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The other night I was met at our back door by a 3.5m python. It was very quiet and relaxed but it too big to have around the house. Earlier in the day some of our little birds had been getting quite agitated and making warning noises, but I couldn’t see anything at the time. [...]
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This little Orange-naped snake (Furina ornata) was hiding next to our outside stairs. In spite of it’s very, very bright orange colouring, it was well camouflaged in the dull brown leaf litter. I presume it was a young one as it was only about 30 cms long – they apparently grow to around 70 cms.
Continue Reading →You can Fly into Cape York and spend some time exploring. There is heaps to see in just one area. Explore the Iron Range National Park, Chili Beach and Lockhart River area from Portland Roads. To encourage people to visit Portland Roads Beach Shack during the wet season, we have negotiated deals with Skytrans and [...]
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This colourful tree snake is very long. At the other end his colour changes to an olive green. He is living under this water tank in our yard.
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Ophichthus cephalozona, a photo by Ben Naden on Flickr. Here is a better photo of our sea creature, taken on North Sulawesi, Indonesia
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When we first got here and walked at low tide we spotted one of these strange creatures, when I asked around no one had seen anything like it, a sea snake with a frilled neck sounded pretty unlikely. Nothing came up on google and I had no picture to post on the forums. We just [...]
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We had 2 guests stay for a week in December this year – a birdwatcher and a guide (Jun Matsui) from Sicklebill Safaris. They had flown in to Lockhart, hired a 4wd and stayed with us. Jun (the guide) found a cuscus in one of our mango trees just up the road; came running back [...]
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I heard a strange scuffling, scrunching sound outside our verandah. Looked over the edge and on the lawn noticed a small 80 cm or so long python inexorably dragging a much larger cane toad back along the grass. The cane toad appeared stunned and although obviously alive, struggled very little. The python was only a [...]
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