tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48864332019182151452011-11-28T11:14:45.352+11:00Desultory views of life, based (loosely) in Julatten, AustraliaBennoreply@blogger.comBlogger511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-7339480283706608262010-04-30T20:29:00.010+10:002010-05-03T10:17:41.647+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/S9qx5GA8iJI/AAAAAAAAAQw/oLgrlt2bG3k/s1600/PICT0032.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/S9qx5GA8iJI/AAAAAAAAAQw/oLgrlt2bG3k/s400/PICT0032.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465876692192757906" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/S9qxvvRPnpI/AAAAAAAAAQo/JH1heYzNaAE/s1600/PICT0039.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/S9qxvvRPnpI/AAAAAAAAAQo/JH1heYzNaAE/s400/PICT0039.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465876531468279442" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This young chap visited a week ago and yesterday and enjoyed some oranges. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Casuariiformes Family: Casuariidae Genus: Casuarius ©2010ben </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-733948028370660826?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-73480792817865872512010-02-28T12:06:00.006+11:002010-02-28T12:31:39.369+11:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/S4nG_VYpH2I/AAAAAAAAANs/V7bCmCbXXsU/s1600-h/PICT0004.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/S4nG_VYpH2I/AAAAAAAAANs/V7bCmCbXXsU/s400/PICT0004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443100416028516194" border="0" /></a> <span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" lang="EN-US">Sometimes enters a house seeking spiders. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">©2010ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-7348079281786587251?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-90614600885556009402010-02-22T22:03:00.012+11:002010-02-28T12:36:34.826+11:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/S4Jn0stwTWI/AAAAAAAAANM/5c-uNrh7AOk/s1600-h/PICT0039.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/S4Jn0stwTWI/AAAAAAAAANM/5c-uNrh7AOk/s400/PICT0039.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441025454870908258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >This Spangled Drongo, the marvellously named dicrurus bracteatus, of the family Dicruridae, in the order of Passeriformes, </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >sought shelter from the rainstorm last night but flew off confidently this morning. ©2010ben</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-9061460088555600940?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-15724893132606474442009-12-03T22:42:00.006+11:002009-12-04T17:09:26.671+11:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SxelDT__SMI/AAAAAAAAANE/1RQonmnG4eg/s1600-h/pict0086a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SxelDT__SMI/AAAAAAAAANE/1RQonmnG4eg/s400/pict0086a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410974953635793090" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/Sxek2ozAQuI/AAAAAAAAAM8/chr85UpiUbg/s1600-h/PICT0034.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/Sxek2ozAQuI/AAAAAAAAAM8/chr85UpiUbg/s400/PICT0034.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410974735880176354" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >The buff-breasted paradise kingfisher, growing a new tail feather - possibly after losing one servicing a nest. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-1572489313260647444?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-21556609718369947482009-08-27T10:57:00.005+10:002009-09-18T18:26:22.993+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SpXc4MOpOnI/AAAAAAAAAM0/m_nv5qm-iD8/s1600-h/PICT0036.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SpXc4MOpOnI/AAAAAAAAAM0/m_nv5qm-iD8/s400/PICT0036.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374444588249987698" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" >Demure and unassuming. Stays </span><span style="font-size:130%;">deep in the forest and only seen on the fringes at dusk. Squats against trees like this to hunt bugs on the ground.</span> ©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-2155660971836994748?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-28300746963234392692009-08-20T22:56:00.002+10:002009-08-20T23:00:49.703+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/So1IbGbURPI/AAAAAAAAAMs/iPTI2QI9W-4/s1600-h/PICT0101.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/So1IbGbURPI/AAAAAAAAAMs/iPTI2QI9W-4/s400/PICT0101.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372029560941724914" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Copper smelter ruins, Mt Molloy, named after Patrick Molloy who found the ore body nearby. </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-2830074696323439269?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-41755433377573858142009-08-10T23:33:00.002+10:002009-08-10T23:34:58.267+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SoAh1wXnriI/AAAAAAAAAMk/ZNEziMqih_Y/s1600-h/aPICT0011.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SoAh1wXnriI/AAAAAAAAAMk/ZNEziMqih_Y/s400/aPICT0011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368327963226385954" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-4175543337757385814?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-83340054250051485342009-08-10T23:31:00.001+10:002009-08-10T23:33:27.819+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SoAhTls9heI/AAAAAAAAAMc/_4Vc5yu3rDA/s1600-h/aPICT0009.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SoAhTls9heI/AAAAAAAAAMc/_4Vc5yu3rDA/s400/aPICT0009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368327376247555554" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-8334005425005148534?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-34766990493128819122009-08-10T23:26:00.003+10:002009-08-10T23:29:49.792+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SoAgPteWk8I/AAAAAAAAAMU/7qCE2gQTWVw/s1600-h/PICT0sdfsdf005.