosella

by armadeus.4QLD, Australia

There are five subspecies of which three are actually crimson (Wiki), and ...

1 0 Golden King Orchid

Golden King Orchid

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

clifftops in this area of the national ...

5 2 Piccabeen Palms (groves)

Piccabeen Palms (groves)

by Neil RossToowoomba, QLD, Australia

Archontophoenix cunninghamiana, commonly known as the Piccabeen Palm, is an ...

2 0 Pied Currawong

Pied Currawong

by armadeus.4QLD, Australia

These beautiful, predatory birds are an overall black/slate grey colour with ...

2 4 Australian Magpie

Australian Magpie

by armadeus.4Queensland, Australia

The Australian Magpie is "black and white, but the plumage pattern varies ...

3 0 False Turkey Tails

False Turkey Tails

by Neil RossWarwick, QLD, Australia

with my other recent spotting of Stereum ostrea at the

2 2 Horsehoof Fungus

Horsehoof Fungus

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

A bracket polypore and club fungi species which occurs naturally in Queensland. ...

2 0 Horsehoof Fungus

Horsehoof Fungus

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

A bracket polypore and club fungi species, "horsehoof fungus" is very ...

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