https://www.randalkohnphotography.com.au/blog/randal-kohn daily 0.75 2025-09-26 https://www.randalkohnphotography.com.au/blog/randal-kohn/queensland-australia-part-two monthly 0.5 2025-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/da7cfca4-cb16-4f9d-a897-3dc3c89f36f3/_67A5177.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out A closer look inside the pit. It is permanently flooded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/bfb7356b-d277-4fe9-8604-5838d0fcb155/_67A5000-2.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Nobbi (Diporiphora nobbi) A small lizard, body length to 8 cm, tail to 19 cm (total length to 27 cm). Found in drier forests, Nobbi Dragons feed mainly on insects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/e3216bab-b8e3-4448-ab0d-38c9fde36a9a/_67A5909.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Crimson Chat (F) South East of Birdsville by just a few hundred kilometers. Near Windora QLD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/6672f021-f458-4f5c-9fec-aedc6c48d9d3/_67A5707.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Resident Straw Necked Ibis. One of many here. 100+ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/6a4d65c2-8257-41cd-8eb5-03095d39c005/_67A5054.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Pied Butcherbird, Portrait. This ones not yet mature, eventually it’s face and neck will become black. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/4ddaf986-d54f-4c4e-83b7-8d7b97f0c436/_67A5099-2.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Red-winged Parrot (M) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/c57f55e9-4554-4596-9b28-e9b9c844e174/_67A5271.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Varied Lorikeet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/92f464a9-7259-4bcb-9d8d-86a54d651df0/_67A5062-Edit.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Immature Olive-backed Oriel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/8692fa10-8150-48de-aa0e-6737df7864bd/_67A5690.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Following mornings sunrise, Cuttaburra Waterhole Queensland. 28th July at 7:30am. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/4b476ea5-5d4d-4383-8077-bc0f62647fd9/_67A5457.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Now we are four, but that’s the limit, ok? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/866f3764-2ee0-45c1-b642-23244369aa79/_67A5021.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Grey-crowned Babblers, feeding on arboreal termites. They dig them out of the nest with their beaks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/f86d88e9-e9d3-4a99-9651-183aa3715971/_67A5896_Masked+woodswallow.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Masked Woodswallow. Found just outside Birdsville QLD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/71b31903-8ddf-4487-911e-99f4aa26d64c/_67A5460-2.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Six? No way buddy, find your own rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/6cee201d-4701-4757-9a10-c9e1c7374831/_67A4852.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Hughenden skyscape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/4d3880e0-ec45-40c5-bc14-9e18aaff5b67/_67A5225.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out We chased around a flock of Spinifex Pigeons for about half an hour. Finally, as we were at the carpark about to leave they let us closer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/0296032d-6887-4396-825c-be56a5891551/_67A4946-Edit.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Noisy Friarbird. Also found in Southern states. Note the head is bald, whereas the helmeted Friarbird sports a feathery cap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/d1f34bc4-9c01-4635-adbd-4f9d35f50283/_67A5484.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Wedge-tailed Eagle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/107e5096-f17f-46e9-9b42-f4f6274fd3e9/IMG_4107.png Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Diamantina River Birdsville. Yet again a sky full of Whistling Kites. Must be a good year for them. 27th July 2025 at 7:38pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/48f792ef-88a6-48ac-863f-91714ace8c2c/_67A5985.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Apostle Birds. Intelligent, inquisitive and communal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/5aed2079-6155-4794-b918-241d800f8ddf/IMG_5693.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out The ponds were as warm as a hot bath some distance from the spring head itself. Nonetheless plants grew in it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/ce28dd6e-ac34-41b5-957a-ee1e33069398/_67A5057.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Pied Butcherbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/165ddedf-22dd-405b-b080-8c9782b863db/_67A4975.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Brown Honeyeater. (ocularis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/52b0cbda-1287-48d3-a7ba-8cfbe3fba366/_67A5164.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Purple-backed Fairy-wren. (M) A recent re-name as a distinction from Variegated Fairy-wren that is very similar but occurs only along parts of the Eastern coastline, where as The Purple-backed can be found over most of the continent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/2495d1b0-0f3d-4505-8d74-190ddaa10466/_67A5140.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Purple-backed Fairy-wren. (F) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/23206585-0019-42fe-99a8-e7eaf36baa2e/_67A5355.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out A Whistling Kite carries its catch to a nearby tree where it will be eaten whole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/53034760-c2eb-40cb-a54e-289b49ca0c0a/_67A5172.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Those are full size trees at the bottom of the pit. This was taken with a 14mm wide angle lens to get the whole thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/d6526bf6-1134-4ae7-bd37-3a971138a7a8/_67A5246.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out A Mistletoebird visits while we were eating lunch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/6b621edd-fd19-4eba-991b-9544417de6e2/_67A5453-2.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out How about three? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/92bf4695-0da1-4954-bc6d-26413db1f866/IMG_4111.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out More driving off the fuzzy edge of the billiard table. At least there are trees somewhere ahead. I am getting more south, I can see green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/2874a875-21a9-4a78-9291-aee290e4bcb4/_67A5035.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Little Friarbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/4f2b02db-b679-43bf-9cf7-3c99b3d51cb8/IMG_4063.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Sunset from camp that eve. 25th July 2025 at 6:36pm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/8ba07bc6-282b-4770-80b0-a3b8b18838f5/_67A4856.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Who could resist recording the more industrial aspect of the place, particularly when distorted by heat haze. This rail car was about 1km distant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/b2104633-37a6-497c-a366-2bf14405d19a/_67A5447-2.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out An empty rock attracts a bird, then another make two. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1de413ac-a703-442f-b22e-8f9941dcdc46/_67A5030.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Insect eating Sundew. This one is about 3cm across. The sticky exudate traps small insects which then dissolve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/3afca48e-d10f-41a5-99af-a4bcbbc311c6/_67A5851.