Saturday, November 10, 2012

Birds

Lots of unique Australian birds.

Cockatoos everywhere!
Rare black cockatoos as well
Wild brush turkey

Noisy Lorikeet outside my classroom window

Owl at Brody's camp

Not a monkey!!

Kookaburra - laughing jackass

Yellow-bellied sunbird in nest under our verandah

Emus and their young

Emu in the outback

Pelicans
Flightless Cassowary up close

Eagle
White neck heron
Willy Wagtail

A seagull by the sea, amazing!

Crimson Rosella

Everyone needs a little sugar fix in the morning

Owl at the night zoo

Pied Heron

Magpie

Blue & Gold Macaw

Black Swans

Huge cassowary - 1.5m tall & 60 kg

Sun Conure

Alexandrine Parrot

Rainbow Lorikeet- very common

Galah

Spotted Turtle-Dove

Mandarin Ducks in Oz too

Crested Pigeon waddeling by our camper

White-necked Heron
Ibis
Maskedlapwinged Plover

I will miss the tropical birds outside my classroom window or waking me in the mornings.

Family favorites

Family Favorites

Starting the trip in Hong Kong

Sampam in Hong Kong

view of Hong Kong
touring the city


Cairns Tropical Zoo - Oz

January 2011

A little softer
Milla Milla Falls

April - Hamilton Island
after school fun

Aug. 2011

Granite Gorge
A VERY bright day - Botanic Gardens
celebrating 50 years - Paper Bark Restaurant

Aug 28

Road trip September 2011

September
Camels at the red center

Uluru


Kings Canyon

The shades gang
Mossman Gorge - Dec. 2011

Cooktown

Zillie Falls

Dec. 2011

After awhile our family shots started looking alike so we wanted to mix them up.
Cooktown


Christmas day was our last family shot in Australia.

Dec.25

Sunny day!



We have been a very blessed family to have had such wonderful adventures together!