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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 - ...

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 ...

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 2 Carpentaria Palms (grove)

Carpentaria Palms (grove)

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

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

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 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) ...

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 ...

5 4 Bridal Veil Stinkhorn

Bridal Veil Stinkhorn

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

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

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 ...

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 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 ...

13 10 Australian White Ibis

Australian White Ibis

by Neil RossMount Coot-Tha, Queensland, Australia

Bold as brass!

9 4 Eastern Water Dragon (juvenile male)

Eastern Water Dragon (juvenile male)

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

satisfied, he shot off into the undergrowth. From a previous spotting (also at ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

2 0 Blue Water Lily

Blue Water Lily

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

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

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 ...

8 4 Eastern Water Dragon

Eastern Water Dragon

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

over them because they just won't move. That's certainly the case here at the ...

0 0 Northern Grey Ironbark

Northern Grey Ironbark

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

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

3 1 Living Fossil - Wollemi Pine

Living Fossil - Wollemi Pine

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

This is definitely one of the botanical ...

2 2 Eastern Water Dragon (recent hatchling)

Eastern Water Dragon (recent hatchling)

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

. Even the common garden skink is a threat, ...

3 6 Hairpin Banksia

Hairpin Banksia

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

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

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'. ...

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 ...

6 3 Queensland Fan Palm

Queensland Fan Palm

by Neil RossBrisbane, QLD, Australia

Also known as the Australian Fan Palm and Licuala Palm, this species belongs to ...

12 12 Saw-shelled Turtle

Saw-shelled Turtle

by DanielePralongBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

, the most common turtle in the Brisbane river catchment area (see signage ...

5 5 Bumpy Satinash

Bumpy Satinash

by Neil RossMount Coot-Tha, Queensland, Australia

The Bumpy Satinash, aka White Apple, is a species of Syzygium tree native to ...

10 8 Foxtail Palm

Foxtail Palm

by Neil RossMount Coot-Tha, Queensland, Australia

Wodyetia bifurcata, commonly known as the Foxtail Palm, belongs to the palm ...

3 2 Hardhead or White-eyed Duck

Hardhead or White-eyed Duck

by DanielePralongBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

The Hardhead is endemic to Australia, and is also the only true diving duck ...

5 4 White-faced heron

White-faced heron

by DanielePralongBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

The white-faced heron is a medium-sized heron with primarily blue-grey plumage, ...

21 14 Eastern Water Dragon

Eastern Water Dragon

by DanielePralongBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

With a head-body length up to 23 cm and a tail length of up to 80 cm, the ...

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