I have always wanted a Weber BBQ. This Christmas, Santa was very generous and bought me a really small one... It is cute, and has a lid that you close to cook your food.
We had one meal from it and as it was so hot recently thought I'd try the roasting feature. This meant I preheat the BBQ, then put the chook on and hey presto you have bbq chook. More >>

I took these photos in my shed last night. The frog is a green tree frog [litoria caerulea]. This is a very common frog in the Biosphere. They can grow up to 100mm long, and be green or brownish, and be quite chunky. They have a really 'dreamy' look to them. They can live for up to 20 years. It is a very popular 'pet' throughout the world. Very docile, they are generally nocturnal: with a distinctive call....a sort of Waark, Waark noise, which often echoes in downpipes. They also have an alarm call which is a loud screech. They mainly eat spiders and insects. Predators include snakes, birds and some lizards, however we can add cats and occasionally, dogs to this list. More >>

In a blog post I wrote in April I took a photograph of a snake near my shed, which was a freshwater snake [Tropidonophis mairii], sometimes called a keelback. A friend sent me two photos yesterday which were much better than mine! I mentioned in April that freshwater snakes seem to be able to eat cane toads [Bufo marinus] with impunity.  More >>

Walking down to my shed last night, I found this little fella. It was a hot night for this time of year, and it was about 6.30pm. I expect to see snakes at my place, and know most of them by name [well, almost all]. More >>

I live in the bush, and I love it. One of the things I see pretty regularly is snakes. All sorts. Probably the most common are Carpet pythons, Brown tree snakes, and this little fella.   More >>