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Some of the Straw-necked Ibis take flight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/9ea33b06-b4a1-4585-bb8e-5a4ca03312f4/_67A5187.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Yes, the colours are natural. Its famous for its intense blue water. The colour changes relative to the direction sunlight reflects off the surface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1665fe7d-b259-46e4-930e-b4c4d5795983/IMG_4050.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Sunset at our campsite. Canns Creek was a droving camp before the area became national park. Its 17km off the highway along a dirt road/track, one of the reasons it was quiet. Suited us and we stayed for a few days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/3413f676-585f-47b4-b6e1-2f11cc81fb43/_67A5121.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out A Great Crested Grebe catches a fish in the evening light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/3ef1d127-5970-4c77-ab85-4fc215f537c4/_67A5138-2.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Zebra Finches. A portion of a flock of around 40. Quite common, often seen when driving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1d0d9118-bdba-4fb5-8f9e-766766933b62/IMG_5695-2.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out See what I mean about fence posts, even they are rare here. Actually, I quite enjoy the minimalist billiard table landscape. Somehow its calming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/4d04b1c6-6351-4155-81ab-ccc661feeb44/IMG_4085-2.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Pelicans fishing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/799e8324-4c74-472e-96c3-df3a48a0d335/_67A4656.png Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Hughenden skyscape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/eb063b0c-4e57-4f7a-85f8-1d3669dcfb9a/_67A4935_Diamond+Dove.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Diamond Dove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/169d1ff5-9aca-47c0-b530-0eb29d58e682/_67A4925-Edit.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Rufous Whistler (rufiventrus) (F) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/20e44c79-6a22-4246-88d7-286bd96c2690/_67A5603.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Meanwhile overhead, Caspian Turns dive randomly into the water to catch their dinner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/d19fd15b-913c-4268-b3a6-4ac781d8141e/_67A5911.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Budgerigar. Seen in flocks most places inland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/c4a90578-480b-4ad8-8ccc-c5275b646c9b/_67A5946-Restless+Flycatcher2.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Restless Flycatcher. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/16fc3bbe-9064-4610-a64d-94b99c74a83a/_67A6002.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Lake Cargellico, NSW. Dusk on 31st July 2025. An edit enriched surface, some Photoshop play. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/e8511f4c-acf9-4b21-9ff0-8bc06543bc69/_67A4886.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Pale-headed Rosella, catches the evening light. They are rarely seen outside the the foliage except when flying to another tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/5133b8e6-31d0-4457-be08-f7b3d2f58802/_67A5735.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Along these roads you can find Australian Pratincole. They prefer the open plains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/27e77eb4-c0a3-49eb-a6f8-4c0441b82b1b/_67A5089.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Red-winged Parrot (F) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/3c44bb8a-6c2a-4c4a-b0b7-c70a7c9be3c4/_67A5264-3.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Varied Lorikeet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/c92e3b8b-0b8c-49d7-8592-f3cb416011d0/_67A5454.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Come on guys, there’s room for me too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/5d68fd04-e5ff-4ff8-a3c7-f33c7e7b0381/_67A5166-Edit.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out A rare moment when the Male and female are close to each other. These birds never stop hopping around and are hard to find through the camera. Imagine looking through a long tube, that only allows you to see 100 or 200mm in focus, then try to follow these birds pressing a shutter only when they are not obscured. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/14ca47a2-373a-4ad2-bbbd-e2a897ea1806/_67A5495-2.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out A white-winged Fairy-wren. (M) like most wrens shy, quick and hard to photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/251a507d-d25e-42f6-902c-41a5a665f03a/_67A5969.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out White-necked Heron. Ok, you say they are seen all over Australia, but what a superb post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/a59269de-ed3b-4254-8ac4-b50a0764d829/_67A5396.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out A small portion of the sky filled with Whistling Kites. I tried to capture the whole scene but the birds render too small so you will need to imagine these all around you, and overhead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/7fe12e9d-bef8-4537-964e-73faf6d7c691/IMG_4095-3.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out This is what camping is all about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/4b6bbce0-a125-4446-9ffb-9826b39fe433/IMG_4110.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out Underfoot? Hopefully not! A King brown snake, not far from Birdsville and the only close encounter with a snake on the trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/2f92a2f6-5a49-4add-a2fa-07d2b6b596de/NSW+road+closures.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part two - Make it stand out All the blue and Orange marked are closed. As on 29th July 2025. https://www.randalkohnphotography.com.au/blog/randal-kohn/eastern-coast-of-australia monthly 0.5 2025-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/a35f40a7-2042-474b-9de6-410c913f7651/_67A2849+Rufous+Whistler.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Rufous Whistler (M) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/d9e64265-d6bd-4a9d-899a-059b37966281/_67A2655.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Sunrise at Corindi Beach NSW on 21st June at 6:49AM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/59ad48ca-1cd9-441c-81ce-13e39157be60/_67A3931.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Wompoo Fruit Dove. Perched on the berries it was eating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/07b9d819-e67b-4685-9349-d7f117c4181d/IMG_5628-2.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out To enter the Daintree Forest one must first pay $30 to cross the Daintree River on a ferry. We did it three times that’s $90. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/fa89aa49-6534-44ec-9758-9c0a211d5d49/IMG_5546-2.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Second thoughts, with a few kilometers yet to go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/567cd712-2c25-4493-8f6f-d727a61ed2b3/_67A3766.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out White-bellied Sea-Eagles patrol overhead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/af927f85-64aa-481c-8234-3d01faec44be/IMG_3929.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Sunrise at Carmila Beach QLD 28th June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/4f64c319-3e5d-465e-b48e-fbca43a2fc59/_67A3711.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Noah Beach 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/754c824c-9ac8-45af-a18c-0d4a95ab200c/_67A3326.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Bush Stone Curlews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/d5b0ad7b-bc23-4a7b-8c79-d2e1246aadbc/_67A3159.