Cliche(s) coming!

A few shots of our trip to Australia.

1. Opera House



2. The bridge



3. Sydney skyline



4. Byron Bay



5.Colourful birds



6. Koala (in a sanctuary unfortunately)



7. Kangaroo (in captivity, the only ones we saw)


Hope they're of interest.

Howard

Thats a different angle on the opera house, How far north did you get?

Hi Don,

I'd seen something similar elsewhere on the web and I thought I'd give it a try, makes a change.

The furthest north we got was Currumbin for the wildlife sanctuary (which is where I got the kangaroo shot). We were staying in Alstonville near Lismore which is where our son lives. Lovely area.

This Tasmanian Devil was also at the sanctuary -



and this Quokka



neither of which I'd ever seen before.

Have you seen one of these up your way? Nobody round where we stayed had seen one nor knew what it was.



Cheers,

Howard

I'm sure my bird expert namesake in New Zealand might have known with more certainty (http://www.radionz.co.nz/collections/john-kendrick), but I believe the bird to be a female Pheasant Coucal.

Thanks John, interesting article on your namesake. I, too, after a lot of googling have decided that it is a pheasant coucal. Possibly female but it could be a male in non-breeding plumage.

Cheers,

Howard

Yes you are right about the pheasant,not seen one for a while but they are about.
Nice shot of the devil,a Tasmanian native now in dangered because of a facial cancer.
You have to remember most of our native wildlife is nocturnal .

Like the lighthouse shot

Thanks Don and Peter for your comments.

It took a while to get the photo of the Tasmanian Devil as he kept going round and round his enclosure, it seemed as if he was terribly bored.

Cheers,

Howard

I've enjoyed all of these as they are from a place I am very nlikely to visit. It great that photographers can bring these far flung places to my computer screen.

Thanks Stan,

Your comment has made my day.

Cheers,

Howard

Nice shots Howard☺

It's not a place I expect to visit anytime soon but your shots certainly makes case for a visit 👍

Regards


Stu