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  • The Giant Tingle Tree is the largest known living eucalypt in the world, measuring 24 meters in circumference at the base. See it in Walpole-Nornalup National Park on the Bibbulmun Track, which starts on Hilltop Road between Walpole and Nornalup, in Western Australia. The inside of the base is burnt out from severe fires of 1937 and 1951, but the tree still lives and grows from tissue under the outer bark. Red Tingle trees (Eucalyptus Jacksonii) are only found in and around Walpole-Nornalup National Park, nowhere else on earth.  Growing up to 75 meters or more tall, with circular girth of up to 26 meters, Red Tingle trees can live over 400 years. Panorama stitched from three overlapping images. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
    04AUS-10825_30_31pan_Giant-Tingle-Tr...jpg
  • The Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a vocally-talented, medium-sized black and white bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. A member of the Cracticidae family, it is closely related to the butcherbirds. It is a passerine bird (Passeriformes, the order of perching birds, less accurately known as “songbirds”). The Australian Magpie is omnivorous, mostly eats invertebrates, and is territorial throughout its widespread range. It is a familiar bird of parks, gardens, and farmland in Australia and New Guinea. Magpies were introduced into New Zealand in the 1860s and have become a pest by displacing native birds. Introductions were also made to the Solomon Islands and Fiji. Photo is from Western Australia.
    04AUS-11064_Australian-Magpie.jpg
  • Kangaroo Island Kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus) roam freely near the Visitor Centre and campground in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Upon landing in 1802, famous explorer Captain Matthew Flinders shot the first Kangaroo Island Kangaroo. Not until the 1990s did taxonomists clarify that it was a subspecies of the Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus, a large brown marsupial mammal species in the Macropod family, Macropodidae), which lives across the southern part of Australia, from just south of Shark Bay to coastal South Australia, western Victoria, and the entire Murray-Darling Basin in New South Wales and Queensland. It breeds year round with a peak during summer months. Be cautious of kangaroos when driving roads at night.
    04AUS-20222_Kangaroo-joey.jpg
  • Kangaroo Island Kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus) roam freely near the Visitor Centre and campground in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Upon landing in 1802, famous explorer Captain Matthew Flinders shot the first Kangaroo Island Kangaroo. Not until the 1990s did taxonomists clarify that it was a subspecies of the Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus, a large brown marsupial mammal species in the Macropod family, Macropodidae), which lives across the southern part of Australia, from just south of Shark Bay to coastal South Australia, western Victoria, and the entire Murray-Darling Basin in New South Wales and Queensland. It breeds year round with a peak during summer months. Be cautious of kangaroos when driving roads at night. For licensing options, please inquire.
    04AUS-20216_Kangaroo-joey.jpg
  • Kangaroo Island Kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus) roam freely near the Visitor Centre and campground in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Upon landing in 1802, famous explorer Captain Matthew Flinders shot the first Kangaroo Island Kangaroo. Not until the 1990s did taxonomists clarify that it was a subspecies of the Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus, a large brown marsupial mammal species in the Macropod family, Macropodidae), which lives across the southern part of Australia, from just south of Shark Bay to coastal South Australia, western Victoria, and the entire Murray-Darling Basin in New South Wales and Queensland. It breeds year round with a peak during summer months. Be cautious of kangaroos when driving roads at night.
    04AUS-20214_Kangaroo-campervan.jpg
  • Bluff Knoll rises to 1099 metres (3606 feet) above sea level in the Stirling Range in Western Australia. Its aboriginal name Koikyennuruff describes the “place of ever-moving about mist and fog.” Bluff Knoll is one of only a few places to receive regular snowfalls in most years in Western Australia (WA). Stirling Range National Park was declared in 1913 and is now an ecological island in a sea of farmland. 1500 species of flora are packed within the park, more than in the entire British Isles. 123 orchid species grow here. 87 plant species found in the Stirling Range occur nowhere else on earth. The Stirling Range was born from river delta sediments deposited 1800-2000 million years ago (Palaeoproterozoic), then metamorphosed weakly into sandstone, quartzite, and shale rocks and deformed more than 1200 million years ago. Buried deep in the Earth's crust, today's Stirling Range was gradually exposed by weathering and erosion over time. Bluff Knoll is 337 km (4.5 hours drive) southeast of Perth and 100 km northeast of Albany via Chester Pass Road. An ideal time to visit is late spring and early summer (October to December), when days are beginning to warm up and the wildflowers are at their best. Winter, between June and August, is cold and wet. Allow three to four hours  to complete 5 km round trip on the Top Trail.
    04AUS-11157_Bluff-Knoll_Stirling-Ran...jpg
  • Grass trees grow on Bluff Knoll, which rises to 1099 metres (3606 feet) above sea level in the Stirling Range in Western Australia. Bluff Knoll is one of only a few places to receive regular snowfalls in most years in Western Australia (WA). Its aboriginal name Koikyennuruff describes the “place of ever-moving about mist and fog.” Stirling Range National Park was declared in 1913 and is now an ecological island in a sea of farmland. 1500 species of flora are packed within the park, more than in the entire British Isles. 123 orchid species grow here. 87 plant species found in the Stirling Range occur nowhere else on earth. The Stirling Range was born from river delta sediments deposited 1800-2000 million years ago (Palaeoproterozoic), then metamorphosed weakly into sandstone, quartzite, and shale rocks and deformed more than 1200 million years ago. Buried deep in the Earth's crust, today's Stirling Range was gradually exposed by weathering and erosion over time. Bluff Knoll is 337 km (4.5 hours drive) southeast of Perth and 100 km northeast of Albany via Chester Pass Road. An ideal time to visit is late spring and early summer (October to December), when days are beginning to warm up and the wildflowers are at their best. Winter, between June and August, is cold and wet. Allow three to four hours  to complete 5 km round trip on the Top Trail.
    04AUS-11141_Grass-tree_Bluff-Knoll_S...jpg
  • While we stop our rental camper to view wild emus (sign), a "road train" (a tractor with double trailer, sometimes triple) roars by in Western Australia. Published 2010 in print and internet by Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia, Perth.
    04AUS-11110_Road-train_emu-sign_camp...jpg
  • Growing up to 90 meters, Karri trees stand amongst the tallest species in the world. Porongurup National Park protects the Porongurup Range, an ancient and mostly leveled mountain range formed in the Precambrian over 1200 million years ago. Visit the park in Western Australia, 360 km southeast of Perth and 40 km from Albany. High rainfall on this ecological island explains the survival of Karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) forests and ten endemic species of plant. The Porongurup Range is a remnant of the Precambrian collision that joined Australia and Antarctica until they separated in the Paleocene. For much of the Cretaceous and Paleogene, the Porongurup Range was an island surrounded by the sea, with the Stirling Range forming the southern coastline. The formerly large mountain range has been eroded down to granite intrusions leveled into domes, no more than 15 km from east to west. The highest point in the Porongurup Range is Devils Slide at 670 meters elevation, rising 400 m above the surrounding plain.
