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Night Spotting, Valla Nature Reserve
‘Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty." Junichiro Tanizaki,
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Don’t Put Shit on Nature, Valla
Wyn was so annoyed one dawn at Valla Beach with all the dog excrement that she just put pen to…
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The leech
This habitat is the most ancient in Australia, once covering ancient Gondwana. . . . Blood trickled from a leech bite a…
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The Tawny Frogmouth
Unlike owls they mainly catch insects and with their beaks not talons, and rather than flying about in search of…
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Three sunrises in a row – 16th -18th January
The sun appears, framed by the cave walls, pointing straight down the mouth at a sluggish speed of light. Facts…
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Forget Global Warming (for a day or two)
“We are clearing land, we are degrading land, we introduce feral animals and take the top predators out, we change…
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Fungi and orchids, Jagun, Jan 13
There are about 1.5 million species of fungi. Fungi are symbiotic engines in both plants and animals and underestimated in the…
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The Australian noctuid moth, Speiredonia spectans
This beautiful moth can even change its own sensitivity to different echolocating call depending on the species of bat attacking…
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