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  • 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-20316_Kangaroo-Island-Kangaroo.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.
    04AUS-20215_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
  • 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
  • A small larva forms wiggly patterns under the bark of a “Scribbly gum” in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, 25 km north of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. A Scribbly gum is one of several species of Australian eucalyptus tree named after zigzag tunnels in the bark made by the larvae of the Scribbly Gum Moth (Ogmograptis scribula, in the Bucculatricidae family). Eggs are laid between layers of old and new bark. The larvae burrow into the new bark and as the old bark falls away, the squiggly trails appear like human scribbles. The diameters of the tunnels increase as the larvae grow, and the ends of the tracks are where the larvae stopped to pupate. The Scribbly Gum Moth is found in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Queensland. Larvae have been found feeding on Eucalyptus pauciflora, Eucalyptus rossii, Eucalyptus haemastoma, Eucalyptus racemosa and Eucalyptus sclerophylla. 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.
    04AUS-10563_Scribbly-gum-bark.jpg
  • Admire coastal cliff scenery at Fluted Cape, South Bruny National Park, Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia. Bruny Island lies just off the south-east coast of Tasmania. D'Entrecasteaux Channel separates the island from mainland Tasmania. Drive 40 km south of Hobart on Southern Outlet (A6) to Kingston and B68 to the Kettering vehicular ferry. The 15 minute ferry takes you to Roberts Point on north Bruny Island which has sealed & unsealed roads. The area offers good hiking, camping, birdwatching, and communing with nature.
    04AUS-30139_Fluted-Cape_Tasmania.jpg
  • A small larva forms wiggly patterns under the bark of a “Scribbly gum” in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, 25 km north of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. A Scribbly gum is one of several species of Australian eucalyptus tree named after zigzag tunnels in the bark made by the larvae of the Scribbly Gum Moth (Ogmograptis scribula, in the Bucculatricidae family). Eggs are laid between layers of old and new bark. The larvae burrow into the new bark and as the old bark falls away, the squiggly trails appear like human scribbles. The diameters of the tunnels increase as the larvae grow, and the ends of the tracks are where the larvae stopped to pupate. The Scribbly Gum Moth is found in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Queensland. Larvae have been found feeding on Eucalyptus pauciflora, Eucalyptus rossii, Eucalyptus haemastoma, Eucalyptus racemosa and Eucalyptus sclerophylla. 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.
    04AUS-10551_Scribbly-gum-bark.jpg
  • A small larva forms wiggly patterns under the bark of a “Scribbly gum” in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, 25 km north of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. A Scribbly gum is one of several species of Australian eucalyptus tree named after zigzag tunnels in the bark made by the larvae of the Scribbly Gum Moth (Ogmograptis scribula, in the Bucculatricidae family). Eggs are laid between layers of old and new bark. The larvae burrow into the new bark and as the old bark falls away, the squiggly trails appear like human scribbles. The diameters of the tunnels increase as the larvae grow, and the ends of the tracks are where the larvae stopped to pupate. The Scribbly Gum Moth is found in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Queensland. Larvae have been found feeding on Eucalyptus pauciflora, Eucalyptus rossii, Eucalyptus haemastoma, Eucalyptus racemosa and Eucalyptus sclerophylla. 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.
    04AUS-10550_Scribbly-gum-bark.jpg
  • Visit native gum tree (eucalyptus) forest in coastal Royal National Park between the towns of Loftus and Stanwell Park, 29 km south of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. This reserve was first in the world to use the term "National Park." It was established in 1879, making it Australia's oldest and the world's second-oldest national park (after Yellowstone, USA).
    04AUS-10449_Royal-NP.jpg
  • Eucalyptus (gum tree) bark in coastal Royal National Park between the towns of Loftus and Stanwell Park, 29 km south of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. This reserve was first in the world to use the term "National Park." It was established in 1879, making it Australia's oldest and the world's second-oldest national park (after Yellowstone, USA).
    04AUS-10426_Eucalyptus-bark_Royal-NP.jpg
  • Eucalyptus (gum tree) bark in coastal Royal National Park between the towns of Loftus and Stanwell Park, 29 km south of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. This reserve was first in the world to use the term "National Park." It was established in 1879, making it Australia's oldest and the world's second-oldest national park (after Yellowstone, USA).