    04AUS-11094_Karri-trees_Porongurup-N...jpg
  • Porongurup National Park protects the Porongurup Range, an ancient and mostly leveled mountain range formed in the Precambrian over 1200 million years ago. Visit the park in Western Australia, 360 km southeast of Perth and 40 km from Albany. The Porongurup Range is a remnant of the Precambrian collision that joined Australia and Antarctica until they separated in the Paleocene. For much of the Cretaceous and Paleogene, the Porongurup Range was an island surrounded by the sea, with the Stirling Range forming the southern coastline. The formerly large mountain range has been eroded down to granite intrusions leveled into domes, no more than 15 km from east to west. The highest point in the Porongurup Range is Devils Slide at 670 meters elevation, rising 400 m above the surrounding plain. High rainfall on this ecological island explains the survival of Karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) forests and ten endemic species of plant. Growing up to 90 meters, Karri trees stand amongst the tallest species in the world.
    04AUS-11087_boulders_Porongurup-NP.jpg
  • Indian Ocean (or Southern Ocean according to Australian geographers) surf crashes on ancient rock in Western Australia which was once joined with Antarctica. At Torndirrup National Park, sea water has sculpted impressive formations from coastal granite. Visit this popular park on King George Sound in Western Australia, 400 km southeast of Perth and 10 km south of Albany. The park’s oldest gneiss, seen along the cliff walls of the Gap, was formed 1300-1600 million years ago. The granites were formed later as molten rock rose to the surface when the Australian Plate collided with the Antarctic Plate 1160 million years ago.
    04AUS-11011_surf_Torndirrup-NP.jpg
  • Australian Pelican on Coalmine Beach, Walpole-Nornalup National Park, in southern Western Australia. The Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus), also known as the Goolayyalibee, is widespread on the inland and coastal waters of Australia and New Guinea. Compared to other pelican species, they are medium-sized: 1.6 to 1.8 m (5.25 to 6 ft) long with a wingspan of 2.3 to 2.5 m (7.6 to 8.25 ft) and weighing between 4 and almost 7 kg (9 to 15 lbs). They are predominantly white, with black and white wings and a pale, pinkish bill which, like that of all pelicans, is enormous, particularly in the male.
    04AUS-10793_Australian-Pelican.jpg
  • Three Australian Pelicans walk in line on Coalmine Beach, Walpole-Nornalup National Park, in southern Western Australia. The Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus), also known as the Goolayyalibee, is widespread on the inland and coastal waters of Australia and New Guinea. Compared to other pelican species, they are medium-sized: 1.6 to 1.8 m (5.25 to 6 ft) long with a wingspan of 2.3 to 2.5 m (7.6 to 8.25 ft) and weighing between 4 and almost 7 kg (9 to 15 lbs). They are predominantly white, with black and white wings and a pale, pinkish bill which, like that of all pelicans, is enormous, particularly in the male.
    04AUS-10772_Australian-Pelican_Walpo...jpg
  • Three Australian Pelicans preen on Coalmine Beach, Walpole-Nornalup National Park, in southern Western Australia. The Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus), also known as the Goolayyalibee, is widespread on the inland and coastal waters of Australia and New Guinea. Compared to other pelican species, they are medium-sized: 1.6 to 1.8 m (5.25 to 6 ft) long with a wingspan of 2.3 to 2.5 m (7.6 to 8.25 ft) and weighing between 4 and almost 7 kg (9 to 15 lbs). They are predominantly white, with black and white wings and a pale, pinkish bill which, like that of all pelicans, is enormous, particularly in the male.
    04AUS-10770_Australian-Pelican_Walpo...jpg
  • Three Australian Pelicans preen on Coalmine Beach, Walpole-Nornalup National Park, in southern Western Australia. The Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus), also known as the Goolayyalibee, is widespread on the inland and coastal waters of Australia and New Guinea. Compared to other pelican species, they are medium-sized: 1.6 to 1.8 m (5.25 to 6 ft) long with a wingspan of 2.3 to 2.5 m (7.6 to 8.25 ft) and weighing between 4 and almost 7 kg (9 to 15 lbs). They are predominantly white, with black and white wings and a pale, pinkish bill which, like that of all pelicans, is enormous, particularly in the male. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
    04AUS-10760_Australian-Pelican.jpg
  • Australian Pelican on Coalmine Beach, Walpole-Nornalup National Park, in southern Western Australia. The Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus), also known as the Goolayyalibee, is widespread on the inland and coastal waters of Australia and New Guinea. Compared to other pelican species, they are medium-sized: 1.6 to 1.8 m (5.25 to 6 ft) long with a wingspan of 2.3 to 2.5 m (7.6 to 8.25 ft) and weighing between 4 and almost 7 kg (9 to 15 lbs). They are predominantly white, with black and white wings and a pale, pinkish bill which, like that of all pelicans, is enormous, particularly in the male.
    04AUS-10756_Australian-Pelican.jpg
  • Kangaroo Island Kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus) roam freely near the Visitor Centre and campground in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Upon landing in 1802, famous explorer Captain Matthew Flinders shot the first Kangaroo Island Kangaroo. Not until the 1990s did taxonomists clarify that it was a subspecies of the Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus, a large brown marsupial mammal species in the Macropod family, Macropodidae), which lives across the southern part of Australia, from just south of Shark Bay to coastal South Australia, western Victoria, and the entire Murray-Darling Basin in New South Wales and Queensland. It breeds year round with a peak during summer months. Be cautious of kangaroos when driving roads at night.
    04AUS-20316_Kangaroo-Island-Kangaroo.jpg
  • Cape du Couedic Lightstation was built 25 meters tall from local stone, 1906-1909, on the southwestern point of Kangaroo Island off the coast of South Australia. The lighthouse has been automated since 1957 and visitors can stay in the old keepers' cottages. Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
    04AUS-20309_Cape-de-Couedic-Lightsta...jpg
  • Kangaroo Island Kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus) roam freely near the Visitor Centre and campground in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Upon landing in 1802, famous explorer Captain Matthew Flinders shot the first Kangaroo Island Kangaroo. Not until the 1990s did taxonomists clarify that it was a subspecies of the Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus, a large brown marsupial mammal species in the Macropod family, Macropodidae), which lives across the southern part of Australia, from just south of Shark Bay to coastal South Australia, western Victoria, and the entire Murray-Darling Basin in New South Wales and Queensland. It breeds year round with a peak during summer months. Be cautious of kangaroos when driving roads at night.