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SoAgPteWk8I/AAAAAAAAAMU/7qCE2gQTWVw/s400/PICT0sdfsdf005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368326210102662082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;" >Another pure world.</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-3476699049312881912?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-38107337874925292052009-08-10T23:12:00.004+10:002009-08-10T23:26:33.685+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SoAfCmTrIlI/AAAAAAAAAMM/3WcTJ22qN3U/s1600-h/18.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SoAfCmTrIlI/AAAAAAAAAMM/3WcTJ22qN3U/s400/18.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368324885328896594" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" >Highland rainforest. So it's not just eucalypt forests that have a blue haze from plant oils. </span>©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-3810733787492529205?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-5818957479833629342009-08-01T13:45:00.002+10:002009-08-01T13:48:07.446+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SnO6vGKkikI/AAAAAAAAAME/gN2Tq6nLPAE/s1600-h/PICT0011.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SnO6vGKkikI/AAAAAAAAAME/gN2Tq6nLPAE/s400/PICT0011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364836899399961154" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Hardy, happy.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"> ©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-581895747983362934?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-50201917603151561422009-07-30T17:55:00.003+10:002009-07-30T18:01:37.843+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SnFSjBusGGI/AAAAAAAAAL8/GUQjs3D95ks/s1600-h/Pelican2Az.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 248px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SnFSjBusGGI/AAAAAAAAAL8/GUQjs3D95ks/s400/Pelican2Az.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364159392888133730" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Great dignity.</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-5020191760315156142?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-33832338722468317042009-07-30T17:48:00.003+10:002009-07-30T17:53:40.994+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SnFQpyHNNvI/AAAAAAAAAL0/Uo4XnQms5BY/s1600-h/PICT0006.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SnFQpyHNNvI/AAAAAAAAAL0/Uo4XnQms5BY/s400/PICT0006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364157309931828978" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Great Kepple Island, near Rockhampton, South Queensland. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-3383233872246831704?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-18773696197253436142009-07-28T18:05:00.003+10:002009-07-28T18:10:16.406+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/Sm6xvpxTuDI/AAAAAAAAALM/npAudEls3_A/s1600-h/hhICT0027.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/Sm6xvpxTuDI/AAAAAAAAALM/npAudEls3_A/s400/hhICT0027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363419638469474354" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Excellent sand castle in the making, Main Beach, Noosa Heads. Candles in the alcoves at dusk complete the fairytale. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-1877369619725343614?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-41598899367456556152009-07-28T17:58:00.001+10:002009-07-28T18:00:49.244+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/Sm6wJyEVoEI/AAAAAAAAALE/PZ0oLFItYII/s1600-h/lll42ooooo.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/Sm6wJyEVoEI/AAAAAAAAALE/PZ0oLFItYII/s400/lll42ooooo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363417888350117954" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" >Kite surfing at the mouth of Noosa River.</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-4159889936745655615?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-5979612597671148752009-07-28T17:53:00.007+10:002009-07-30T17:59:46.278+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/Sm6vVVzVgaI/AAAAAAAAAK8/c54XP7j6xVI/s1600-h/PICT0234.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/Sm6vVVzVgaI/AAAAAAAAAK8/c54XP7j6xVI/s400/PICT0234.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363416987409416610" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"> Fire watchtower on Mt Wolvi. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-597961259767114875?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-65282291638201945212009-07-25T21:06:00.005+10:002009-07-30T18:00:39.217+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SmrnV23-g0I/AAAAAAAAAK0/tCsSkx3McdA/s1600-h/Noosa22+038a.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SmrnV23-g0I/AAAAAAAAAK0/tCsSkx3McdA/s400/Noosa22+038a.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362352669031564098" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Stratocumulus around a stratocirrus feature . . . all ice crystals.</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-6528229163820194521?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-45838465837757163092009-07-25T20:53:00.002+10:002009-07-25T20:58:37.241+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/Smrk-kEb2XI/AAAAAAAAAKs/XIO2aVzg7dQ/s1600-h/T0003v.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/Smrk-kEb2XI/AAAAAAAAAKs/XIO2aVzg7dQ/s400/T0003v.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362350069823297906" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >From the family rocaceae, the rose. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-4583846583775716309?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-25264084541471004352009-07-22T22:40:00.003+10:002009-07-30T18:01:10.664+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SmcKXrYq6RI/AAAAAAAAAKk/iRDB3Vp1FBs/s1600-h/CT0113.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SmcKXrYq6RI/AAAAAAAAAKk/iRDB3Vp1FBs/s400/CT0113.