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A billabong is a branch of a river forming a backwater or stagnant pool, made by water flowing from the main stream during a flood. The word, "billabong", is derived from an Aboriginal word.
This photo was taken from the air early in the dry season in the Northern Territory, Australia. The billabong filled during the wet season. The green area in the centre of the billabong consists of aquatic plants such as waterlilies.
Feral herbivores particularly buffalo and pigs can cause extensive damage to the structure and vegetation of billabongs in the Northern Territory by wallowing in them. This billabong is in good condition.
The photo in the first comment shows a billabong that has been damaged by buffalo. Buffalo tracks and where buffalo have wallowed are visible.
What a pretty girl she was, and even in the wind, she was kind enough to give a decent pause.. to give me a fair go with focus :)
A nymph makes it's way out of the water, to remind me that's what she looked like, not so long ago.
sooc..
Even better viewed large x
This photo was taken near the top of the Purling Brook Falls, these falls are World Heritage listed Gondwana Rainforest.
Short drive from home - Gold Coast - Australia.
A photo of the falls can be seen in my Queensland Album.
Best viewed large.
Texture thanks to Betty Jo.
A billabong is a small body of still water. (Aboriginal word.)
Every day at the billabong ends with a huge party of birdlife.
One last burst of life as night falls, so noisy it's deafening, and frantically busy.
Massive numbers of these rainbow lorikeets, as well as the big white sulfur-crested cockatoos, and the pink and grey galahs, all chattering, screeching, swooping and zooming about, and having their last feed, way up high in the surrounding tree tops, before finally choosing which tree to settle in for the night.
Here's one pic I thought I'd never capture, due to the height they're at, and their speedy antics in the fast fading light.
Actually held the camera way above my head as high as my arms could stretch, just to get a bit closer on zoom, and tilted it at the best angle to catch whatever light possible.
I really couldn't see a darn thing on the screen in such low light and holding it so far away - surprised I got a few, not perfect focus, but hey, I was delighted :)
Corroboree Billabong is part of the Mary River Wetlands and apart from teaming with birdlife it also has the largest concentration of saltwater crocodiles in the world.
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As mentioned before, I enjoy setting personal challenges with my pics, one of them lately was to get something decent with all the dragonflies about now..
Yes, down at the billabong again… well, there's so many different ones there, it's been fun, except for losing my blinkin' specs, that is..
This little beauty was snapped today while still searching, *sigh*..
Anyway, they're so busy helicoptering around, impossible to 'capture' on the fly and they don't settle long enough to take a few seconds to focus.
So quickly worked out that they alight back to a favourite spot and all I had to do was keep the camera clear and fixed upon that leaf or twig … and wait …
A bit hard without a tripod, as you know I'm not real steady, but haven't got the patience to fiddle 'round with it … which compounded with not seeing which twig it was, without my specs..
After this photoshoot, finally admitted defeat on finding them and went to the cheap charlie store for a $5 pair this arvie… not as good..
Sooc .. on zoom ..in the wind …handheld..
The spot was a surprise find for me. I’ve driven over the bridge in the background literally thousands of time, yet for decades, I never new this pond existed.
Sunset storm from Corroboree Billabong. I took this photo from the Corroboree Billabong cruise boat on 20/09/2025. It was one of the first storms of this wet season.
Sunset storm from Corroboree Billabong. I took this photo from the Corroboree Billabong cruise boat on 20/09/2025. It was one of the first storms of this wet season.
4 Shot pano stitched in Lightroom. The billabong has a reasonable amount of water for halfway through the dry season.
This billabong is found in Kakadu National Park, Northern territory, Australia. In the background is Nourlangie Rock. This is home to water fowl and wading birds. The water is filled with lillies and surrounded by paperbarks.
Sunset storm from Corroboree Billabong. I took this photo from the Corroboree Billabong cruise boat on 20/09/2025. It was one of the first storms of this wet season.
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A billabong is an Australian term for an oxbow lake, an isolated pond left behind after a river changes course. Billabongs are usually formed when the path of a creek or river changes, leaving the former branch with a dead end. Wikipedia
The wet season magically transforms the landscape into a huge lake , where water plants and water lilies grow and bloom, The refelctions on this day were amazing.
Mt Borradaile,West Arhemland, NT.
Moulamein, NSW.
These trees are in a billabong or ox bow which is off the Murrain Yarrein Creek on my brother's farm and which we have always called the lagoon. It is was filled during the recent floods but is also often topped up by irrigation drainage so is a fabulous wetland. I went out late afternoon the other day hoping to shoot some wildlife (with my camera and telescopic lens of course!) but, apart from a couple of ducks which you will meet soon, there were very few creatures around. I decided to take some pics of the trees instead.
I went down to the local billabong this afternoon after not shooting there for quite a while. (some earlier billabong series images are on this stream) it was totally different again today. that's the beauty of light.
This photo was taken near the Murray River bend. A billabong is an Australian term for an oxbow lake, an isolated pond left behind after a river changes course. The closest town is Renmark. It is a town in South Australia's rural Riverland area, and is located 254 km northeast of Adelaide, on the banks of the River Murray.
This is an Aboriginal word meaning small body of still water.The small ferns in the foreground are native Tree Ferns ( cyathea Cooperi ) - Gold Coast - Australia.
Perfection in Pictures Supreme Images.
Working on some images and a new post for my blog at steevselby.com - from a day on the isolated west coast of Fraser Island, Australia.
The clouds appeared to form a Billabong logo in a lone cloud as a tribute to all the surfers I saw daring the cold waters this weekend in Olympic National Park.
I grew up visiting this billabong with my father & grandfather, so it has always been a special place for me. I'm not usually a morning person, however I was up this morning as part Shutterbug's Canola Masterclass to take photos of the canola in flower, and thought due to the fog this location may be better. Even though it wasn’t Canola no one seemed to care with this vista in front of them. I love the light picking up the fog rising off the water, and the sun rays through the branches of the tree. It's just a beautiful moment captured at a beautiful location.
HDR Stitch made up of 21 photos (3 deep by 7 wide).
September 2, 2012 Explore at #84
Dry season Billabong with waterlillies. Paperbarks line the edges. Kakadu National Park, NT. Australia.