    04AUS-20215_Kangaroo-joey.jpg
  • Bluff Knoll rises to 1099 metres (3606 feet) above sea level in the Stirling Range in Western Australia. Bluff Knoll is one of only a few places to receive regular snowfalls in most years in Western Australia (WA). Its aboriginal name Koikyennuruff describes the “place of ever-moving about mist and fog.” Stirling Range National Park was declared in 1913 and is now an ecological island in a sea of farmland. 1500 species of flora are packed within the park, more than in the entire British Isles. 123 orchid species grow here. 87 plant species found in the Stirling Range occur nowhere else on earth. The Stirling Range was born from river delta sediments deposited 1800-2000 million years ago (Palaeoproterozoic), then metamorphosed weakly into sandstone, quartzite, and shale rocks and deformed more than 1200 million years ago. Buried deep in the Earth's crust, today's Stirling Range was gradually exposed by weathering and erosion over time. Bluff Knoll is 337 km (4.5 hours drive) southeast of Perth and 100 km northeast of Albany via Chester Pass Road. An ideal time to visit is late spring and early summer (October to December), when days are beginning to warm up and the wildflowers are at their best. Winter, between June and August, is cold and wet. Allow three to four hours  to complete 5 km round trip on the Top Trail.
    04AUS-11176_Grass-tree_Bluff-Knoll_S...jpg
  • Metamorphic rock erodes on Bluff Knoll, Stirling Range National Park, Western Australia. Stirling Range National Park was declared in 1913 and is now an ecological island in a sea of farmland. The Stirling Range was born from river delta sediments deposited 1800-2000 million years ago (Palaeoproterozoic), then metamorphosed weakly into sandstone, quartzite, and shale rocks and deformed more than 1200 million years ago. Buried deep in the Earth's crust, today's Stirling Range was gradually exposed by weathering and erosion over time. Bluff Knoll is 337 km (4.5 hours drive) southeast of Perth and 100 km northeast of Albany via Chester Pass Road. An ideal time to visit is late spring and early summer (October to December), when days are beginning to warm up and the wildflowers are at their best. Winter, between June and August, is cold and wet. Allow three to four hours  to complete 5 km round trip on the Top Trail up Bluff Knoll.
    04AUS-11139_rock-pattern_Stirling-Ra...jpg
  • A wild skink climbs a rock on Bluff Knoll, Stirling Range National Park, Western Australia. Stirling Range National Park was declared in 1913 and is now an ecological island in a sea of farmland. 1500 species of flora are packed within the park, more than in the entire British Isles. 123 orchid species grow here. 87 plant species found in the Stirling Range occur nowhere else on earth. The Stirling Range was born from river delta sediments deposited 1800-2000 million years ago (Palaeoproterozoic), then metamorphosed weakly into sandstone, quartzite, and shale rocks and deformed more than 1200 million years ago. Buried deep in the Earth's crust, today's Stirling Range was gradually exposed by weathering and erosion over time. Bluff Knoll is 337 km (4.5 hours drive) southeast of Perth and 100 km northeast of Albany via Chester Pass Road. An ideal time to visit is late spring and early summer (October to December), when days are beginning to warm up and the wildflowers are at their best. Winter, between June and August, is cold and wet. Allow three to four hours  to complete 5 km round trip on the Top Trail.
    04AUS-11128_skink.jpg
  • Porongurup National Park protects the Porongurup Range, an ancient and mostly leveled mountain range formed in the Precambrian over 1200 million years ago. Visit the park in Western Australia, 360 km southeast of Perth and 40 km from Albany. The Porongurup Range is a remnant of the Precambrian collision that joined Australia and Antarctica until they separated in the Paleocene. For much of the Cretaceous and Paleogene, the Porongurup Range was an island surrounded by the sea, with the Stirling Range forming the southern coastline. The formerly large mountain range has been eroded down to granite intrusions leveled into domes, no more than 15 km from east to west. The highest point in the Porongurup Range is Devils Slide at 670 meters elevation, rising 400 m above the surrounding plain. High rainfall on this ecological island explains the survival of Karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) forests and ten endemic species of plant. Growing up to 90 meters, Karri trees stand amongst the tallest species in the world.
    04AUS-11084_Porongurup-NP.jpg
  • The "Valley of the Giants Tree Top Walk" is a 600 meter ramp wide enough for wheelchairs and baby strollers, reaching up to 38 meters above the ground through a forest of exceptionally tall eucalyptus trees. Visit this old growth forest between Denmark and Walpole in Walpole-Nornalup National Park, 400 km south of Perth, Western Australia. A trail links the Tree Top Walk to the Ancient Empire boardwalk where you can get close to the big 400-year-old trees. Web site: www.valleyofthegiants.com.au
    04AUS-10898_Valley-of-Giants-Tree-To...jpg
  • The Giant Tingle Tree is the largest known living eucalypt in the world, measuring 24 meters in circumference at the base. See it in Walpole-Nornalup National Park on the Bibbulmun Track, which starts on Hilltop Road between Walpole and Nornalup, in Western Australia. The inside of the base is burnt out from severe fires of 1937 and 1951, but the tree still lives and grows from tissue under the outer bark. Red Tingle trees (Eucalyptus Jacksonii) are only found in and around Walpole-Nornalup National Park, nowhere else on earth.  Growing up to 75 meters or more tall, with circular girth of up to 26 meters, Red Tingle trees can live over 400 years.
    04AUS-10846_Giant-Tingle-Tree_Walpol...jpg
  • This vibrant orange and pink flower may be in the Faboideae subfamily (or Papilionoideae) of the common Fabaceae (Leguminosae, pea, or bean) plant family. Walpole-Nornalup National Park is in southern Western Australia.
    04AUS-10804_Papilionaceae_pea-flower.jpg
  • Tom climbs rebar rungs of the public Diamond Tree, a 51-meter tall Karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) mounted with a fire lookout. Drive 10 km south of Manjimup on the South Western Highway, in Western Australia. Growing up to 90 meters, Karri trees stand amongst the tallest species on earth.
    04AUS-10712_Diamond-Tree-Fire-Lookou...jpg
  • A large spider lurks in a web near Perth in Western Australia. Spiders have eight legs and are not insects. Spiders (order Araneae, class Arachnida) are air-breathing arthropods that have chelicerae, grasping mouthparts with fangs that inject venom. Unlike spiders, insects have six legs and a pair of antennae.
    04AUS-10668_spider.jpg
  • Caterpillars feast on green leaves in Western Australia. Stirling Range National Park was declared in 1913 and is now an ecological island in a sea of farmland. 1500 species of flora are packed within the park, more than in the entire British Isles. 123 orchid species grow here. 87 plant species found in the Stirling Range occur nowhere else on earth.