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Gull-billed Tern. Non breading in foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/401ba906-1e21-4efe-ab1a-da27e2f64b6a/_67A3134-2.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Rainbow Bee-eater. Quite common up these parts, also found down south. It was one of these that first made me appreciate how beautiful birds are. Taken through the car window on side of the road. You can often get closer in a vehicle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/5339f643-a08a-410b-b3c6-f54d5e10cbf2/_67A3885.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out A Comb-crested Jacana (above) disturbs insects as it walks on the floating Lily pads. A few Green Pygmy-goose were too distant to photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/6fbcccee-b0fc-4e67-8065-c79feaba1e8a/_67A4633-Edit.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Double-barred Finch (doubled) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/c1d6f31f-0322-45bd-9a1a-a86ba851aee9/_67A3151.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Cane fields the outer boundary shape is defined by natural feature, while the invented internal holdings are straight lines, intersected by water courses. Read my blog page on land use classification to understand what these photos are about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/2a9478bd-b16d-4e24-a90d-ae05dad72e70/_67A4655.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out A deep ravine carved out over millennia by Porcupine Creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/f2769b12-25d6-422e-85e5-34c3e93b7990/_67A3147.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out In the above example: foreground- cane fields split with an invented and usually straight boundary. Machinery that plants and harvests cane is only efficient in straight runs, so the divisions allow for this. New Urban development (lower Right), agriculture yields to urbanization, very rarely the other way around. Middle ground- existing development and urbanization through which a multi lane motor express services a growing population. Background- uncleared forest, not by intent but because the economics were not viable. This forest is now both privately held and some is state owned conservation reserve or national park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/c0c1eeee-7ff7-4a53-a472-baa73b70a6db/_67A2973.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out On the outskirts of Pinnacle this Eastern Cattle-Egret living up to its name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/f9d5fbd6-49f2-4627-9fef-7a95d6888136/_67A3205.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out This Australian Figbird was not going to cooperate and stayed hidden in the foliage overhead despite my patience, and neck strain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1957c4b6-6c24-4c42-9a06-851b6452cd5a/_67A3113.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Comb-crested Jacana. Look at the length of its toes. Made for spreading its weight over a few lilypads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/9130308f-6aca-4ae5-affc-b43423d2ad0f/_67A3893-Edit.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Bar-shouldered Dove. This time in a natural setting, where its colouring blends into the surroundings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/eab2a457-a2f9-4fd2-9952-52c92a43506e/_67A3042.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Brahminy Kite. Spotted some distance off but I had never seen one before. A much better opportunity happens north of Cooktown. (Keep reading). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/d86a22cb-5637-48e7-b244-109f085f1246/_67A2783.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Bush sunset. Wongi waterholes. QLD. 25th June 2025 at 4:45pm. An off the beaten track, understated place to camp. Very peaceful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/9f8f7d1c-b4e5-41b9-88aa-17be0754afc2/_67A3522.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Un-named falls on a private walk from a farm stay campsite. Getting to these falls involved a challenging walk including crossing the river on slippery rocks. To get this perspective required the same dexterity. Camera enters water; not a good outcome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/52864a63-b3ef-48e9-b5ad-b062cfc3b713/_67A3344.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Bush Stone Curlews, they blend so perfectly into the colours of the masonry, pretending to be fixtures, except they move. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/07cfe38f-0fba-4789-82c7-5a84c4ef4d46/_67A3412-Eastern+short-necked+Turtle.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Eastern Short-necked Turtle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/953f2ec8-9bcf-4a65-a32f-e72b36d6a8cc/_67A4591.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out (Something strange) consumes a butterfly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/d9a6b19b-7a15-4225-bff7-49bb4a1d52f5/_67A3274.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Ornithoptera euphorion or Cairns Birdwing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/4d6ed061-d20e-48c6-9e60-7df7c9033f7e/_67A3140-2.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Lunar Terminator. . I was staying in a busy caravan park. I had to do something so I pointed my camera at the moon. Rested the camera against the car. I knew the exposure on the bright moon would be fast enough so no tripod required. 2nd July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/5d722115-3be1-4289-a95b-5bad07d35099/IMG_3964-Daintre+River+cruse+5.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Views down river early in the morning of Wednesday 9th July. 2025 Daintree River QLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/744bbcd7-f63b-4603-9e92-252c2cb00326/_67A3101.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Red-backed Fairy Wren. (M) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/4ceb40b5-5b31-42f2-8f65-3c7011da284f/_67A4642.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Squatter Pigeon. So named as its defense is to freeze and pull down. This made them easy to catch by early settlers (squatters) which cemented the name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/4703fdcf-9dcd-473c-b4cd-abfb9019a93f/_67A3263.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Red Lacewing or Cethosia biblis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/11b04611-a6b0-4fc6-ac4b-821244095d1d/_67A3528.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Cassowary Adult. Male and Female very similar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/ef3ecd20-007c-41c0-a14c-35e097480076/IMG_3872.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Winton wetlands. Here is an image looking through a relic from the agricultural past. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/5db92d20-57ef-47cd-988b-d7f5db897c8d/_67A3395-3.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Australasian FigBird. juvenile. Very similar to a juvenile Olive-backed Oriel. Key difference is around the eyes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/bc8f1db7-0b2c-4ac2-9619-cc92831212b9/_67A3391.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Double-eyed Fig-Parrot (Macleayana) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/ec8580ec-6379-43f1-b3d7-00434f2f5e81/_67A2733.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Sunset on Mt Lindesay Lamington National Park QLD. 4:37pm 22/6/2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/d91ba84f-8b39-4d05-9f0b-1486c1ab9513/_67A3028.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Forest Kingfisher. I followed this guy carefully on foot for about 10 minutes. Finally landed on a good perch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/c3ed83e8-d031-424c-b996-867a197eb064/_67A3985.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Brahminy Kite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/4f4166e7-978c-4401-8fbc-7047e668e29f/IMG_5586.