    04AUS-10412_Eucalyptus-bark_Royal-NP.jpg
  • Eucalyptus (gum tree) bark in coastal Royal National Park between the towns of Loftus and Stanwell Park, 29 km south of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. This reserve was first in the world to use the term "National Park." It was established in 1879, making it Australia's oldest and the world's second-oldest national park (after Yellowstone, USA).
    04AUS-10406_Eucalyptus-bark_Royal-NP.jpg
  • Eucalyptus (gum tree) bark in coastal Royal National Park between the towns of Loftus and Stanwell Park, 29 km south of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. This reserve was first in the world to use the term "National Park." It was established in 1879, making it Australia's oldest and the world's second-oldest national park (after Yellowstone, USA).
    04AUS-10398_Eucalyptus-bark_Royal-NP.jpg
  • Visit native palm forest in coastal Royal National Park between the towns of Loftus and Stanwell Park, 29 km south of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. This reserve was first in the world to use the term "National Park." It was established in 1879, making it Australia's oldest and the world's second-oldest national park (after Yellowstone, USA).
    04AUS-10385_Royal-NP.jpg
  • Visit coastal Royal National Park between the towns of Loftus and Stanwell Park, 29 km south of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. This reserve was first in the world to use the term "National Park." It was established in 1879, making it Australia's oldest and the world's second-oldest national park (after Yellowstone, USA).
    04AUS-10363_Royal-NP.jpg
  • A small larva forms wiggly patterns under the bark of a “Scribbly gum” in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, 25 km north of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. A Scribbly gum is one of several species of Australian eucalyptus tree named after zigzag tunnels in the bark made by the larvae of the Scribbly Gum Moth (Ogmograptis scribula, in the Bucculatricidae family). Eggs are laid between layers of old and new bark. The larvae burrow into the new bark and as the old bark falls away, the squiggly trails appear like human scribbles. The diameters of the tunnels increase as the larvae grow, and the ends of the tracks are where the larvae stopped to pupate. The Scribbly Gum Moth is found in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Queensland. Larvae have been found feeding on Eucalyptus pauciflora, Eucalyptus rossii, Eucalyptus haemastoma, Eucalyptus racemosa and Eucalyptus sclerophylla. 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. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
    04AUS-10578_Scribbly-gum-bark.jpg
  • Blue Mountains National Park is a deeply incised sandstone plateau (with basalt outcrops on the higher ridges) in the Great Dividing Range, 81 km west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The highest point in the park is Mount Werong (1215 m), and the low point is on the Nepean River (20 m) as it leaves the park. The plateau provided refuge from climatic changes during recent geologic history and enabled survival of a rich diversity of plant and animal life. The Greater Blue Mountains Area was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000. Panorama stitched from 2 overlapping images.
    04AUS-10542-43pan_Blue-Mountains-NP.jpg
  • A Gymea Lily, eucalyptus tree, and grass tree grow in coastal Royal National Park between the towns of Loftus and Stanwell Park, 29 km south of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. This reserve was first in the world to use the term "National Park." It was established in 1879, making it Australia's oldest and the world's second-oldest national park (after Yellowstone, USA).
    04AUS-10434_Royal-NP.jpg
  • Visit native palm and gum tree (eucalyptus) forest in coastal Royal National Park between the towns of Loftus and Stanwell Park, 29 km south of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. This reserve was first in the world to use the term "National Park." It was established in 1879, making it Australia's oldest and the world's second-oldest national park (after Yellowstone, USA).
    04AUS-10423_Royal-NP.jpg
  • Visit coastal Royal National Park between the towns of Loftus and Stanwell Park, 29 km south of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. This reserve was first in the world to use the term "National Park." It was established in 1879, making it Australia's oldest and the world's second-oldest national park (after Yellowstone, USA). For licensing options, please inquire.
    04AUS-10374_Royal-NP.jpg
  • An elevated monorail travels from the central business district to Darling Harbour across Pyrmont Bridge in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. In the 1980s, vehicular traffic was diverted over freeways further south of Cockle Bay, and Pyrmont Bridge became a pedestrian bridge in the Darling Harbour precinct.
    04AUS-10315_Pyrmont-Bridge-Sydney.jpg
  • An elevated monorail travels from the central business district to Darling Harbour on Pyrmont Bridge in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. In the 1980s, vehicular traffic was diverted over freeways further south of Cockle Bay, and Pyrmont Bridge became a pedestrian bridge in the Darling Harbour precinct.
