Perth, Western Australia
The Adventure Continues:
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| Aussie
Rules Football Final, Fremantle v. Essendon |
Flame
Tree at UWA Campus |
McDonald's
in Perth have Cappuccino and Dessert Cafes! |
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Hiking
at Yanchep National Park |
First
Tiger Snake Sighting! |
Koalas
in the Yanchep Sanctuary |
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Wild
flowers in the field- A Rare Species of Catspaw
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Carnac Island: At the end of September I spent two days on Carnac Island with two French researchers observing and helping with their tiger snake (Notechis scutatus) study. The system on Carnac Island is incredible. The island is small (16 ha) and they estimate that there are over 400 adult tiger snakes on this island. One reason the densities are so high is that the island has an extremely large colony of nesting seagulls and the adult snakes eat the chicks. As a consequence, the snakes are often attacked by the seagulls and many of the snakes on the island are half-blind or completely blind- and they continue to thrive! The bush vegetation on the island is extremely thick, but when you go out in the morning before the heat of the day, the snakes are basking everywhere.
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| Pelican
Wanting Fish at Dock |
Pelican,
Seagulls, and Sea Lions |
Cliff
View |
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Tiger
Snakes Everywhere! |
Tiger
Snake |
Reading
the ID |
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King
Skink (Egernia kingii) |
Processing
Data on the Beach |
Me,
a Sea Lion, and our Boat |
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Sea
lions approach the beach and have a bit of an altercation.... |
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The Perth Royal Show: The Western Australian version of the state fair
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| First
Stop: Poultry Barn |
White
Polish Chickens in the Laying Competition |
Emu
Chicks! |
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Alpaca
baby and mum |
The
fun never ends at the fair... |
Piglets
Nursing |
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Sheep
Shearing
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Bright
Colored Sheep! (It's food dye put in the sheep dip) |
Sheep
Dog Demonstration
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The King's Park Wildflower Festival: Flowers everywhere!
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| No
caption needed |
Lots
of Wildflowers |
In
the flowers |
Last Updated 10 Oct 2003