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Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanginolenta) on grass tree at Tondoon Botanic Gardens in Gladstone, Queensland, Australia.
I'm not sure what species of spider this is, but it certainly is striking!
Update: Likely to be Thomisidae Phrynarachne spp. as per comment below.
25/05/2025, Smit-Lamnalco tug base, Gladstone, Queensland, Australia.
(Since 30/09/2025 Boluda Corporación MarÃtima officially completed its $640 million buyout of Royal Boskalis' Smit Lamnalco towage and salvage business in Australia and Papua New Guinea.)
Keel laid on 20/12/2009, launched on 21/09/2010, & completed on 26/10/2010, by Uzmar Gemi insa Sanayi Ve Ticaret A S, Basiskele, Turkey (56)
455 g.t., 304 dwt., & 70 tonnes bollard pull, as:
'Smit Tondoon' to 2014, &
'SL Tondoon' since.
Hawk Moth (Macroglossum micacea) doing its best to impersonate a hummingbird at Tondoon Botanic Gardens, Gladstone.
A Pale GreenTriangle Butterfly (Graphium eurypylus) - one of the members of the stunning Swallowtail family of butterflies - feeding on nectar in Tondoon Botanic Gardens, Gladstone, Central Queensland/
I stopped into Tondoon Botanic Gardens in Gladstone for a look. It was a very pleasant spot although this Maggie was not looking impressed with the tap design. I had no sympathy as there was a huge artificial lake nearby.
Green Tree Snake (Dendrelaphis punctulata) at Tondoon Botanic Gardens in Gladstone, Queensland, Australia.
A maturing Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta) hanging upside-down while feeding on the distinctive upright flower spike of an Australian Grasstree plant (Xanthorrhoea sp.) in Tondoon Botanic Gardens (Eurimbula Section), Gladstone, Central Queensland.
25/05/2025, Smit-Lamnalco tug base, Gladstone, Queensland, Australia.
(Since 30/09/2025 Boluda Corporación MarÃtima officially completed its $640 million buyout of Royal Boskalis' Smit Lamnalco towage and salvage business in Australia and Papua New Guinea.)
Keel laid on 20/12/2009, launched on 21/09/2010, & completed on 26/10/2010, by Uzmar Gemi insa Sanayi Ve Ticaret A S, Basiskele, Turkey (56)
455 g.t., 304 dwt., & 70 tonnes bollard pull, as:
'Smit Tondoon' to 2014, &
'SL Tondoon' since.
A Young Southern Boobook Owl watching m very closely. Tondoon Botanic Gardens, Gladstone, Queensland.
I was standing on the path talking with a local ladies' art group about the large brown snake I'd just sighted right near where we were standing.
They were a nice bunch with the matter of fact attitude of most country town dwellers and showed interest but no fear and recounted tales of their own numerous snake encounters.
As we talked I noticed this bird fly into the low rainforest plantings and took a few shots and pointed it out to the ladies. As artists they appreciated the sleek and stylish look to the bird. One lady told me that they nested in a tree in her yard each year.
I'd seen a nest earlier not far from where we were and told them about it and they went off to have look.
25/05/2025, Smit-Lamnalco tug base, Gladstone, Queensland, Australia.
(Since 30/09/2025 Boluda Corporación MarÃtima officially completed its $640 million buyout of Royal Boskalis' Smit Lamnalco towage and salvage business in Australia and Papua New Guinea.)
Keel laid on 20/12/2009, launched on 21/09/2010, & completed on 26/10/2010, by Uzmar Gemi insa Sanayi Ve Ticaret A S, Basiskele, Turkey (56)
455 g.t., 304 dwt., & 70 tonnes bollard pull, as:
'Smit Tondoon' to 2014, &
'SL Tondoon' since.
The beautiful Northern Jewelled Spider (Gasteracantha fornicata) - my first sighting of this specis at Tondoon Botanic Gardens in Gladstone, Central Queensland.
Male Feather-horned Beetle (Rhipicera femorata) at Tondoon Botanic Gardens, Gladstone, Queensland, Australia.
Giant Rainforest Mantis (Hierodula majuscula) at Tondoon Botanic Gardens (Administration building area) in Gladstone, Queensland.
