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(Leucosarcia melanoleuca)
O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat - QLD
Austrália
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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.
So, you may find:
- All the photos for this trip Austrália (2024) (309)
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- All the photos for this family Columbidae (Columbídeos) (119)
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- All the photos taken this day 2024/11/18 (12)
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Wonga Beach, a popular and remote seaside destination close to Daintree in Queensland, Australia.
It has a beautiful, lush back drop of huge Calophyllum trees interspersed with Coconut palms. In 1770 Captain Cook named the northern bay’s continental Island Snapper Island and the near-by coral cay Low Isles.
Looking south from Wonga Beach you can see Island Point which shelters the harbour entrance of Port Douglas. The rainforest clad mountain range to the north is called Alexandra Range after a Danish princess who married the Prince of Wales. The rainforest clad mountain range behind Wonga Beach is called Dagma Range after Alexandra’s younger sister.
The Daintree River, Wonga Beach and the beach end of Alexandra Range form a natural funnel when the prevailing south-east trade winds are considered and explain why there are no sandflies at Wonga Beach and there are so many different species of mangroves in the Daintree.
There are three maintained graves along the beach. One belongs to a maritime hero Charlie Lifu and includes an inscription of his feats. It is near the Close that bears his name.
Behind the coastal vegetation is an extraordinary array of architecture. From the quaint owner-built holiday and fishing shacks of the 1930s to the newer multimillion dollar homes.
In 1985 a large volcanic eruption beneath the Coral Sea released thousands of Pumice stones to the ocean surface which were then blown along north Queensland's shore by the trade winds.
Birdwatchers visit Wonga Beach to see three uncommon bird species: Gould's bronze cuckoo, double-eyed fig-parrot and the beach stone-curlew. The last species is easily confused with the ubiquitous bush stone-curlew noted for its wailing calls at night.
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Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia
Contact me on jono_dashper@hotmail.com for use of this image.
Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia
Contact me on jono_dashper@hotmail.com for use of this image.
Macro Monday challenge for 21/8/17 is "Bread"
So, why a picture of money? You can't make toast with that!
There are many terms across the globe for money, far too many for me to try and list. Easily the most commonly used slang term in the UK is Bread. This is derived from Cockney rhyming slang: bread and honey - money. Also very commonly used is dough from the same source. There was even a sitcom in the late 80s based in Liverpool named Bread - essentially because of the connection with money.
As a complete aside I just realised this is pic 800 loaded to Flickr by me...
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Armadillidium vulgare
From Europe initially but can now be found world wide.
This was my first time seeing this particular Isopod but they where in abundance at the location I found them.
Location , Wonga Wetlands , NSW , Australia 🇦🇺
Helicon Focus
Adobe PS
Topaz Labs Denoise AI
1/125 --- F7.1 --- ISO 200 Flash 1/64 +8
📷 Olympus EM1 Mkii
🔎 OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO + Custom Lens Hood by ME
🔎 Olympus M.Zuiko Digital MC-20, 2X Teleconverter
Hand held focus stack of 58 images
⚡ Godox V1
️ CJ Diffuser.
©Craig Loechel not for use without prior consent
Have a nice day
Crystal Shower Falls is accessible via the Wonga Walk from the Dorrigo Rainforest Centre. A suspension bridge passes near the waterfall, and it is possible to walk behind the falls in a cave.
Post processed from RAW in Adobe Lightroom 6.
Leucosarcia melanoleuca -
Cutters Camp
Mebbin National Park
Northern New South Wales
Australia
Wonga Pigeons make clearly visible 'tracks' by following exactly the same path each time they visit a feeding site.
These birds seemed to be very shy and only managed to sit still early in the morning. No 64
Wonga Beach, a popular and remote seaside destination close to Daintree in Queensland, Australia.
It has a beautiful, lush back drop of huge Calophyllum trees interspersed with Coconut palms. In 1770 Captain Cook named the northern bay’s continental Island Snapper Island and the near-by coral cay Low Isles.
Looking south from Wonga Beach you can see Island Point which shelters the harbour entrance of Port Douglas. The rainforest clad mountain range to the north is called Alexandra Range after a Danish princess who married the Prince of Wales. The rainforest clad mountain range behind Wonga Beach is called Dagma Range after Alexandra’s younger sister.
The Daintree River, Wonga Beach and the beach end of Alexandra Range form a natural funnel when the prevailing south-east trade winds are considered and explain why there are no sandflies at Wonga Beach and there are so many different species of mangroves in the Daintree.