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361265283307333906" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Ridges with stratus cloud. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-2526408454147100435?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-82591575675263125542009-07-22T22:38:00.001+10:002009-07-22T22:40:04.268+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SmcIlt_-iiI/AAAAAAAAAKc/UPn7vSsSQlo/s1600-h/PICT0090.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SmcIlt_-iiI/AAAAAAAAAKc/UPn7vSsSQlo/s400/PICT0090.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361263325503982114" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">An ant's world . . </span></span>. <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-8259157567526312554?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-11987529571469460572009-07-22T22:33:00.004+10:002009-07-25T20:52:28.348+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SmcHnAFpfBI/AAAAAAAAAKU/2ohu26-npvQ/s1600-h/PICT0013.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SmcHnAFpfBI/AAAAAAAAAKU/2ohu26-npvQ/s400/PICT0013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361262248027847698" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span class="bodytext">Blue Quondong (<i>Elaeocarpus angustifolius</i>). </span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-1198752957146946057?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-25473098863020835752009-07-17T23:08:00.002+10:002009-07-17T23:12:24.214+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SmB4oMNcmTI/AAAAAAAAAKM/QyLz5SWix8o/s1600-h/PICT0086art.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SmB4oMNcmTI/AAAAAAAAAKM/QyLz5SWix8o/s400/PICT0086art.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359416188438616370" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" >Old tobacco drying shed at Mt Molloy.</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-2547309886302083575?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-33366023153818296282009-07-17T23:01:00.004+10:002009-07-17T23:07:24.989+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SmB2cE42IjI/AAAAAAAAAKE/lhbwG7uzmv4/s1600-h/pict0042art.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SmB2cE42IjI/AAAAAAAAAKE/lhbwG7uzmv4/s400/pict0042art.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359413781291475506" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Boreen Point on Lake Cootharaba, one of several large lakes in the Noosa River catchment.</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"> ©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-3336602315381829628?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-7140920920668020132009-07-17T22:45:00.005+10:002009-07-17T22:59:46.887+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SmByyky-IfI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/fUFHQ7uyD48/s1600-h/PICT0160.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 89px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SmByyky-IfI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/fUFHQ7uyD48/s400/PICT0160.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359409769767379442" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">The Peak Downs area lies south-west of Mackay, behind the Great Dividing Range. A coal-mining and grazing region</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">. </span> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-714092092066802013?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-69581973554587339282009-07-17T22:14:00.002+10:002009-07-17T22:21:50.867+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SmBsf8OzhWI/AAAAAAAAAJs/TmxO7JZPAnM/s1600-h/PICT0203.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 275px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SmBsf8OzhWI/AAAAAAAAAJs/TmxO7JZPAnM/s400/PICT0203.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359402852570858850" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Carnarvon Gorge creek, Central Queensland.</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"> ©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-6958197355458733928?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-7987556931460338622009-07-01T18:47:00.002+10:002009-07-01T18:54:42.483+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SksjyIcdJ-I/AAAAAAAAAJk/i0-GAxQxVqw/s1600-h/PICT0078.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SksjyIcdJ-I/AAAAAAAAAJk/i0-GAxQxVqw/s400/PICT0078.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353411926227232738" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Noosa sunshine</span>. ©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-798755693146033862?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-83602766110560821482009-07-01T17:58:00.007+10:002009-07-01T18:53:45.179+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SksbSnmTB3I/AAAAAAAAAJU/fD9P72JylZE/s1600-h/PICT0033.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SksbSnmTB3I/AAAAAAAAAJU/fD9P72JylZE/s400/PICT0033.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353402588741175154" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Sunset, Main Beach, Noosa. <span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span> </span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-8360276611056082148?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-761543350140341512009-07-01T00:21:00.009+10:002009-07-01T18:40:51.464+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SkoiqnEHKSI/AAAAAAAAAJE/y3g4nklXJsM/s1600-h/PICT0076.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SkoiqnEHKSI/AAAAAAAAAJE/y3g4nklXJsM/s400/PICT0076.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353129222519335202" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SkoihJhgGKI/AAAAAAAAAI8/pV2eynqQXvo/s1600-h/15.