Gutters and Downpipes
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The Australian green tree frog is a species of tree frog native to Australia and New Guinea.
Larger than most Australian frogs, the Australian green tree frog reaches 10 cm or more in length. Its average lifespan in captivity, about 16 years, is long compared with most frogs.
Green tree frogs are little troubled by the presence of humans and often live in close association with them. They sometimes stray inside houses and are found in such places as sinks and toilets. They can also be found on outside windowsills at night, eating insects attracted to the light, and they may gather under outdoor lighting for the same reason. They sometimes occupy tanks (cisterns), downpipes (downspouts), and gutters, as these have high humidity and are usually cooler than the external environment. They may be drawn to the downpipes and tanks during the mating season because the fixtures amplify their calls.
Due to its appearance and behavioural traits, the green tree frog is a popular exotic pet throughout the world. The skin secretions of the frog have antibacterial and antiviral properties that may prove useful in pharmaceutical preparations and which have rendered it relatively immune to the population declines being experienced by many species of amphibian. (Wikipedia)
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This was the only frog we saw in Australia. He came to bid us farewell as we packed up the bus to return to Darwin, before heading onto Cairns. He is clinging to the side of our cabin, just above a rain collection tank.
Pine Creek, Northern Territory, Australia. October 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Tropical Australia.
I don't really know what this round thing is. I found it by the side of Ayers House beside a whole lot of downpipes.
Feeling a lot, dear friends of Flickr I will be absent for a while ... for work reasons. It has been a pleasure to exchange photos and comments with all of you, so from time to time I will give you a visit ... See you soon, compañeros / as ! :)))
Je le sens beaucoup, chers amis/ies de Flickr, je vais partir un moment ... pour des raisons de travail. Ce fut un plaisir d'échanger des photos et des commentaires avec vous tous, alors de temps en temps je vous ferai une visite ... A bientôt,
les copains/ines ! :)))
Sintiéndolo mucho, queridos amigos/as de Flickr estaré un tiempo ausente... por motivos de trabajo. Ha sido un placer intercambiar fotos y comentarios con todos vosotros, así que de vez en cuando os haré alguna visita... Hasta pronto,compañeros/as !! :)))
Late evening sun making shadowy patterns on these all yellow seaside apartments. Can you see Mickey Mouse? I see six!
A family of weeds growing out of the corver between a brick wall and the asphalt of the back street, beside the corner downpipe.
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Well it is not really , but there is though a feel of the old house in the woods as you pass . I have tried to enhance that feel by putting it through a filter on the computer photo storage programme and then another filter here on flickr editor . An intriguing sight anyway !!
I took this photo at Callan Park - hospital for the insane. The hospital was the first purpose-built hospital for moral therapy treatment in Australia. It was constructed between 1880 and 1884, and received its first patients in October 1884. The hospital closed in 2008.
Note the chiselled ‘convict finish’ on the sandstone rock.
Lilyfield, Sydney
January, 2021
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Well not really as this is the first time I have spotted him . He is in fact on top of a garage roof and taken from the other side of the road . He is looking out over the parapet wall on top of a garage - the same one that has the " Tommy " attached ( see first comment box ) .
... go down the drain, Mr.Putin!
The world really has bigger problems at the moment
than dealing with your historicizing lust for power.
Give PEACE a Chance! (1969)
Downpipe at a facade in Saint Petersburg, Russia
for a sorrowful 'Travel Tuesday'