Dawn of a new day at Port Clinton South Australia.
looking great in springtime colours a kangaroo at Blowering Dam New South Wales Australia
With a backdrop of Australian native wattle flowering in the background this kangaroo freezes trying to blend in, so as to go unnoticed.
#Springtime #roo portrait #BloweringDam #NSW
Posted by Jay G Images Photo Art on Saturday, 12 September 2015
Springtime
It’s that time of year #Springtime #Waikerie Daffodil in the rain.
Posted by Jay G Images Photo Art on Monday, 14 September 2015
Posted in Waikerie South Australia
Tagged daffodils, images of Waikerie, springtime, Waikerie
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blowing off steam
On board the PS Industry one of the great old paddle steamers on the Murray moored at Renmark Riverland South Australia.
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Photographed at Waikerie in the Riverland South Australia. These wonderful Australian native birds are found all over Australia & bring a lot of joy to people with their iconic call or laugh as it’s known. for more images of birds found in Waikerie & South Australia view my coffee table books.
I am both beautiful & expensive
What a treat to see a Vicuna, whilst travelling Peru! These beautiful animals are famous for their exquisitely soft & hence expensive wool. They are found in Peru Northern Chille Bolivia & Northwestern Argentina. These delicate looking camelids are a shy & rare creature found in the wild & their wool is much sought after.
They can only be shorn 3 times a year & command very high prices for their wool. A scarf can cost around $1500 USD. There are several reasons why this wool is both so expensive & sought after. They only produce around .05kg of wool per annum. The wool itself is extremely fine & soft & they produce some of the finest wool fibres to be found in the animal world. Due to it’s properties of tiny scales on hollow air filled fibres which causes them to interlock trapping warm air, the wool is extremely warm.
Posted in Travelling the World
Tagged Peru, Peruvian Wildlife, Travel Peru, Vicuna, Wildlife Peru
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Tail slapping
It’s that time of year where the whales make there northerly migration up the coasts of Australia to warmer waters to calve. This shot was taken north of Tweed Heads in Queensland. The males slap their tails which makes for a huge splash & the sound can be heard from a great distance away. It is thought to mark it’s location to other whales.