    04AUS-11152_caterpillars.jpg
  • Metamorphic rock erodes on Bluff Knoll, Stirling Range National Park, Western Australia. Stirling Range National Park was declared in 1913 and is now an ecological island in a sea of farmland. The Stirling Range was born from river delta sediments deposited 1800-2000 million years ago (Palaeoproterozoic), then metamorphosed weakly into sandstone, quartzite, and shale rocks and deformed more than 1200 million years ago. Buried deep in the Earth's crust, today's Stirling Range was gradually exposed by weathering and erosion over time. Bluff Knoll is 337 km (4.5 hours drive) southeast of Perth and 100 km northeast of Albany via Chester Pass Road. An ideal time to visit is late spring and early summer (October to December), when days are beginning to warm up and the wildflowers are at their best. Winter, between June and August, is cold and wet. Allow three to four hours  to complete 5 km round trip on the Top Trail up Bluff Knoll.
    04AUS-11131_silvery-rock-pattern_Sti...jpg
  • Swamp Bottlebrush (Beaufortia sparsa) grows on Bluff Knoll in the Stirling Range in Western Australia (WA). Stirling Range National Park was declared in 1913 and is now an ecological island in a sea of farmland. 1500 species of flora are packed within the park, more than in the entire British Isles. 87 plant species found in the Stirling Range occur nowhere else on earth. Bluff Knoll is 337 km (4.5 hours drive) southeast of Perth and 100 km northeast of Albany via Chester Pass Road. An ideal time to visit is late spring and early summer (October to December), when days are beginning to warm up and the wildflowers are at their best. Winter, between June and August, is cold and wet.
    04AUS-11121_Swamp-Bottlebrush.jpg
  • Kangaroo crossing, orange yellow highway sign, Western Australia
    04AUS-11105_Kangaroo-sign.jpg
  • At Torndirrup National Park, the Indian Ocean (or Southern Ocean according to Australian geographers) has sculpted Natural Bridge and other impressive formations from coastal granite. Torndirrup National Park is on King George Sound in Western Australia, 400 km southeast of Perth and 10 km south of Albany. The park’s oldest gneiss, seen along the cliff walls of the Gap, was formed 1300-1600 million years ago. The granites were formed later as molten rock rose to the surface when the Australian Plate collided with the Antarctic Plate 1160 million years ago. Tom walks atop the water-carved natural wonder.
    04AUS-10992_Natural-Bridge_Torndirru...jpg
  • A dock extends into the ocean in Western Australia.
    04AUS-10978_dock.jpg
  • Connected with "Valley of the Giants Tree Top Walk," the Ancient Empire boardwalk passes through a forest of huge 400-year-old eucalyptus trees. Visit this old growth forest between Denmark and Walpole in Walpole-Nornalup National Park, 400 km south of Perth, Western Australia. Red Tingle trees (Eucalyptus Jacksonii) are only found in and around Walpole-Nornalup National Park, nowhere else on earth.  Growing up to 75 meters or more tall, with circular girth of up to 26 meters, Red Tingle trees can live over 400 years. Web site: www.valleyofthegiants.com.au
    04AUS-10925_walk-thru-Tingle-Tree.jpg
  • The Giant Tingle Tree is the largest known living eucalypt in the world, measuring 24 meters in circumference at the base. See it in Walpole-Nornalup National Park on the Bibbulmun Track, which starts on Hilltop Road between Walpole and Nornalup, in Western Australia. The inside of the base is burnt out from severe fires of 1937 and 1951, but the tree still lives and grows from tissue under the outer bark. Red Tingle trees (Eucalyptus Jacksonii) are only found in and around Walpole-Nornalup National Park, nowhere else on earth.  Growing up to 75 meters or more tall, with circular girth of up to 26 meters, Red Tingle trees can live over 400 years. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
    04AUS-10825-p1_Giant-Tingle-Tree.jpg
  • Rebar rungs allow anyone to climb the public Diamond Tree, a 51-meter tall Karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) mounted with a fire lookout. Drive 10 km south of Manjimup on the South Western Highway, in Western Australia. Growing up to 90 meters, Karri trees stand amongst the tallest species in the world.
    04AUS-10732_Diamond-Tree-Fire-Lookou...jpg
  • Rebar rungs allow anyone to climb the public Diamond Tree, a 51-meter tall Karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) mounted with a fire lookout. Drive 10 km south of Manjimup on the South Western Highway, in Western Australia. Growing up to 90 meters, Karri trees stand amongst the tallest species on earth. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
    04AUS-10723_Diamond-Tree-Fire-Lookou...jpg
  • Tom climbs rebar rungs of the public Diamond Tree, a 51-meter tall Karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) mounted with a fire lookout. Drive 10 km south of Manjimup on the South Western Highway, in Western Australia. Growing up to 90 meters, Karri trees stand amongst the tallest species on earth. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. For licensing options, please inquire.
    04AUS-10688_climb-Diamond-Tree.jpg
  • A friendly wild bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) visits Koombana Bay, off of Koombana Beach at the town of Bunbury, Western Australia.
    04AUS-10682_Bottlenose-dolphin_Bunbu...jpg
  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds.
    04AUS-20294_Remarkable-Rocks.jpg
  • Native to Australia and the largest of the possums, the Common Brushtail Possum is a nocturnal, semi-arboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae. Fur color patterns tend to be silver-gray, brown, black, red, or cream. The bushy tail has a hairless patch underneath and a prehensile tip for gripping branches. It is nocturnal like most possums, and in the wild mainly eats eucalyptus leaves but has been known to eat small mammals such as rats. It is the Australian marsupial most often seen thriving in cities, where they like fruit trees, vegetable gardens, and kitchens. It is a major agricultural and conservation pest in New Zealand where it was introduced in the 1800s. Its scientific name Trichosurus vulpecula is from the Greek for "furry tailed" and the Latin for "little fox", also known as Phalangista vulpine. Photo is in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
    04AUS-20280_Common-Brushtail-Possum.jpg
  • Ascend the public Diamond Tree, a 51-meter tall Karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) mounted with a fire lookout. Drive 10 km south of Manjimup on the South Western Highway, in Western Australia. Growing up to 90 meters, Karri trees stand amongst the tallest species on earth.
    04AUS-10692_Diamond-Tree-Fire-Lookou...jpg
  • Sheep are transported on the ferry from Kangaroo Island to mainland South Australia.
    04AUS-20320_sheep-Kangaroo-Island-fe...jpg
  • The Indian Ocean (or Southern Ocean according to Australian geographers) has carved Admirals Arch, in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
    04AUS-20312_Admirals-Arch_Flinders-C...jpg
  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds.