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SkoihJhgGKI/AAAAAAAAAI8/pV2eynqQXvo/s400/15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353129059970717858" border="0" /></a> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> </div><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" > </span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >From rainforest ranges quite close to the Coral Sea, many creeks in Julatten flow south to the Mitchell River, then over 600 kilometres westward to the Gulf of Carpentaria. <span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span> </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-76154335014034151?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-3540258076049901472009-07-01T00:11:00.005+10:002009-07-01T18:39:32.692+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/Skoe-i2TVAI/AAAAAAAAAIk/NGh49UxsgqE/s1600-h/PICT0144.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/Skoe-i2TVAI/AAAAAAAAAIk/NGh49UxsgqE/s400/PICT0144.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353125166938543106" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" > <span style="font-family:arial;">This dam on the Mitchell River covers most of what used to be Southedge (cattle) Station and is now known as Lake Southedge or Lake Mitchell. The planned city around it was never approved. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-354025807604990147?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-62266667860330498652009-06-29T20:14:00.004+10:002009-07-01T18:39:13.544+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SkiVEs4LJfI/AAAAAAAAAIc/Gaefv2MSFS8/s1600-h/PICT0052.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 209px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SkiVEs4LJfI/AAAAAAAAAIc/Gaefv2MSFS8/s400/PICT0052.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352692065128621554" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Sunrise approaches, the bird chorus well underway. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-6226666786033049865?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-38814569689348692652009-06-26T16:07:00.008+10:002009-07-01T18:38:53.670+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SkRp8ePCpCI/AAAAAAAAAIM/L50WH5xCNA8/s1600-h/CT0010vv.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 244px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SkRp8ePCpCI/AAAAAAAAAIM/L50WH5xCNA8/s400/CT0010vv.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351518744852210722" border="0" /></a> <span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">One the numerous moth species at Julatten, north of the Atherton Tablelands.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"> ©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-3881456968934869265?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-69967015287594814062009-06-24T00:37:00.003+10:002009-07-01T18:38:02.176+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SkDpJYv5xSI/AAAAAAAAAH8/bT1vaWomEU4/s1600-h/pict0065a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SkDpJYv5xSI/AAAAAAAAAH8/bT1vaWomEU4/s400/pict0065a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350532704787612962" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Just behind the knolls lay the Coral Sea and clearer skies. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-6996701528759481406?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-60656583392790828162009-06-23T19:46:00.011+10:002009-07-01T18:37:40.935+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SkCmf7x3FFI/AAAAAAAAAHs/7zP4wAuux7E/s1600-h/PICT0003+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SkCmf7x3FFI/AAAAAAAAAHs/7zP4wAuux7E/s400/PICT0003+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350459424869127250" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">These epiphytes </span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">just turn up on trees. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" > </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-6065658339279082816?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-17225614284441955442009-06-21T22:24:00.005+10:002009-07-01T18:37:20.202+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/Sj4ndmvrF9I/AAAAAAAAAGs/2WoVwlO6ztA/s1600-h/PICT0062.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/Sj4ndmvrF9I/AAAAAAAAAGs/2WoVwlO6ztA/s400/PICT0062.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349756796932921298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">Mossman Gorge with cloud revealing some ridges not easily discerned otherwise</span>. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-1722561428444195544?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-43344678510907934532009-06-21T21:55:00.004+10:002009-07-01T18:36:55.940+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/Sj4l80m4FnI/AAAAAAAAAGk/bxz4WEN93UM/s1600-h/PICT0068.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/Sj4l80m4FnI/AAAAAAAAAGk/bxz4WEN93UM/s400/PICT0068.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349755134206809714" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >All dressed up and ready for the bright lights. <span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span> </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-4334467851090793453?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-69798022503593998432009-06-20T20:17:00.005+10:002009-07-01T18:36:15.904+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/Sjy34ofA8TI/AAAAAAAAAGc/LhTBrH6ATEc/s1600-h/PICT0061.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/Sjy34ofA8TI/AAAAAAAAAGc/LhTBrH6ATEc/s400/PICT0061.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349352640977367346" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Syzygium in the Myrtaceae family, of the ancient order of Myrtales ?? (Species unknown . . . any suggestions?) <span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span> </span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-6979802250359399843?