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out The track including this bridge were rebuilt to allow passage of tourist trains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/5e394558-e734-4722-bd1f-942f1ae66fe4/IMG_3996-Keatings+Lagoon+7.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Keatings Lagoon is beautiful. I would like to have been there earlier to get better light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/9d897174-df23-4588-8aa5-8fcb46948b88/_67A3253.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Meanwhile a juvenile Nankeen Night Heron poses nicely on a rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/869d5cc9-5543-4583-8d88-c489b703ea85/_67A3868.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Keatings Lagoon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/64242050-9cae-4737-a80e-7b9c3746ace1/_67A2949.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Red-tailed Black cockatoos. (M) and (F) A pair from a large flock seen at Pinnacle in Queensland. These birds enjoying the open cane fields, and they don’t mind perching on the human infrastructure provided. I spent some time photographing these two from the comfort of my driver’s seat. There were many in this flock that flew away as suddenly as they appeared. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/f03f09b0-36ac-4543-93ab-19b3cc40866b/_67A3377.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Female Olive-backed Sunbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/53fcebaf-c50d-4109-9bca-393a535deb1f/_67A3492.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Chestnut-breasted Mannikin. A detail extracted from a group photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1d12568b-cc1d-4754-82db-cef7b6784035/IMG_3957-Cairns+Bot+Gard-2.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Abstract detail of the vegetation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/63503e93-cce4-406a-9a11-fb820cc0ec58/_67A3727-Edit.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Beach Stone-curlew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1e54ba65-6d46-4460-9358-f91b15eb82ef/_67A3359.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Bush Stone Curlews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/cd45e1a2-72b7-4e8d-8df7-73b4762a20a4/_67A3552.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Cassowary chick finds some fruit. They delicately pick the fruit with the tips of their beak then throw their head back to send the fruit down their gullet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/f410adfb-e86c-4ec2-a72e-5f723f5b54b2/_67A2772.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Grey Crowned Babbler at Wongi Waterholes QLD. A member of a flock of about 10 birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/b9641b97-9fa1-4269-b3ba-06c0fdeaf88e/_67A2947.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Shake those tail feathers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1188ddc3-abb9-48b4-8d4a-d0c71ff6cf21/_67A3406.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Another look at a Spangled Drongo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/d5be5e82-4442-4b5e-a8c4-33e591d7496b/_67A2815.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Spangled Drongo. Eurimbula National Park QLD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/48584ade-7ba5-4cce-9c47-a3ed3cd1b066/_67A3271.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Blue Banded Eggfly. Hypolimnas alimena https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/2453e51f-49fd-4958-9a01-6e0cd9135814/IMG_3993-Keatings+Lagoon+5-2.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Keatings Lagoon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/ca0c3601-3d37-4433-b3e1-31af2e8b108a/_67A3350.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Bush Stone Curlews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/4291f301-9fdf-4478-9245-e79a357d2367/IMG_3999-+Crater+lakes.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Bumpy Satin Ash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/104ae4d5-de88-425e-bfc8-1022c8eb5ef7/_67A3269.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Cruiser or Vindula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1122c3c8-4c97-4a10-9a36-dc62a4acc446/_67A3308.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out The return journey is by a cable car system all the way back down the mountain. You ride above the rain forest and might even think you’re a bird looking for your tree. Now which one was it? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/45944c5d-1f07-4250-b18a-a9ff5c8b1ea8/_67A3755.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out A Black-necked Stork approaches a lone Mangrove, Edited as high contrast black and white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/6ed0e664-7f58-444b-95be-297bd1c0e18b/_67A3682.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Noah Beach 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/39a833e4-68af-4ef7-ad18-1b8b6de1b2fe/_67A3587.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out White-throated Nightjar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/9047fc4c-8bf0-4d07-8e04-80650271706a/_67A3643.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Woompoo Fruit-dove nesting. We will also see some feeding in Cooktown Botanic Gardens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/a9dc6f45-1e34-471c-b67f-e3e046bf9024/_67A2759.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out A flower of Lantana camara growing at the base of this tree wet from recent rain. This is a weed plant in the rain forests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/22379713-13c7-4d2b-a9c2-97809a74270b/_67A3365.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Black Butcherbird. Black in the dark rainforest. Hard to photograph. ISO 12500. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/314b77b0-ce6f-421b-82b1-6b81645a1b81/_67A4540-Edit.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Scarlet Honeyeater (M) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/25042131-a154-465f-b0f1-453271f47abd/_67A3258.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Australian Lurcher or Yoma sabina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/80393108-5e32-4ae2-9508-3956859de8f0/_67A3899.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out White-gaped Honeyeater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/a4b536ce-c113-47be-8b35-1aa6fc6966bf/_67A3011-Edit-3.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Yellow Honeyeater. I had not seen these before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/b3329aab-c18b-4aa4-b32c-56e58b9230aa/_67A4514.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Another look at a Forest Kingfisher. Such a beautiful bird. Unfortunately, no camera can capture the true iridescence of its plumage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/13294cbe-2665-4a9c-8297-717ba459c8b0/_67A4650.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out A Nankeen Kestrel surveys the gorge from a vantage point on the rim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/9c661fef-e4c6-48d0-a488-9a48b2551937/IMG_5644.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Information sign on the walk in. The lagoon needs constant management to protect it from pests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/53bf41f7-e0ac-42e9-81fc-8384e32b0250/IMG_3926.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Sunrise at Carmila Beach QLD 28th June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/9e07939c-4e73-465f-aeb0-887f86987ba6/_67A3291.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Orchard Swallowtail, or Papilio aegeus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/53e0839d-22d2-47ab-8aca-8c95eb82cafb/IMG_3902.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out And here is a closer look at the crown, and the Stag Ferns attached. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/fef82c90-cbf9-454e-a05b-c535906d5675/_67A2669-3.