    04AUS-20290_Remarkable-Rocks.jpg
  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds.
    04AUS-20270_Remarkable-Rocks.jpg
  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds.
    04AUS-20267_Remarkable-Rocks.jpg
  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds.
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  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds.
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  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds.
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  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds.
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  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds.
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  • A black and white Australian Pelican reflects in the water at  Coalmine Beach, Walpole-Nornalup National Park, Western Australia. Published in the book "Pelican in the Wilderness" 2008 by Ivan Clutterbuck,. Gracewing Publishing Ltd, UK.
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  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds.
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  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds. Panorama stitched from 2 overlapping images.
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  • Rocky River Beach, Indian Ocean (or Southern Ocean according to Australian geographers), Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
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  • Curiously weathered reddish purple and orange pebbles lie on bluffs above Rocky River Beach, in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
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  • The Remarkable Rocks form fantastic shapes in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Remarkable Rocks began as magma injected into a sedimentary rock layer and crystallized into a single granite monolith a few kilometers below the earths surface. Subsurface weathering cracked the granite along joint planes and created corestones. Erosion peeled away the surface and revealed the corestones, which were sculpted asymmetrically by the affects of rain and prevailing southerly winds.
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  • In South Australia, the Kangaroo Island ferry flies the Australian Red Ensign (flown by Australian-registered boats/ships). In contrast, the National Flag of Australia has been dark blue since 1953. (Prior to 1953, Australia used both the red and blue versions as the national flag.)
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  • Pangaea and Gondwana began to break up 100 million years ago, as explained by plate tectonics and continental drift.
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  • Branches reach for the sky in a fractal pattern in New South Wales, Australia. Mostly native to Australia, Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees (and a few shrubs) in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Many are known as gum trees because of copious sap exuded from any break in the bark.
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  • Map of Tasmania, Australia March 1-17, 2004 trip route.
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  • Physical geography map of Australia labeled with Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmania, Perth.
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  • Map of Western Australia labeled with 2004 trip from Perth to Walpole, Albany, and Stirling Ranges National Park
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  • A captive koala rests in a tree at Bonorong Wildlife Park, Briggs Road, Brighton, Tasmania, Australia. The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia, and the only surviving member of the family Phascolarctidae. The koala is found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia, from Adelaide to the southern part of Cape York Peninsula, extending inland where enough moisture supports suitable woodlands. The koalas of South Australia were mostly exterminated during the early 1900s, but have been repopulated with Victorian stock. The koala is not found in Tasmania or Western Australia. The koala is one of the few mammals (other than primates) that has fingerprints. It is generally silent, but males have a very loud advertising call that can be heard from almost a kilometer away during the breeding season. The koala requires large areas of healthy, connected forest and will travel long distances along tree corridors in search of new territory and mates. Human encroachment cuts these corridors with agricultural and residential development, forestry, and road-building, marooning koala colonies in decreasing areas of bush.
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  • Brightly painted 1890s buildings catch sunset light in old Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Melbourne stretches around the large natural bay of Port Phillip, with the city centre on the estuary of Yarra River, and it claims the world's largest tram network. Melbourne is the capital and most populous city (4 million in 2009) in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. Melbourne was founded in 1835 (47 years after the European settlement of Australia) by settlers from Van Diemen's Land. It was named by governor Richard Bourke in 1837, in honour of the British Prime Minister of the day, William Lamb—the 2nd Viscount Melbourne. During the Victorian gold rush of the 1850s, Melburnians transformed it into one of the world's largest and wealthiest cities. As the "cultural capital of Australia", Melbourne is the birthplace of Australian film (as well as the world's first feature film), Australian television, and Australian Rules football.
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  • A dead Fairy Penguin lies on Station Beach, Cape Otway, Great Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia. The Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor) is the smallest species of penguin and is found on the coastlines of southern Australia and New Zealand. They are called Fairy Penguins in Australia, Little Blue Penguins in New Zealand, and Kororā in Māori. The Great Ocean Road (B100) is a 243-km road along the southeast coast of Australia between Torquay and Warrnambool. Dedicated to casualties of World War I, the Great Ocean Road was built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932 and is the world's largest war memorial.
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  • A koala climbs a tree at Koala Conservation Centre, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia, and the only surviving member of the family Phascolarctidae. The koala is found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia, from Adelaide to the southern part of Cape York Peninsula, extending inland where enough moisture supports suitable woodlands. The koalas of South Australia were mostly exterminated during the early 1900s, but have been repopulated with Victorian stock. The koala is not found in Tasmania or Western Australia. The koala is one of the few mammals (other than primates) that has fingerprints. It is generally silent, but males have a very loud advertising call that can be heard from almost a kilometer away during the breeding season. The koala requires large areas of healthy, connected forest and will travel long distances along tree corridors in search of new territory and mates. Human encroachment cuts these corridors with agricultural and residential development, forestry, and road-building, marooning koala colonies in decreasing areas of bush.
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  • A koala rests in a tree at Koala Conservation Centre, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia, and the only surviving member of the family Phascolarctidae. The koala is found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia, from Adelaide to the southern part of Cape York Peninsula, extending inland where enough moisture supports suitable woodlands. The koalas of South Australia were mostly exterminated during the early 1900s, but have been repopulated with Victorian stock. The koala is not found in Tasmania or Western Australia. The koala is one of the few mammals (other than primates) that has fingerprints. It is generally silent, but males have a very loud advertising call that can be heard from almost a kilometer away during the breeding season. The koala requires large areas of healthy, connected forest and will travel long distances along tree corridors in search of new territory and mates. Human encroachment cuts these corridors with agricultural and residential development, forestry, and road-building, marooning koala colonies in decreasing areas of bush.
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  • Snow Gums grow at Pelion Gap, on the Overland Track, in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Mostly native to Australia where they dominate the tree flora, Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees (and a few shrubs) in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Many are known as gum trees because of copious sap exuded from any break in the bark. The Snow Gum (Eucalyptus pauciflora) is a small tree or large shrub native to eastern Australia. It is usually found in the subalpine habitats of eastern Australia. Snow Gums also grow in lowland habitats where they can reach heights of up to 20 metres, although specimens over 15 metres are found at high elevations in the Victorian Alps. The bark of Eucalyptus pauciflora is smooth and white to light grey or sometimes brown-red, shedding in patches or strips to give a mottled appearance. The Tasmanian Wilderness was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982, expanded in 1989. The famous Overland Track features mountains, temperate rainforest, wild rivers, alpine plains, abundant birds, and other wildlife.
