Peregian Beach, Queensland.

270/365 in 2013

Explore #12 September 28

Tags:   Peregian Beach Pacific Ocean Queensland Australia Surf Beach Blue 365 2013

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Pacific Black Duck on the Noosa River near Hilton Esplanade, Noosa, Queensland.

Extra pic in first comment.

Description:
The Pacific Black Duck is mostly mid-brown in colour, with each feather edged buff. The head pattern is characteristic, with a dark brown line through the eye, bordered with cream above and below and a dark brown crown. The upper wing colour is the same as the back, with a bright glossy green patch in the secondary flight feathers. The white underwing is conspicuous in flight. Young Pacific Black Ducks are similar to the adults in plumage.

Similar species:
The Pacific Black Duck is closely related to the Mallard, A. platyrhynchos, introduced into Australia from the Northern Hemisphere. The two species are very similar in habits and occupy the same niche in the two regions. The two species will interbreed in situations where Mallards have been released.
birdsinbackyards.net

18/31 July is Chocolate Brown, 365 Colours.

Explored 18 July 2013

Tags:   Pacific Black Duck Duck Hilton Esplanade Noosa River Queensland Australia Chocolate Brown 365 Colours

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Viewed from the Captain Cook Cruise boat from Fremantle up the Swan River to Perth. With my school friend who was over from the UK visiting her son and his family in Perth. Wonderful catch up :-) photos in comments.

For nearly 40,000 years the area on which Perth now stands was occupied by groups of the Nyoongar people and their ancestors – a fact that has been verified by the discovery of ancient stone implements near the Swan River which have been carbon dated at 38,000 years old.

In December, 1696, three ships in the fleet commanded by de Vlamingh anchored off Rottnest Island and on 5th January, 1697, a well-armed party landed near the present-day Cottesloe Beach, marching eastward to the Swan River near Freshwater Bay. They tried to contact some of the Nyoongar to enquire about the fate of survivors of the Ridderschap van Hollant, lost in 1694, but were unsuccessful. Following this encounter, they sailed north, but not before de Vlamingh had bestowed the name Swan on the river because of the black swans he saw swimming there.

Just over 100 years later, in 1829, Captain James Stirling founded Perth as part of the Swan River Colony. Stirling thought the natural environment around Perth was “as beautiful as anything of this kind I had ever witnessed” and advocated that a colony be established there. The British Government agreed to found the colony as the first free settlement in Australia, and settlers began to arrive in Western Australia in June 1829.
heritageperth.com.au

Stirling officially declared the foundation of Perth, capital of the colony, on 12 August 1829, the date chosen to honour the birthday of the King George IV. The name of Perth was chosen after the birthplace of Sir George Murray, the British Secretary of State for the Colonies.
australiangeographic.com.au

28/365 2018
52 weeks of 2018, week 5, SOOC, straight out of the camera, zero editing.
Note: camera time was 16:12, Queensland time, 2 hours ahead of actual Perth time :-)
Saturday challenge - memories

Tags:   Perth WA City River Swan River Yachts week 5 City of Perth zero editing MDPD2018 MDPD2018/1

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Cooloola area in Queensland

52 weeks of 2018, week 3, ...reminds you of your hometown.

These horses and setting remind me of the New Forest in Hampshire, England, which was close to where we lived when I was a child.

"The New Forest became a national park in 2005 and was once a royal hunting ground for William the Conqueror. It covers an area of 566 square kilometres and is made up of vast tracts of unspoilt woodland, heathland and river valleys. Today deer, ponies and cattle continue to roam free in its ancient heaths and woodland. Clear rivers and shady groves provide tranquillity and a car-free haven for walking, cycling and horse riding."
visit-hampshire.co.uk

19/365 2018
118 pictures in 2018/91 Animal

Tags:   Horses Countryside Rural Queensland 365 2018 MDPD2018 MDPD2018/1 52 week 3 118 91

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Hibiscus Flamenco, a new flower appears practically every day, in spite of very windy, hot location in our garden, Queensland. Bonus ant.

"7 Days of Shooting" "Week #7" "Vibrant" "Macro Monday"
233/365 2017

Tags:   Hibiscus Flamenco Queensland Ant Insect 7 Days of Shooting Week #7 Vibrant Macro Monday Explore Explored 365 MDPD2017 MDPD2017/08

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