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out The elusive Regent Bowerbird (adult male), in Lamington National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/74d08048-494d-4095-a550-979bf47f99fd/_67A2753.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Lewins Honey-eater. This cheeky bird was used to campers, taking any opportunity to clean the pots. Lamington National Park. I heard many Lyrebirds and Eastern Whipbirds but was only able to catch a glimpse of either. The occasional Satin Bowerbird, and flocks of several King Parrots were also present in Lamington National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/0a123ae7-b4b2-459d-9480-01980cb270f3/IMG_3981-Bloomfield+3-2.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Coastal Mangroves claw at the shifting sands on Cowie Beach, Cape Tribulation. 12th July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/115322d9-bb89-494a-a995-c7a951afc758/_67A2631.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out The expressway undercuts the old Pacific Highway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/c32814ad-d980-4436-906e-8501359db892/_67A3583.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Young Crocodile, only about a meter long. They climb out of the water once the air temperature is greater than that of the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/734e6880-6e24-430c-b584-e9fe88476e8e/_67A3763.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Radjah Shelducks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/13cdeb06-7c55-4d50-9f9f-67d6566cf48a/_67A4545.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Blue-faced Honeyeater. (also found in the southern states) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/e422492f-66d5-4cd9-8da3-5e9eec3beb8a/_67A4638.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Once again, I wished I had better light to do landscapes but you find yourself needing to be somewhere later in the day, so you do what you can, and without extensive editing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/a0598c9e-0d9c-4301-8e43-d595ba0fc81b/_67A3601.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Head of a 4-metre dominant male as he patrols the 2 to 3 Kilometers of his territory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/c1e131b1-ecc1-4df9-8f23-9e016c3a856f/_67A3381.png Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Male Olive-backed Sunbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/97d310f2-452c-4ac9-96e3-0f7961df2307/_67A3368.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Orange-footed Scrubfowl. (Jarraga) A forest floor dweller digging up large tracts in the search for underground food. You know they are about when you see their diggings or their enormous mounds, which can be as tall as a standing human. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/92fdfbd1-0fbc-41f0-a495-e2b62ab42a07/_67A3686.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Noah Beach 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1b3b45fb-1b43-4adf-a4eb-f2ff473dd026/_67A3628.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Pheasant Coucal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/9b41e1d5-097e-4004-9e6d-4eede4fc1ae8/_67A3355.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Bush Stone Curlews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/d0478e09-845e-4730-9a01-b7e94ca874ed/_67A3448-2.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Magpie Geese https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/35419d9c-1116-4dfa-8fd8-7fd0d66b1f34/Black+Kite+.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Black Kite. Finch Hatton Gorge QLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/3d2cbc0a-d476-44db-ae77-97a304bbf5f6/_67A4227.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Brahminy Kite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/0c622084-f790-4aea-9930-f72950c8ab3f/_67A3537.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Cassowary Adult. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/77f16498-ed4e-4c96-b7d5-b564432227ab/_67A4498-2.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out A native bee investigates a Lily flower. Wisely, it has sent ahead a Proximity Landing Orb Probe or PLOP to help it set down. The readers who are also photographers will know what this actually is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/cb5b75b5-4284-4a6c-8259-32c7745dd160/_67A4580-2.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Black-fronted Dotterel. One of a pair wading in the creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/29e0b5ca-f1b9-40d5-b39e-ab6f19f329ef/_67A3322.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Bush Stone Curlews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/616a6533-4906-40ee-97c6-a6b6bf4a3cd2/_67A2952.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Plumed Whistling-Duck. Directly underneath the Black Cockatoos at Pinnacle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/63e27c19-7318-43c8-a809-3c65114de38a/_67A3705.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out I noticed these guys while on the rocks. If I stayed still for long enough, they would crawl out of their crevices. Slightest movement (like aiming a camera) and they would scuttle back in. About 6 or 7cm across including legs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/68655dd5-0eb4-4ad3-b244-5477a371e711/_67A3125-2.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Giant Waterlily, (Nymphaea gigantea) a common sight in Queensland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/5959cf23-e1df-4b23-a82e-50e5a7e86531/_67A3498.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Bar-shouldered Dove. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/6aea328b-bf17-4d8b-8a94-33611a1e2c96/IMG_3898.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/5502b7bf-9d09-45d7-9698-310b84ed4d6d/_67A4609.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Striated Pardalote inland version, (melanocephalus) collecting nesting material. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/f0ddabf4-44ba-43e7-927b-94aa32a916e4/_67A3664.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Papuan Frogmouth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/c9fe2be5-a950-4449-b5fd-9904a1a6bcf1/IMG_3960-Daintre+River+cruse+1.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Views down river early in the morning of Wednesday 9th July. 2025 Daintree River QLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/56a2cfc4-d042-4980-b622-4165e10da379/_67A3104-+Helmeted+Frier+Bird+and+Spangled+Drongo_Townsville+Common.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out A Helmeted Friarbird, and a Spangled Drongo share the same perch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/aa8bf282-063f-4c16-9835-5900503780da/_67A3902.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Macleay’s Honeyeater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/a32d7ce2-9a38-45c7-b697-c6ab79f06ec0/_67A3487.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out A large flock of Chestnut-breasted Mannikin, preen during a brief shower, in the hills inland of Mossman Gorge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/3e361bd3-8ad2-4da1-84f2-49b425fd1fc5/IMG_5634.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Small Sand Bubbler crabs roll the sand into balls as they burrow, and push them out to create these radial patterns as the tide recedes, every tide. Do they question the purpose of life? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/c4050a6d-3145-4519-8ced-646a0ac27dad/_67A2792-3.jpg Blog - Queensland Australia part one - Make it stand out Peaceful Dove. Eurimbula National Park QLD. The first of many sightings. https://www.randalkohnphotography.com.au/blog/randal-kohn/shirow-pywn4 monthly 0.5 2025-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/7be00d71-2703-4840-a6bb-5a7d84154429/New+Growth+Melton+LRHDR-2.jpg Blog - Landscape and classification - Make it stand out An urban development on the fringe of Melbourne repurposes farmland. Seen though a sound barrier, while remnant vegetation re-sprouts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/f8511b54-dba8-4da0-bdab-ce33a180725e/South+Austrtalian+Wind+Farm-Edit.jpg Blog - Landscape and classification - Make it stand out A wind farm shares rural land along the shores of lake Bonney South Australia. This farm has hundreds of turbines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/ebaf54c7-305c-46e0-b60d-9218f70d0870/468A6756-HDR.jpg Blog - Landscape and classification - Make it stand out The same development after services infrastructure, but before housing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/e625baa2-2172-4c91-8820-9e3b42a39b8b/Moolap+V4+.jpg Blog - Landscape and classification Part of an abandoned salt farm near Geelong in Victoria. Debate rages regarding its repurposing. At the moment it is home to many birds, and the occasional photographer. https://www.randalkohnphotography.com.au/contact daily 0.75 2025-06-11 https://www.randalkohnphotography.com.au/about/randall-kohn-photographer daily 0.75 2025-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/f5abe86a-dc9b-4542-a66d-1afb18af6c54/IMG_2975_1.jpg https://www.randalkohnphotography.com.au/portfolio-3-randal-kohn daily 1.0 2025-08-22 https://www.randalkohnphotography.com.au/portfolio-3-randal-kohn/project-four-c9f4z-nz8dz monthly 0.5 2025-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/b59a2c64-d6e5-4023-8efc-e0eb967ee67a/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_North+Shore+Docking.jpg Portfolio - Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/6dbb3724-75f8-4f84-8455-890d3a63c905/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_Moolap+7.jpg Portfolio - Infrastructure Abandoned salt farm Point Henry Geelong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/9d3e3462-b3ca-472c-8e52-dd5d2469ba56/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_North+shore+docking+detail.jpg Portfolio - Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/051aa421-dd19-40d7-8d7b-5f1754a614b0/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_IMG_4860.jpg Portfolio - Infrastructure Abandoned salt farm Point Henry Geelong. Detail of salt formation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/8e2a0563-76c6-40f8-b419-17ce652970ae/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_IMG_4887+Moolap.jpg Portfolio - Infrastructure Abandoned salt farm Point Henry Geelong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/487f764b-5633-4ef6-bdff-b5aa9dc13b2a/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn__68A3883+copy.jpg Portfolio - Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/49112a27-6ac6-4369-a181-96ab597dc416/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_Moolap+4.jpg Portfolio - Infrastructure Abandoned salt farm Point Henry Geelong. Detail of salt formation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/5a98c1b1-6fc1-4da8-bb60-e20ee0992fe6/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_+illustrated+detail.jpg Portfolio - Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/d13bf5bc-8cc3-439a-9ceb-20cf429f005d/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_Moolap+5.jpg Portfolio - Infrastructure Abandoned salt farm Point Henry Geelong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1745049627164-7VHBKSJ8VPIDKKOJ6NID/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_Nth%2BShore%2BWhaf%2B1.jpg Portfolio - Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/9c871716-f6f6-4515-800c-1281cc3dd015/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_Moolap+6.jpg Portfolio - Infrastructure Abandoned salt farm Point Henry Geelong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1745146973695-P2BVV5SVKOCKPWFLHLRZ/Photo%2Bby%2BRandal%2BKohn_67A1945.jpg Portfolio - Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/7f0817dd-7afb-4191-83b6-4cfe771fe05f/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_Moolap2.jpg Portfolio - Infrastructure Abandoned salt farm Point Henry Geelong. The red water is caused by salt tolerant algae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/db8dfc52-f76a-4e7c-bfa4-0ae571d58119/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_Nth+Shore+10-2.jpg Portfolio - Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1745049936808-7RFEI9R2A8SM70WJTHI0/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_Moolap+1.jpg Portfolio - Infrastructure Abandoned salt farm Point Henry Geelong. The red water is caused by salt tolerant algae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/11d709ab-1921-4ab7-bff4-2fe25fc20afa/Photo+by+Randal+kohn_IMG_3043+Moolap++v1.3.jpg Portfolio - Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/63b75194-177b-4aae-9896-bb461602f0e0/Photo+by+Randal+kohn_+Moolap+19.jpg Portfolio - Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1f009b14-584a-4970-8ee0-e5a514b41714/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_Nth+Shore+from+salt+farm.jpg Portfolio - Infrastructure Abandoned salt farm Point Henry Geelong. North shore industry in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/4178f8a5-3c95-4cff-9e89-70495f89ea72/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn-2.jpg Portfolio - Infrastructure https://www.randalkohnphotography.com.au/portfolio-3-randal-kohn/project-three-ph2n3-mrg62 monthly 0.5 2025-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/a918a6de-53d7-4b64-9f76-41cbfebf7f17/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn--2.jpg Portfolio - Land Vast areas of inland Australia have poor and transient soil. No trees can survive here. Near lake Kati-Thanda (Eyre) SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/8124e256-42d6-48f8-828a-c3323675aef7/_68A6463.png Portfolio - Land The earths curvature and the reflected ship in an inferior mirage make it look like its sinking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/138b32f8-550d-42b9-95ae-5fb1c9d89f63/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn-9408.jpg Portfolio - Land Some inland fences are hundreds of Km long. This is the gate out of Gammon ranges Nat. Park. SA. Most well used roads also have a grid at the fence. Those gates are have been unhinged for quite a while. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/69cebfc1-7410-4d35-99c1-4a6603752f7e/_68A4773.png Portfolio - Land A Fata Morgana Mirage. Everything above the flat horizon is a projection, some of it inverted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1c02db1c-7d9d-45dc-abd1-0b241eaa553a/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_Gibber+plain+STURT+NP+NSW+on+24.6.22.jpg Portfolio - Land Gibber plain Sturt NSW. I know there is a Gibber bird somewhere out there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/0a94e5ba-5206-409a-8c71-3ff4979ba03c/_68A4628.png Portfolio - Land The sky invades the land, in this inferior mirage. Strong heat haze adds local distortions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/f19ee1bc-c9e4-443f-a446-ccf06d92b3c1/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn-.jpg Portfolio - Land Distant hills Leigh Creek SA. Panorama. The structures of humans are few but obvious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/c0f73a31-b582-4665-9812-a7a3424fcec7/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn-9211.jpg Portfolio - Land Distant hills Leigh Creek SA. Framed by a long gone sign. I think it said 'no photography' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/74330987-122c-4a1a-9bb2-7d77a75ab125/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_Photo+by+Randal+Kohn--3.jpg Portfolio - Land Much of inland Australia is cattle country. Flat and featureless for 1000s square Km. SA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/309818e1-9f90-44f5-af00-f4629abff313/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_Salt+Creek+SA+lumibld+salt+pan.jpg Portfolio - Land Salt formation Coorong SA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/d3771a63-cac5-496c-b080-d03501749455/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_Salt+Creek+SA+salt+pan+2.jpg Portfolio - Land Salt pan Coorong SA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/8a89772f-5a52-4f90-8a2f-e7be68f67189/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_Salt+Creek+SA+salt+pan+3.jpg Portfolio - Land Salt pan Coorong SA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/37283337-b688-46e4-82b8-592e0bcf3c2c/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_Sunset+at+Mt+Wood+NSW+on+21.6.22+at+7.17PM.jpg Portfolio - Land View from Mt Wood NSW. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1d2d7f6e-2860-49de-876c-2409ae30e84d/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_Terrick+Terrick+rural+surrounds.jpg Portfolio - Land Rural landscape from Terrick Terrick Nat. Park VIC. Taken from Big Rock hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/0f8bd899-1e68-422a-a013-38a133dbd692/_Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_68A5652+Trig+point+Terrick+Terrick+2022.jpg Portfolio - Land Moon-set. Trig point atop Big Rock Hill, Terrick Terrick Nat.Park Vic. Many National Parks in Australia were agricultural holdings, bought back for conservation by the government. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/edf7941a-8576-4722-ab98-91741c8d7999/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_468A9157.jpg Portfolio - Land Rain. Outback SA North of Leigh Creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/c4257a50-be2c-4870-8ae1-72f5bff117be/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_Moorlap+moonrise+by+Randal+Kohn.jpg Portfolio - Land Moonrise. Point Henry Vic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/f67e38dc-4bab-4a56-881d-9b0ca11190cb/Photo+by+Randal+kohn_468A9402.jpg Portfolio - Land Abandoned stock yard Gammon Ranges SA. This area is now a national park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/a5104757-b597-43a7-8201-b9ba024e3d17/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_+Falls+creek+road.jpg Portfolio - Land Burnt Forest VIC high country. The fires are too intense these days, killing the forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/be309467-9dc3-41ac-bc8d-0380e3bd5542/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn+Arkaroola.jpg Portfolio - Land Arkaroola SA. Photographed on one of the many walks through this old station (vast farm) since turned to tourism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/00cb4753-a5f5-4cd0-b23a-f21d534bace9/468A6702.png Portfolio - Land Heat haze distorts the frame of this shed. Note how the effect is stronger nearer the ground. https://www.randalkohnphotography.com.au/portfolio-3-randal-kohn/project-three-ph2n3-mrg62-nrall monthly 0.5 2025-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1745489985919-HA029DPRQX1FDO6ADXHZ/Photo%2Bby%2BRandal%2BKohn_King%2BParrot%2B%2528M%2529%2BYarra%2BRiver%2Bat%2BPound%2BBend.jpg Portfolio - Creatures King Parrot (male) Darebin Creek. Photographed from our balcony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/f896d1fc-d23c-4cf2-9482-83a098d7ca3e/WPT.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Corio Bay at WPT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1755828407767-RT0KNTHSSI1W4MU9M1SN/Photo%2Bby%2BRandal%2Bkohn_King%2BParrot%2B%2528F%2529%2BDarebin%2BCreek%2B2.jpg Portfolio - Creatures King Parrot (juvenile) Darebin Creek. Photographed from a window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1755829531344-JJ928QLRJVC9BG48OQ66/Whistling%2BKite%2Bover%2BMTt.%2BKorong%2BVic.%2Bon%2B19-11-2023.jpg Portfolio - Creatures A lone Raptor surveys the land beneath. Mt. Korong Vic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1755828448929-EXN4B5X6N02NA23GKVCO/Photo%2Bby%2BRandal%2BKohn_Black%2BShouldered%2BKite%2B%2528pair%2529%2BWPT%2B10%2BAug%2B24.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Black-shouldered Kite. WPT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/67568831-0e9c-40e5-b341-f402bd62b7f2/Teals+and+reeds.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Teals and reads WPT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1755828499033-0MHBPX3HPBLGRSKEJ5UC/Photo%2Bby%2BRandal%2BKohn_Bowerbird%2B%2528M%2529%2BUpwey%2B2.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Satin Bowerbird (Male) suburban back yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1755829579299-LWQWLUVT8NPVDPQNUPJK/Ganet%2Bcolony_Portland%2BVic%2B20.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Part of the colony of Gannets at Portland Vic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1755828541166-81137BW61ZWDR7158OU2/Photo%2Bby%2BRandal%2BKohn_Yellow-tailedB Portfolio - Creatures Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo. Yarra river Melb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1755829629589-S8Z8G9CUQKO3MZNFG8II/WPT%2B%25282%2529.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Ducks at WPT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/48b307b3-ecbc-462a-b9cc-19690a1a0f79/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_Tawny+Frog+Mouth+and+JUV.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Tawny Frogmouth and chick. Merri Creek Melbourne. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/93964bd8-6395-4090-8d84-5498d69b4076/Ducks+Tuckerbill+Wetlands+1-Pano.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Ducks at Tuckerbill wetlands NSW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1755828666041-PVI3G3HKH10OPX4C7XFD/Photo%2Bby%2BRandal%2BKohn_Yellow-rumped%2BThornbill_Craigieburn%2BGrasslands_8%2BSep%2B2024.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Yellow-rumped Thornbill. 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Yarra River Alphington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/24cde0c4-fcb8-439c-99f0-7224a0220105/Photo+by+Randal+kohn_Fairy+Wren+%28M%29+WPT+10+Aug+24.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Suburb Fairy Wren. WPT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/662cb802-670c-42dd-a115-e9344ce78571/Photo+by+Randal+kohn_Galah_Darebin+Crk_++2-.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Gallah. Darebin Creek, urban Melbourne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/950c1901-f1e0-4317-9932-cb8416c11ef8/Photo+by+Randal+kohn_Grey+Shrike+Thrush+Craigieburn+Grasslands+10-9-23-4.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Grey Fantail. Graigieburn Grasslands. Melbourne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1755828793290-FPJWDU6EE8A6BAQGEFYO/Photo%2Bby%2BRandal%2Bkohn_Laughing%2BKookaburra_Darebin%2BCreek%2B4.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Laughing Kookaburra. 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Darebin Creek Melbourne. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1755828869493-QPWJOB5K2FH354K2YX06/Photo%2Bby%2BRandal%2Bkohn_White-fronted%2BChat_WPT_%2B18-5-2024.jpg Portfolio - Creatures White-fronted Chat. WPT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/78eb17e8-1c66-4522-a6a2-2f23fee1b431/Photo+by+Randal+kohn_RL3.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Rainbow Lorikeet. Suburban yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/aa34d864-dcb3-49d7-9cb8-a6ca089ddfbd/Photo+by+Randal+kohn_RL1.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Rainbow Lorikeet. Darebin Creek Melbourne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/0275aa7b-e8e2-460d-9c33-89c0038cd849/Photo+by+Randal+kohn_ML1.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Musk Lorikeet. 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Enjoying a bath in the sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1755828346301-XKV33ARYK479U7UAKG5D/Brown%2BFalcon%2BWPT%2B16_03_19%2B2.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Brown Falcon WPT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1755829208104-GD5P15CXTOJEBM3UCJTI/Australian%2BWood%2BDuck%2B1%2BDarebin%2Blake.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Australian Wood Duck. Darebin Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1755829229725-FA1Q7QD5C6Q3U16ZP1W9/Grey%2BCurrawong_Darebin%2Bcreek%2B3.