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  • Snow Gums grow at Pelion Gap, on the Overland Track, in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Mostly native to Australia where they dominate the tree flora, Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees (and a few shrubs) in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Many are known as gum trees because of copious sap exuded from any break in the bark. The Snow Gum (Eucalyptus pauciflora) is a small tree or large shrub native to eastern Australia. It is usually found in the subalpine habitats of eastern Australia. Snow Gums also grow in lowland habitats where they can reach heights of up to 20 metres, although specimens over 15 metres are found at high elevations in the Victorian Alps. The bark of Eucalyptus pauciflora is smooth and white to light grey or sometimes brown-red, shedding in patches or strips to give a mottled appearance. The Tasmanian Wilderness was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982, expanded in 1989. The famous Overland Track features mountains, temperate rainforest, wild rivers, alpine plains, abundant birds, and other wildlife.
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  • See Cathedral Mountain and snow gum trees (eucalyptus) along the Overland Track, in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania, Australia. The Tasmanian Wilderness was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982, expanded in 1989. The famous Overland Track features mountains, temperate rainforest, wild rivers, alpine plains, abundant birds, and other wildlife. Mostly native to Australia where they dominate the tree flora, Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees (and a few shrubs) in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Many are known as gum trees because of copious sap exuded from any break in the bark. The Snow Gum (Eucalyptus pauciflora) is a small tree or large shrub native to eastern Australia. It is usually found in the subalpine habitats of eastern Australia. Snow Gums also grow in lowland habitats where they can reach heights of up to 20 metres, although specimens over 15 metres are found at high elevations in the Victorian Alps. Lowland Snow Gum is sometimes known as White Sallee, Cabbage Gum or Cabbage Ash. The bark of Eucalyptus pauciflora is smooth and white to light grey or sometimes brown-red, shedding in patches or strips to give a mottled appearance.
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  • See Cathedral Mountain and snow gum trees (eucalyptus) along the Overland Track, in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania, Australia. The Tasmanian Wilderness was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982, expanded in 1989. The famous Overland Track features mountains, temperate rainforest, wild rivers, alpine plains, abundant birds, and other wildlife. Mostly native to Australia where they dominate the tree flora, Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees (and a few shrubs) in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Many are known as gum trees because of copious sap exuded from any break in the bark. The Snow Gum (Eucalyptus pauciflora) is a small tree or large shrub native to eastern Australia. It is usually found in the subalpine habitats of eastern Australia. Snow Gums also grow in lowland habitats where they can reach heights of up to 20 metres, although specimens over 15 metres are found at high elevations in the Victorian Alps. Lowland Snow Gum is sometimes known as White Sallee, Cabbage Gum or Cabbage Ash. The bark of Eucalyptus pauciflora is smooth and white to light grey or sometimes brown-red, shedding in patches or strips to give a mottled appearance.
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  • Among the world's rarest geese species, Cape Barren Geese (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) walk a beach of Maria Island National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Ability to drink salty or brackish water allows them to live on islands year-round. Cape Barren Geese were introduced to Maria Island National Park in 1968 from Bass Strait Islands to help ensure their survival as a species. Now they thrive and are no longer endangered. They naturally range across the coasts and islands of southern Australia. These bulky geese have grey plumage with black spots. The tail and flight feathers are blackish and the legs are pink with black feet. The short, decurved black bill and green cere gives it a peculiar expression. The Cape Barren Goose weighs 3 to 7 kg (6.6 to 15 lb) and has a 150 to 190 cm (59 to 75 in) wingspan; males are somewhat larger than females. It feeds by grazing and rarely swims. As Australia's only native goose, it was first sighted on Cape Barren Island (second largest of the Furneaux Group of 52 islands northeast of Tasmania). Cape Barren Island has the distinction of being "the largest island of the largest island (Flinders Island) of the largest island (Tasmania) of the largest island (Australia)."
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  • Among the world's rarest geese species, Cape Barren Geese (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) live on Maria Island National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Ability to drink salty or brackish water allows them to live on islands year-round. Cape Barren Geese were introduced to Maria Island National Park in 1968 from Bass Strait Islands to help ensure their survival as a species. Now they thrive and are no longer endangered. They naturally range across the coasts and islands of southern Australia. These bulky geese have grey plumage with black spots. The tail and flight feathers are blackish and the legs are pink with black feet. The short, decurved black bill and green cere gives it a peculiar expression. The Cape Barren Goose weighs 3 to 7 kg (6.6 to 15 lb) and has a 150 to 190 cm (59 to 75 in) wingspan; males are somewhat larger than females. It feeds by grazing and rarely swims. As Australia's only native goose, it was first sighted on Cape Barren Island (second largest of the Furneaux Group of 52 islands northeast of Tasmania). Cape Barren Island has the distinction of being "the largest island of the largest island (Flinders Island) of the largest island (Tasmania) of the largest island (Australia)."
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  • Koalas rest in a tree at Koala Conservation Centre, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia, and the only surviving member of the family Phascolarctidae. The koala is found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia, from Adelaide to the southern part of Cape York Peninsula, extending inland where enough moisture supports suitable woodlands. The koalas of South Australia were mostly exterminated during the early 1900s, but have been repopulated with Victorian stock. The koala is not found in Tasmania or Western Australia. The koala is one of the few mammals (other than primates) that has fingerprints. It is generally silent, but males have a very loud advertising call that can be heard from almost a kilometer away during the breeding season. The koala requires large areas of healthy, connected forest and will travel long distances along tree corridors in search of new territory and mates. Human encroachment cuts these corridors with agricultural and residential development, forestry, and road-building, marooning koala colonies in decreasing areas of bush.
    04AUS-20052_Koala-Conservation-Centr...jpg
  • A Snow Gum trunk grows red, brown, and white patteerns at Pelion Gap, on the Overland Track, in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Mostly native to Australia where they dominate the tree flora, Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees (and a few shrubs) in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Many are known as gum trees because of copious sap exuded from any break in the bark. The Snow Gum (Eucalyptus pauciflora) is a small tree or large shrub native to eastern Australia. It is usually found in the subalpine habitats of eastern Australia. Snow Gums also grow in lowland habitats where they can reach heights of up to 20 metres, although specimens over 15 metres are found at high elevations in the Victorian Alps. The bark of Eucalyptus pauciflora is smooth and white to light grey or sometimes brown-red, shedding in patches or strips to give a mottled appearance. The Tasmanian Wilderness was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982, expanded in 1989. The famous Overland Track features mountains, temperate rainforest, wild rivers, alpine plains, abundant birds, and other wildlife.