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-6883279945711437962009-06-20T19:45:00.004+10:002009-07-01T18:35:34.003+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SjyyCryB4XI/AAAAAAAAAGM/5EdrUOzgNCc/s1600-h/4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SjyyCryB4XI/AAAAAAAAAGM/5EdrUOzgNCc/s400/4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349346216591352178" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >This cycad is hundreds of years old and has become a sizeable tree. It looks like dinosaur food, the species being more or less unchanged from that era. <span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span> </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-688327994571143796?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-46372045942957328482009-06-18T10:55:00.003+10:002009-07-01T18:35:01.538+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SjmRo_qLfII/AAAAAAAAAFY/cfHLyutaOc4/s1600-h/Dragon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SjmRo_qLfII/AAAAAAAAAFY/cfHLyutaOc4/s400/Dragon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348466165948316802" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Here's a friendly fellow someone may identify soon. <span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span> </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-4637204594295732848?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-31577379832128397512009-06-12T00:25:00.010+10:002009-07-01T18:34:31.222+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SjEWDbRp1fI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/S6AnVWP9jN8/s1600-h/pict0013a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SjEWDbRp1fI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/S6AnVWP9jN8/s400/pict0013a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346078480782710258" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">This kingfisher comes down to North Queensland from N</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:Symbol;" lang="EN-US"><span style=";font-family:&quot;;font-size:7;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">ew Guinea in summer to breed. I don't know whether they're all the same ones but several appear here every year, some old and some not so old. Julatten is a world-renowned birdwatcher zone, offers a range of birdwatcher accommodation and is much favoured by twitchers from all over. <span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span> </span></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-3157737983212839751?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-78044763119760014642009-06-09T09:25:00.007+10:002009-07-01T22:56:05.746+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/Si2e7JRQIkI/AAAAAAAAAFI/pvpEL0uiVN8/s1600-h/PICT0029.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/Si2e7JRQIkI/AAAAAAAAAFI/pvpEL0uiVN8/s400/PICT0029.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345103071696396866" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/Si2exlb9VEI/AAAAAAAAAFA/8BjgyQUerNc/s1600-h/PICT0034.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/Si2exlb9VEI/AAAAAAAAAFA/8BjgyQUerNc/s400/PICT0034.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345102907458802754" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;" >Properties in Julatten (north-east Australia) have an elevation of around 400 to 500 metres and many have views of Black Mountain (Mount Garioch) and/or some rainforest. Many of the region's ranges are declared World Heritage conservation areas or National Parks. Port Douglas and the Daintree are nearby. <span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span> </span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-7804476311976001464?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-11524932932712912222009-06-09T09:09:00.001+10:002009-07-01T18:33:19.996+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/Si2cSzbJ4wI/AAAAAAAAAE4/hNsyoQiHUQc/s1600-h/PICT0157.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 114px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/Si2cSzbJ4wI/AAAAAAAAAE4/hNsyoQiHUQc/s400/PICT0157.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345100179614327554" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Doggedly growing up on the (saltwater) Noosa River, delighting spectators and receiving plenty of junk food. <span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span> </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-1152493293271291222?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-85872253105372173712009-06-07T17:02:00.003+10:002009-07-01T22:58:07.845+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SitoV85oWgI/AAAAAAAAADw/kxDxHQj7h2M/s1600-h/PICT0003cc.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SitoV85oWgI/AAAAAAAAADw/kxDxHQj7h2M/s400/PICT0003cc.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344480109139614210" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" > Here's a small sample of Sunshine Coast denizens, huddling cheek by jowl with unknown neighbours, </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >in stupendously overpriced McMansions</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >, on tiny plots of unstable beach sand, paying giant insurance premiums, awaiting the inevitable tidal surge or tsunami. They're also waiting, apparently in vain, for the provision of roads, hospitals and schools to catch up with the burgeoning populace.</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" > </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-8587225310537217371?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-22612559274359864482009-06-05T23:25:00.005+10:002009-07-01T18:31:59.490+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SikdXNa4BaI/AAAAAAAAADg/GUeJhJUlq68/s1600-h/PICT0114.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SikdXNa4BaI/AAAAAAAAADg/GUeJhJUlq68/s400/PICT0114.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343834717428385186" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Like all the other Black Mountains in Australia, this one in Julatten (tropical North Queensland) is a local landmark . It's actually named Mt Garioch but not as far as the locals are concerned. <span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-2261255927435986448?