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Grey Currawong Darebin Creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1755829252458-2T689TM1XGRACZK40OS6/Golden%2BWhistler%2BDarebin%2BCRK.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Golden Whistler Darebin Creek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/ecd80038-cbe1-4eb9-9ea1-6da186e135c7/Shining+Bronze+Cuckoo+Serendip+4.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Shining Bronze Cuckoo Serendip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/b110a597-f1ee-49fc-ad62-0416eef89b58/Red+Wattlebird_Yarra+River_+24-8-24.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Red Wattlebird Yarra River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/0affb3da-41b9-4922-97d6-b27cc65680b5/Pipit+Craigieburn+Grasslands.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Pipit. Graigieburn Grasslands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/6d5aed71-5db4-4f3f-afb8-3e4988216820/Pied+Oyster+catcher_White-fronted+Chat_WPT_+18-5-2024+1.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Pied Oyster catcher. WPT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/7e754a8e-e93d-44f4-a03f-6c6f3b2b6730/Brolga+WPT+_67A1532.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Brolga WPT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/10c4bc62-b4d4-44bc-b96a-b94cd60b7e97/Photo+by+Randal+kohn_Chestnut+Teals%28MF%29WPT+2-2-2024.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Chestnut Teals WPT (female and male) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/87532053-d675-4ac0-98d3-5545368530b1/Silvereye+%28Yarra%29.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Silvereye. Yarra River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/36c81277-c7e5-4f81-a1f7-7b060a72732d/Striated+Thornbill_Yarra+River+at+Pound+Bend+2-3.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Striated Thornbill_Yarra River at Pound Bend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/b1ca2fa9-00c1-40cb-b23f-d617556c6ada/Wedge+Tailed+Eagle+pursued+by+little+Raven_Graigieburn+Grasslands_8th+Sep.+2024+2.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Wedge Tailed Eagle pursued by little Raven. Graigieburn Grasslands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/981cf0b5-30ed-4a4b-bd7c-ec9f26f55d0d/Sacred+Kingfisher+%28AF%29+Yarra+River+2.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Sacred Kingfisher. Yarra River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/8f32dc37-3b39-4973-bf88-b77ae3b13204/Little+Black+Cormorant+WPT+16.3.19.jpg Portfolio - Creatures Little Black Cormorant WPT https://www.randalkohnphotography.com.au/portfolio-3-randal-kohn/project-one-h346n-gy496 monthly 0.5 2025-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/57a83e4d-0252-4348-893a-2b17d67c62fb/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn__68A5293+signed.jpg Portfolio - Water Lake Pamamaroo in NSW, is a dammed natural lake, with a controlled outflow into the Darling River. The lake has been expanded which soaked and killed these trees. In their death they retain a sculptural beauty nonetheless. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/a3a39ec2-ab1e-4c00-a025-698eda724386/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn__68A5144-Pano.jpg Portfolio - Water Lake Cawndilla. A naturally flooding basin NSW. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/dcfd5fdb-0ad4-4a65-ae59-216418785bfd/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_468A8960.jpg Portfolio - Water King River VIC Snowy River National Park. Early morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/47bfa9bc-bd2a-4f85-8725-89ebe5cdfa08/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn__68A5397.jpg Portfolio - Water Reflection Lake Cawndilla. A naturally flooding basin NSW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/0d9eed6c-5e61-4b9b-ad71-6692cd630367/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_468A8972_.jpg Portfolio - Water King River VIC Snowy River National Park. Detail of a rapid. 1/6 sec. 600mm focal length. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/316e3b39-54ea-456d-9c47-3526a7c8f1ae/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn__68A5471+Cawndilla+Lake+Sunset+tight.jpg Portfolio - Water Another evening Lake Cawndilla. A naturally flooding basin NSW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/85aae170-fc07-4471-ad0f-4f2a7cef8b6d/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_68A1912.jpg Portfolio - Water Water surface King River. Buffalo Nat. Park VIC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/1744205724924-B1HTFMFP4HHCZVXBPP5X/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_68A5322%2Blarge%2Borg%2Btiff.jpg Portfolio - Water Lake Pamamaroo NSW. Intense sunset due to high atmospheric dust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/23e64f5b-7624-44c6-89cc-0cd04bdc2a60/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_68A1910.jpg Portfolio - Water Water surface King River. Buffalo Nat. Park VIC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/69f44e9d-10ca-4f63-880a-a9ac48b3234f/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn+Lake+Mournpall+Dec.+5th+2021-1.jpg Portfolio - Water Lake Mournpall VIC. Wetlands feed by the Murray river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/814dde8d-cf6a-4140-962c-82bf14880785/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_68A1750-Edit.jpg Portfolio - Water Rapid at night. King River. Buffalo Nat. Park VIC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/f6ae8f09-be28-41c6-a5f7-1ea19a053eba/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_68A6483.jpg Portfolio - Water Tidal Lake. Raymond Island.VIC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/c66ccf30-ca3e-46a2-8c0c-51528a84dab9/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_68A1760-Edit.jpg Portfolio - Water Rapid at night. King River. Buffalo Nat. Park VIC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/71cc492e-32cb-4507-ab94-a0fe54db3a75/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_Barmah+lakes+Vic.+May+2011+2.jpg Portfolio - Water Hattah Lakes VIC. A wetland flooded by the Murray River. Early morning out in a canoe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/0501b91d-6293-4191-8903-19502142957e/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_68A1891.jpg Portfolio - Water Backwater King River. Buffalo Nat. Park VIC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/b4cd3b43-678f-4492-94b3-cadcecfca47d/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_Barmah+lakes+Vic.+May+2011+4.jpg Portfolio - Water Hattah Lakes VIC. A wetland flooded by the Murray River. Early morning out in a canoe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/aa880acb-7750-4775-9f62-10c70f1ec576/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn__68A1903.jpg Portfolio - Water Water surface King River. Buffalo Nat. Park VIC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/ff2dfdeb-50c7-4e42-8c01-3ee68df775cf/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn__68A1902.jpg Portfolio - Water Water surface King River. Buffalo Nat. Park VIC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/83bcfed6-20b3-4cc3-9175-9bffa5d5df71/IMG_1480.jpg Portfolio - Water My View early on a still morning. Barmah Nat. Park VIC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/eb36e8cd-af0b-4d1e-9627-48910571b93f/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn_68A5699-Edit-2.jpg Portfolio - Water Foam patterns. Cape Otway National Park. VIC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/18dc7797-1ce5-4fbf-8d35-fd982cda25b0/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn__68A5701-2.jpg Portfolio - Water Foam patterns. Cape Otway National Park. VIC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f5d1ce37d09a5273acdf66/47d4bd6a-4131-4772-b232-c30fd10bd1a5/Photo+by+Randal+Kohn__68A5694.jpg Portfolio - Water Foam patterns. Cape Otway National Park. VIC