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  • A Snow Gum trunk grows red, brown, and white patteerns at Pelion Gap, on the Overland Track, in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Mostly native to Australia where they dominate the tree flora, Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees (and a few shrubs) in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Many are known as gum trees because of copious sap exuded from any break in the bark. The Snow Gum (Eucalyptus pauciflora) is a small tree or large shrub native to eastern Australia. It is usually found in the subalpine habitats of eastern Australia. Snow Gums also grow in lowland habitats where they can reach heights of up to 20 metres, although specimens over 15 metres are found at high elevations in the Victorian Alps. The bark of Eucalyptus pauciflora is smooth and white to light grey or sometimes brown-red, shedding in patches or strips to give a mottled appearance. The Tasmanian Wilderness was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982, expanded in 1989. The famous Overland Track features mountains, temperate rainforest, wild rivers, alpine plains, abundant birds, and other wildlife.
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  • A sign warns "DEVILS BITE, PLEASE DO NOT FEED, TEASE OR TOUCH" at Bonorong Wildlife Park, Brighton, Tasmania, Australia. The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is a carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae, now found in the wild only on the island state of Tasmania. The devil is an iconic symbol of Tasmania and attractor of tourists, many of whom know the Looney Tunes cartoon character, the "Tasmanian Devil." Ancient marsupials probably migrated from what is now South America to Australia tens of millions of years ago during the time of Gondwana. Tasmanian devils probably disappeared from the Australian mainland around 3000 years ago due to predation by dingoes (wild dogs probably introduced by aborigines much earlier), which are absent on Tasmania. Formerly hunted by humans, the devils became officially protected in 1941. Since the late 1990s, devil facial tumor disease has drastically reduced devil numbers, and in 2008 the species was declared endangered. Illegally introduced red foxes kill devils, and motor vehicles dispatch devils that are on the road eating other road kill. Due to export restrictions and the failure of overseas devils to breed, almost no devils live legally outside of Australia. The size of a small dog, the Tasmanian devil became the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world following the extinction of the thylacine in 1936. It has a stocky and muscular build, black fur, pungent odor, extremely loud and disturbing screech, keen sense of smell, and ferocity when feeding. It has an exceptionally strong bite, hunts prey, scavenges carrion, climbs trees, and swims across rivers.
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  • A captive Tasmanian devil stands in a pen at Bonorong Wildlife Park, Briggs Road, Brighton, Tasmania, Australia. The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is a carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae, now found in the wild only on the island state of Tasmania. The devil is an iconic symbol of Tasmania and attractor of tourists, many of whom know the Looney Tunes cartoon character, the "Tasmanian Devil." Ancient marsupials probably migrated from what is now South America to Australia tens of millions of years ago during the time of Gondwana. Tasmanian devils probably disappeared from the Australian mainland around 3000 years ago due to predation by dingoes (wild dogs probably introduced by aborigines much earlier), which are absent on Tasmania. Formerly hunted by humans, the devils became officially protected in 1941. Since the late 1990s, devil facial tumor disease has drastically reduced devil numbers, and in 2008 the species was declared endangered. Illegally introduced red foxes kill devils, and motor vehicles dispatch devils that are on the road eating other road kill. Due to export restrictions and the failure of overseas devils to breed, almost no devils live legally outside of Australia. The size of a small dog, the Tasmanian devil became the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world following the extinction of the thylacine in 1936. It has a stocky and muscular build, black fur, pungent odor, extremely loud and disturbing screech, keen sense of smell, and ferocity when feeding. It has an exceptionally strong bite, hunts prey, scavenges carrion, climbs trees, and swims across rivers.
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  • Port Arthur is a small town and former English prison from 1830-1877 on the Tasman Peninsula, 60 km southeast of Hobart, state capital of Tasmania, Australia. Port Arthur is one of Australia's most significant heritage areas and the open air museum is Tasmania's top tourist attraction. Port Arthur Historic Site was honored in 2010 as part of the Australian Convict Sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Penal transportation to Australia from Britain/Ireland occurred 1787-1868 to rid overcrowded prisons of undesirables. In these difficult Dickensian times, inhumane death penalty laws of the “Bloody Code” were falling out of favor for minor offenses and small crimes, and prison populations were swelling in London.
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  • Port Arthur is a small town and former English prison from 1830-1877 on the Tasman Peninsula, 60 km southeast of Hobart, state capital of Tasmania, Australia. Port Arthur is one of Australia's most significant heritage areas and the open air museum is Tasmania's top tourist attraction. Port Arthur Historic Site was honored in 2010 as part of the Australian Convict Sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Penal transportation to Australia from Britain/Ireland occurred 1787-1868 to rid overcrowded prisons of undesirables. In these difficult Dickensian times, inhumane death penalty laws of the “Bloody Code” were falling out of favor for minor offenses and small crimes, and prison populations were swelling in London.
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  • A Kookaburra patrols Emu Park Holiday Park, in the beautiful Wartook Valley, in the Northern Grampians region, Victoria, Australia. The Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) is a carnivorous bird in the Kingfisher family (Halcyonidae). It is native to eastern mainland Australia and has also been introduced to Tasmania, Flinders Island, and Kangaroo Island. Kookaburra is a loanword "guuguubarra" (from the now extinct Aboriginal language Wiradjuri). Kookaburras (genus Dacelo) include four known species of large terrestrial kingfishers native to Australia and New Guinea, best known for their unmistakable call, like loud echoing, hysterical human laughter. They can be found in habitats ranging from humid forest to arid savanna, but also in suburban and residential areas near running water and food.
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  • The Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) is a carnivorous bird in the Kingfisher family (Halcyonidae). It is native to eastern mainland Australia and has also been introduced to Tasmania, Flinders Island, and Kangaroo Island. Kookaburra is a loanword "guuguubarra" (from the now extinct Aboriginal language Wiradjuri). Kookaburras (genus Dacelo) include four known species of large terrestrial kingfishers native to Australia and New Guinea, best known for their unmistakable call, like loud echoing, hysterical human laughter. They can be found in habitats ranging from humid forest to arid savanna, but also in suburban and residential areas near running water and food. Wilson's Promontory National Park (or "the Prom"), in Victoria, Australia, offers magnificent and secluded beaches, cool fern gullies, great views, spectacular rock formations and an abundance of wildlife. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Melbourne spreads around the large natural bay of Port Phillip, with the city centre on the estuary of Yarra River, and it claims the world's largest tram network. Melbourne is the capital and most populous city (4 million in 2009) in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. Melbourne was founded in 1835 (47 years after the European settlement of Australia) by settlers from Van Diemen's Land. It was named by governor Richard Bourke in 1837, in honour of the British Prime Minister of the day, William Lamb—the 2nd Viscount Melbourne. During the Victorian gold rush of the 1850s, Melburnians transformed it into one of the world's largest and wealthiest cities. As the "cultural capital of Australia", Melbourne is the birthplace of Australian film (as well as the world's first feature film), Australian television, and Australian Rules football.