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-35528145844749365742009-06-05T22:14:00.002+10:002009-07-01T18:31:08.368+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SikOPEWCCgI/AAAAAAAAADY/5bjJlT2lBMU/s1600-h/ph-10201.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SikOPEWCCgI/AAAAAAAAADY/5bjJlT2lBMU/s400/ph-10201.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343818084878780930" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">How's the busy bee? <span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span> </span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-3552814584474936574?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-24420666883859265502009-06-04T20:50:00.002+10:002009-07-01T18:30:20.478+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SieoNAKJfbI/AAAAAAAAADQ/k9ZF_n_iZyU/s1600-h/ph-10239.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SieoNAKJfbI/AAAAAAAAADQ/k9ZF_n_iZyU/s400/ph-10239.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343424424232713650" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Between wet seasons, plants grow where they may. Rainbow fish, spangled perch and the odd gudgeon share the water with small, bright blue crayfish that have red claw tips and are predated upon by platypus. <span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span> </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-2442066688385926550?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-30984797563166081052009-06-04T20:27:00.002+10:002009-07-01T18:29:46.576+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SiejDCHOwJI/AAAAAAAAAC4/K1opnczmwSw/s1600-h/pict0018fs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SiejDCHOwJI/AAAAAAAAAC4/K1opnczmwSw/s400/pict0018fs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343418755400515730" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >The highland wet tropics rainforest will reclaim anywhere not actively managed. <span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span> </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-3098479756316608105?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-14925734655647970432009-06-04T20:20:00.002+10:002009-07-01T18:29:14.287+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SiehInPF11I/AAAAAAAAACw/wxzVSX3d6fw/s1600-h/PICT0144.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SiehInPF11I/AAAAAAAAACw/wxzVSX3d6fw/s400/PICT0144.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343416652241688402" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" > Wildflower on the track between Mt Carbine and the McLeod River, Far North Queensland. <span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span> </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-1492573465564797043?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-4661952808041705412009-06-04T20:16:00.002+10:002009-07-01T18:28:33.197+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SieflWR2a9I/AAAAAAAAACo/XT5-_ZYmxTM/s1600-h/PICT0067.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SieflWR2a9I/AAAAAAAAACo/XT5-_ZYmxTM/s400/PICT0067.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343414946882808786" border="0" /></a> <span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Limestone caves with eucalypt and and kapok trees. <span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span> </span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-466195280804170541?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-1199982259866663492009-06-02T20:15:00.002+10:002009-07-01T18:27:55.458+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SiT8sjKpjEI/AAAAAAAAACg/Damju4c7d14/s1600-h/PICT0112.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SiT8sjKpjEI/AAAAAAAAACg/Damju4c7d14/s400/PICT0112.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342672900252601410" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Low Isles near Port Douglas. <span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span> </span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-119998225986666349?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-82380607671533822252009-06-02T19:37:00.001+10:002009-07-01T18:26:28.447+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SiT3-CkzggI/AAAAAAAAACA/QsPrcDCXn6M/s1600-h/PICT0069.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SiT3-CkzggI/AAAAAAAAACA/QsPrcDCXn6M/s400/PICT0069.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342667703183442434" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SiT3zCSXn7I/AAAAAAAAAB4/SM-tYQM4o_c/s1600-h/PICT0090.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SiT3zCSXn7I/AAAAAAAAAB4/SM-tYQM4o_c/s400/PICT0090.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342667514127556530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Sailing off Port Douglas on a single day of fine weather, everyone enjoyed the glassy seas . . </span></span> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" >Lucky travellers on the Queen Victoria had a splendid day too. <span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span> </span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-8238060767153382225?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886433201918215145.post-75122255065815264992009-06-01T21:47:00.004+10:002009-07-01T18:23:01.802+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SiPG5q9c3HI/AAAAAAAAABA/ef_PjhumoCo/s1600-h/dawn.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cNg85iV72jU/SiPG5q9c3HI/AAAAAAAAABA/ef_PjhumoCo/s400/dawn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342332277078416498" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" > The dawn of a new age, or just another day as the picture shows. <span style="font-size:85%;">©2009ben</span> </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886433201918215145-7512225506581526499?l=julatten.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bennoreply@blogger.com0