Our great southern migration

  I was going to use this title for the Barrabaroo Landcare meeting as we did go over the river but could have gone through the woods behind our place. The Landcare group encompasses both sides of Barrabaroo Creek/ Narira creek. We live on the east side and have the creek as a border on about 1/2 of the property. We attended a pizza party on the other side of the creek and over the hill behind our place. Mostly still wild scrub but it does have a fence line and power lines. Scott has been spending a lot of time back there watching for the elusive lyrebird (see previous post ).  This time we stopped on our way back from Potato Point. We are hoping to buy an EV car relatively soon and there was an EV expo at the weekly market in Moruya. We went to the Potato Point house last night. I went for a walk in the old stomping grounds while Scott made a lovely lamb roast dinner. We spent the night and then went to the expo today. There are many more manufacturers here than I am used to;...

  This guy is as close as we get to a Pooh bear story and it probably isn't our wombat. Our neighbor took this picture. Amazing that it was that close to their deck and that it was out in daylight. Also unusual in that it does not seem to be mange ridden. It is possible it lives in our paddock but it is spending more of its time by their house - but probably not.  We do have some photos of our wombats but they tend to be shyer than the one above. This one couldn't be bothered to go into his den as we drove in.  And this one is a bit more red than most - he has obviously spent some time in the red clay! Yes, the image is blurry. You are just seeing how fast it is moving...  It has definitely been a few days that Roo would claim fits his song: The creek has risen noticeably but not about to come over its banks. Just a nice level of water. Once the rain let up, the birds came out in force. We saw lots of our regular friends but also heard (Erin) and then saw (Scott) glo...

Scott found this cutie on the back power cable. It is not a rose robin but it is in the same family. This female flame robin is the first we have seen here since we arrived. She posed a few times before heading off.  To refresh - we found a rose robin awhile back but were unable to get great pics or find it again, despite serious hunting.  These Australian robins are smaller than American robins and seemingly much harder to spot. We haven't given up. After the first rose robin siting, we have seen other robins (elsewhere) with some color such as this male lame robin And this set of scarlet robins We did also see a pink robin.  Unfortunately it saw us first and was quickly out of the scene.  We do have yellow robins around the farm. Cute and a bit more prevalent. I call this the superman pose: The hooded robins are not as colorful. We got a single blurry shot of a hooded robin. Finally, we have jacky-winters in abundance. These little robins like sitting on fence post...

  Didn't actually see the spider but the web was gorgeous! We stopped by a national forest on the way to a doctor appointment in Moruya. By the time we got there, we had 15 minutes and it deserved longer. We didn't spend much time looking for fungi or birds but the web caught my attention.  We have had some great views lately. Most Australian trees don't change color but this orange/red one is doing very pretty changes. It lives in what we refer to as the "formal" garden.  With an easterly facing view, I expected, and we do get, some very nice sunrise The morning mist can also make the other spider webs very visible Unexpectedly, the sunsets can be even more gorgeous Maybe because they often bring an end to a hard days' work but mostly they are just amazing to watch. It is moving into winter here, so they do come earlier and earlier.  The doctor visit was to get a Q-fever test done. I am not sick but my doc recommended the vaccine. Q fever is much more prevale...