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  • Nelson Falls is a peaceful retreat in Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Drive on the Lyell Highway (A10) between Queenstown and Derwent Bridge, and walk 20 minutes on boardwalks round trip. The ancient rainforest plant species on Tasmania have much in common with the rainforests of New Zealand and South America, which were once connected with Australia in the ancient supercontinent, Gondwana. The Tasmanian Wilderness was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982, expanded in 1989.
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  • Sunset light strikes Cathedral Mountain, seen from Kia Ora Hut along the Overland Track, in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania, Australia. The Tasmanian Wilderness was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982, expanded in 1989. The famous Overland Track features mountains, temperate rainforest, wild rivers, alpine plains, abundant birds, and other wildlife. The most extensive dolerite formations in the world dominate the landscape of Tasmania, where magma intruded into a thin veneer of Permian and Triassic rocks over perhaps a million years during the Jurassic breakup of supercontinent Gondwana in the Southern Hemisphere, forming vast dolerite/diabase sills and dike swarms. (North American geologists use the term diabase instead of dolerite to refer to the fresh, unaltered rock.) Mostly native to Australia where they dominate the tree flora, Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees (and a few shrubs) in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Many are known as gum trees because of copious sap exuded from any break in the bark.
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  • A Blue-tongued skink mother gives birth to live young at Bonorong Wildlife Park, Briggs Road, Brighton, Tasmania, Australia. Its large blue tongue can startle or warn potential enemies. Blue-tongued skinks (or blue-tongued lizards, Tiliqua genus, Scincidae family) are found in Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia. The only species of blue-tongue native to Tasmania is Tiliqua nigrolutea. Most blue-tongue skinks are diurnal ground-foraging omnivores, feeding on a wide variety of insects, gastropods, flowers, fruits, and berries.
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  • From atop from Mount Wellington (1271 meters or 4170 ft), see the estuary of Derwent River and Hobart, capital of the state of Tasmania, Australia. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony, Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. Hobart is home port for both Australian and French Antarctic operations.
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  • From atop from Mount Wellington (1271 meters or 4170 ft), see the estuary of Derwent River and Hobart, capital of the state of Tasmania, Australia. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony, Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. Hobart is home port for both Australian and French Antarctic operations.
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  • Dog Line Memorial, Eaglehawk Neck, Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia. Escapes from Port Arthur Penal Station motivated an effective line of up to 18 chained dogs with kennels and four foot high lamps to assist sentries along narrow Eaglehawk Neck of the Tasman Peninsula from 1832-1877. Two or three dog platforms in the sea warned of convicts attempting to wade around the line. Dogs were chained far enough apart not to attack one another, but close enough to attack a person walking through. Hungry mastiff dogs kept on the chains for years became very savage. Penal transportation to Australia from Britain/Ireland occurred 1787-1868 to rid overcrowded prisons of undesirables. In these difficult Dickensian times, inhumane death penalty laws of the “Bloody Code” were falling out of favor for minor offenses and small crimes, and prison populations were swelling in London. Port Arthur is a small town and former English prison from 1830-1877 on the Tasman Peninsula, 60 km southeast of Hobart, Tasmania. Port Arthur Historic Site was honored in 2010 as part of the Australian Convict Sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
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  • Neptune's necklace (Hormosira banksii also known as sea grapes or bubbleweed) is a species of seaweed (brown algae, Fucales) found in Australia and New Zealand. Its strings of olive-brown hollow beads have a slimy layer to conserve moisture, and they are commonly found in rock pools at mid-tide levels. Each bead is filled with water to prevent desiccation between tides, plus gas to rise to the sea surface for sunlight and movement in currents. Maria Island, Tasmania, Australia.
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  • The Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus, which means gigantic large-foot) roams freely at Halls Gap Lakeside Caravan Park, surrounded by Grampians National Park, Victoria, Australia. This large kangaroo, also known as the Great Grey Kangaroo or Forester, has a soft grey coat, and is usually found in moister, more fertile areas than the Red Kangaroo. Indigenous Australian names include iyirrbir and kucha. The Eastern Grey Kangaroos live in open grassland and bushland near the major cities of the south and east coast of Australia, and are much more commonly seen than the Reds, which live in the Outback. Like all kangaroos, it is mainly nocturnal and crepuscular, mostly seen at dawn or dusk.
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  • At Twelve Apostles Marine National Park, the Indian Ocean (or Southern Ocean according to Australian geographers) carves "The Grotto" sea arch from soft miocene limestone bluffs of Port Campbell National Park, along the Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia. The Great Ocean Road (B100) is a 243-km highway along the southeast coast of Australia between Torquay and Warrnambool, in the state of Victoria. Dedicated to casualties of World War I, the Great Ocean Road was built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932 and is the world's largest war memorial.
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  • At Twelve Apostles Marine National Park, the Indian Ocean (or Southern Ocean according to Australian geographers) pounds and erodes soft miocene limestone bluffs of Port Campbell National Park, along the Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia. The Great Ocean Road (B100) is a 243-km highway along the southeast coast of Australia between Torquay and Warrnambool, in the state of Victoria. Dedicated to casualties of World War I, the Great Ocean Road was built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932 and is the world's largest war memorial.
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  • A romantic couple walks by sea stacks “Gog and MaGog” at the beautiful wild beach at Gibson Steps in Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia. Twelve Apostles Marine National Park protects a collection of miocene limestone rock stacks in the Indian Ocean (or Southern Ocean according to Australian geographers), offshore of the Great Ocean Road. The Great Ocean Road (B100) is a 243-km road along the southeast coast of Australia between Torquay and Warrnambool, in the state of Victoria. Dedicated to casualties of World War I, the Great Ocean Road was built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932 and is the world's largest war memorial. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Rainbow Falls, Cape Otway, Great Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia. Rainbow Falls flow from a spring in the dune limestone, forming colorful orange, red, and brown limestone deposits as it flows over the rocks directly into the tideline of the Indian Ocean (or Southern Ocean according to Australian geographers). In direct afternoon sunlight, water flowing over the escarpment forms a beautiful rainbow. Walk to Rainbow Falls from Bimbi Park campground or from Cape Otway Lightstation. The Great Ocean Road (B100) is a 243-km road along the southeast coast of Australia between Torquay and Warrnambool, in the state of Victoria. Dedicated to casualties of World War I, the Great Ocean Road was built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932 and is the world's largest war memorial. Photo was captured with a polarizing filter to reduce reflections.
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  • The grass triggerplant (Stylidium graminifolium) is a dicotyledonous plant endemic to and widespread throughout Australia. It has horticultural value as a cultivar because of long flowering period, cold hardiness, and unusual germination requirements that reduce risk of becoming an invasive species. This pinkish magenta blossom blooms in Wilson's Promontory National Park (the Prom), Victoria, Australia.
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