TURTLE TUCKER TIME TYTO

Ingham  Wetlands where  Krefft's Turtles live. 

A PATCHWORK OF FIELDS

Near Cairns.  Photo by  Aeronautical  Correspondent  Abra . 

 

DRAMATIC PERIOD CAPTURED

 Recorded  voices  of  leading  identities  and   major  events   during  1934-1949, discovered in  Darwin . Includes   Churchill , Hitler, Roosevelt ,     Mussolini , H. G. Wells , De Gaulle .    Recordings of  the  Blitz and Battle for  Britain , Hindenburg  disaster , Liberation  of  Paris , El  Alamein .                              

TURNING OVER AN ARTISTIC LEAF OR TWO

 Enthusiastic   botanical   print   maker  toiling   in  a   Queensland  sweat / junk   shop .

THE SERIOUSLY SUCCULENT RED ZONE

 Butterflies, birds  attracted to Illawarra  Flame  Tree 

Vallis.

IT AIN'T HALF HOT AND DANGEROUS

 When it comes to selecting a spot to  lay eggs , there are better  positions than one  exposed   for lengthy periods  to   the   hot sun   and   under   a  palm  tree  that  sheds   large   fronds  .   

Curlew , on two eggs ,  panting due to the heat,  a mug of  water  supplied  to  ease  the  ordeal , fallen  frond  hanging  on  fence . 

Vallis photos.

ALONG LAKE EACHAM TRACK , QUEENSLAND

 

Photos by Wellington.