Living on the edge of a national park near Sydney makes for an interesting life, plenty of unexpected visitors.
A family of Kookaburras enjoying the early morning sunshine.
A Black Wallaby, one of a family that shares this place with us, they visit us most days.
A Bar Shouldered Dove, an occasional visitor.
This years new arrivals getting ready for their first flight training lesson. Red Browed Finches I think but at such a young age it's difficult to tell. Their home was in our lemon tree.
A two metre long Diamond Python trying to find a way into the roof cavity. These are slow moving and unless provoked quite docile.
Another Diamond Python just slightly smaller, scared the *#%! out of me when I went to backwash the swimming pool.
And another, this one was resting under my car when I went to drive it.
And another, this one was resting under my car when I went to drive it.
A Brown Tree snake.
This visitor also decided to take up residence in the pool motor house. I almost put my hand on it when I turned on the motor. At first I thought it was a deadly King Brown snake but after checking my snake book realised it was a Brown Tree snake. The details said harmless but will strike repeatedly, no venom. I decided to let the friendly people at Wires help me to remove it. Barry who was well into his seventies calmly reached in and picked it up. Then could not understand why I didn't want to hold it.
A male Fairy Wren
Same one helping himself to some dinner.
You would look sad too if these guys kept stealing your dinner.
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