There are three maintained graves along the beach. One belongs to a maritime hero Charlie Lifu and includes an inscription of his feats. It is near the Close that bears his name.
Behind the coastal vegetation is an extraordinary array of architecture. From the quaint owner-built holiday and fishing shacks of the 1930s to the newer multimillion dollar homes.
In 1985 a large volcanic eruption beneath the Coral Sea released thousands of Pumice stones to the ocean surface which were then blown along north Queensland's shore by the trade winds.
Birdwatchers visit Wonga Beach to see three uncommon bird species: Gould's bronze cuckoo, double-eyed fig-parrot and the beach stone-curlew. The last species is easily confused with the ubiquitous bush stone-curlew noted for its wailing calls at night.
Information Sources:
I came across quite a few vines in the bushland after climbing up the hill on the Bellbird track. I believe this is a Wonga Wonga Vine ( Pandorea pandorana).
The Port Adelaide Lighthouse originally stood at the mouth to (sic) the Port River in Port Adelaide from 1869 until 1901.
In 1901 the lighthouse structure was re-located to South Neptune Island. The lantern and lens was (sic) used in the new Wonga Shoal Lighthouse built south of the entrance to the Port River.
The tower was dismantled, moved back the (sic) the wharf at Port Adelaide.
Editors note: re-sentence syntax - nothing to do with me. I just take pictures.
Wonga Beach, a popular and remote seaside destination close to Daintree in Queensland, Australia.
It has a beautiful, lush back drop of huge Calophyllum trees interspersed with Coconut palms. In 1770 Captain Cook named the northern bay’s continental Island Snapper Island and the near-by coral cay Low Isles.
Looking south from Wonga Beach you can see Island Point which shelters the harbour entrance of Port Douglas. The rainforest clad mountain range to the north is called Alexandra Range after a Danish princess who married the Prince of Wales. The rainforest clad mountain range behind Wonga Beach is called Dagma Range after Alexandra’s younger sister.
The Daintree River, Wonga Beach and the beach end of Alexandra Range form a natural funnel when the prevailing south-east trade winds are considered and explain why there are no sandflies at Wonga Beach and there are so many different species of mangroves in the Daintree.
There are three maintained graves along the beach. One belongs to a maritime hero Charlie Lifu and includes an inscription of his feats. It is near the Close that bears his name.
Behind the coastal vegetation is an extraordinary array of architecture. From the quaint owner-built holiday and fishing shacks of the 1930s to the newer multimillion dollar homes.
In 1985 a large volcanic eruption beneath the Coral Sea released thousands of Pumice stones to the ocean surface which were then blown along north Queensland's shore by the trade winds.
Birdwatchers visit Wonga Beach to see three uncommon bird species: Gould's bronze cuckoo, double-eyed fig-parrot and the beach stone-curlew. The last species is easily confused with the ubiquitous bush stone-curlew noted for its wailing calls at night.
Information Sources:
Leucosarcia melanoleuca -
Cutters Camp
Mebbin National Park
Northern New South Wales
Australia #59, 53
Wittons Reserve, Wonga Park.
On an overcast morning during the covid-19/coronavirus outbreak i took my camera whilst doing my daily exercise. Toward the end of the walk I found folk out walking and enjoying the view.
Climber in my garden.
Grows in a pot, this vine is not as strong, as another one in the ground.
Btw, there is my another old photo of this plant in Wikipedia.
Wonga Pigeon
Leucosarcia melanoleuca
April 27th, 2025
Launching Place, Victoria, Australia
Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 100-500mm F4.5-7.1L IS USM lens
Wonga Pigeons are a terrestrial bird native to the rainforests & wet eucalypt forests of eastern Australia. It is highly adapted to life on the forest floor, where it spends the majority of its time foraging for food. This plump pigeon walks purposefully & quickly, often following well-worn routes as it searches among the leaf litter for fallen seeds, fruits, & occasionally invertebrates.
We have a pair of these beautiful birds that frequent our property, usually wandering around near our sheep's pen. I see them quite often, but rarely do I see them perched in a tree, so I was pleased when one morning before work I spotted one motionless on a eucalypt branch.
One of our local birds, the Wonga Pigeon... also known as the Woop Woop bird due to it's distinctive ongoing call, that can go for hours!
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View from the rocky cavern behind Crystal Shower Falls into the subtropical rainforest of Dorrigo National Park, part of the world heritage listed Gondwana Rainforests of Australia.