Feather Horned Beetle (Rhipicera femorata) at Tondoon Botanic Gardens, Gladstone, Queensland.
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A spectacularly-coloured male Peacock Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa bombylans) at Tondoon Botanic Gardens, Gladstone.
A European Honeybee (Apis mellifera) flying towards a bright, red bottlebush (Callistemon/Melaleuca) flower in Tondoon Botanic Gardens (Mount Castletower section), Gladstone, Australia.
The yellow underside of this Green Tree Snake may stand out in this image, but it soon blended in to the surrounding foliage as it escaped up a Wattle Tree to escape my clicking shutter.
An orange and black Black Thorax Wasp Moth (Amata trigonophora) in the Orchard section of Tondoon Botanic Gardens in Gladstone, Central Queensland.
Lacewing larvae have this odd habit of attaching detritus to themselves, which is made up of either plant material, or as in this case, the carcasses of their slain prey. Yup, lacewing larvae are badass. I suppose in an odd way, these guys were wearing chitinous armour long before the Dungeons and Dragons crowd thought it up. :-)
Another image of an Azure Kingfisher (Alcedo azurea) taken at Tondoon Botanic Gardens in Gladstone. This one was quite close, but slightly backlit by the Sun.
Four Spined Jewel Spider (Gasteracantha quadrispinosa), Tondoon Botanic Gardens, Gladstone, Australia.
White Crab Spider (Thomisus spectabilis) at Tondoon Botanic Gardens (on Queensland Bottle Tree in Callide section), Gladstone, Queensland.
Another Neon Cuckoo Bee (Thyreus nitidulus)! Before this year, I had never seen one of these in person; now it seems that I see one almost every day! I'm fine with that though, as it gives me another chance to get ever-closer shots of these gorgeous blue native bees.
A tiny male Spectacular Crab Spider (Thomisus spectabilis) on the back of the much larger female of the species, at Tondoon Botanic Gardens, Gladstone.
A Pale Traingle butterfly (Graphium eurypylus) in flight at Tondoon Botanic Gardens, Gladstone, Qld.
Long Assassin Bug (Australcmena lineativentris) at Tondoon Botanic Gardens, Gladstone, Queensland, Australia.
An orange and black Black Thorax Wasp Moth (Amata trigonophora) in the Orchard section of Tondoon Botanic Gardens in Gladstone, Central Queensland.
A Graphic Flutterer Dragonfly (Rhyothemis graphiptera) that has briefly perched for some respite from the late morning heat, at Tondoon Botanic Gardens, in Gladstone, Central Queesnland.
A Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) at Tondoon Botanic Gardens. Given the overall tawny colour, I'd say that this is likely to be a female.
Lacewing larvae have this odd habit of attaching detritus to themselves, which is made up of either plant material, or as in this case, the carcasses of their slain prey. Yup, lacewing larvae are badass. I suppose in an odd way, these guys were wearing chitinous armour long before the Dungeons and Dragons crowd thought it up. :-)
Two different colour morphs of the Tawny Frogmouth. On the left is the standard grey morph, while a rufous morph sits perched on the right.
The distinctive (and large!) bicoloured form of a Jumper Ant (Myrmecia nigrocincta) stradling a conveniently-located leaf "window", allowing me to see more of the underside than would normally be possible.
A female Beautiful Crab Spider (Poecilothomisus speciosus) at Tondoon Botanic Gardens, Gladstone, Queensland
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Family : Polypodiaceae
A spreading terrestrial or lithophytic fern here seen growing in Littoral rainforest on Round Head Headland - Town of 1770.
More widely it is a pantropical species which grows in Queensland pretty much along the East Coast from Cape York to Morton Bay on rocks or it can be found growing terrestrially in sandy soil or scree near the coast or in rainforest.
Climbing Bird's Nest Fern spreads across the ground quite densely and I've also seen it at the excellent Tondoon Botanic Gardens at Gladstone climbing up the bases of trees.
Round Head is an important landmark in Australian History as it was here that Joseph Banks stepped on Australian soil again for the second time. He would have found some interesting species in his short one-day visit to Round Head Bustard Bay and, what is now Town of Seventeen Seventy.
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