    04AUS-10314_Pyrmont-Bridge-Sydney.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-20294_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-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.
    04AUS-20257_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-20253_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-20248_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-20246_Remarkable-Rocks.jpg
  • Fire is a necessary and natural part of the lifecycle of eucalyptus forest, to the dismay of people in adjacent cities. Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, 25 km north of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia.
    04AUS-10603_Ku-ring-gai-Chase-NP.jpg
  • Ferns and trees thrive at a garden pond in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, 25 km north of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia.
    04AUS-10566_tree-fern-garden_Ku-ring...jpg
  • A tame emu in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, 25 km north of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia.
    04AUS-10552_tame-emu_Ku-ring-gai-Cha...jpg
  • Blue Mountains National Park is a deeply incised sandstone plateau (with basalt outcrops on the higher ridges) in the Great Dividing Range, 81 km west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The highest point in the park is Mount Werong (1215 m), and the low point is on the Nepean River (20 m) as it leaves the park. The plateau provided refuge from climatic changes during recent geologic history and enabled survival of a rich diversity of plant and animal life. The Greater Blue Mountains Area was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000.
    04AUS-10539_Blue-Mountains-NP.jpg
  • Water drops drip from an orange fungus in Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales, Australia.
    04AUS-10510_fungi.jpg
  • Ferns thrive in the Grand Canyon of Blue Mountains National Park, a deeply incised sandstone plateau (with basalt outcrops on the higher ridges) in the Great Dividing Range, 81 km west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The highest point in the park is Mount Werong (1215 m), and the low point is on the Nepean River (20 m) as it leaves the park. The plateau provided refuge from climatic changes during recent geologic history and enabled survival of a rich diversity of plant and animal life. The Greater Blue Mountains Area was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000.
    04AUS-10505_Blue-Mountains-NP.jpg
  • A boy explores spiral concrete fountain art in Darling Harbour precinct, Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia.
    04AUS-10330_fountain-art-Darling-Har...jpg
  • Sydney Opera House was opened in 1973 on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957. Utzon received the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honor, in 2003: “There is no doubt that the Sydney Opera House is his masterpiece… one of the great iconic buildings of the 20th century, an image of great beauty that has become known throughout the world – a symbol for not only a city, but a whole country and continent.” The Sydney Opera House was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007.
    04AUS-10198_Sydney-Opera-House.jpg
  • Sydney Opera House was opened in 1973 on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957. Utzon received the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honor, in 2003: “There is no doubt that the Sydney Opera House is his masterpiece… one of the great iconic buildings of the 20th century, an image of great beauty that has become known throughout the world – a symbol for not only a city, but a whole country and continent.” The Sydney Opera House was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
    04AUS-10195-Sydney-Opera-House.jpg
  • See downtown Sydney from Taronga Zoo Sky Safari cable car, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Sydney Opera House was opened in 1973 on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957. Utzon received the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honor, in 2003: “There is no doubt that the Sydney Opera House is his masterpiece… one of the great iconic buildings of the 20th century, an image of great beauty that has become known throughout the world – a symbol for not only a city, but a whole country and continent.” The Sydney Opera House was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007.
    04AUS-10072_Taronga-Zoo-Sky-Safari-S...jpg
  • Skyscrapers rise on the skyline of Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Sydney Opera House was opened in 1973 on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957. Utzon received the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honor, in 2003: “There is no doubt that the Sydney Opera House is his masterpiece… one of the great iconic buildings of the 20th century, an image of great beauty that has become known throughout the world – a symbol for not only a city, but a whole country and continent.” The Sydney Opera House was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007.
    04AUS-10068_Sydney-skyline.jpg
  • The iconic 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge (nicknamed "The Coathanger") is a steel through arch bridge that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic between the central business district (CBD) and the North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. The bridge was designed and built by British firm Dorman Long and Co Ltd of Middlesbrough. Until 1967 the Harbour Bridge was Sydney's tallest structure. The Lady Northcott ferries passengers to Taronga Zoo.
    04AUS-10058_Sydney-Harbor-Bridge-fer...jpg
  • Sheep are transported on the ferry from Kangaroo Island to mainland South Australia.
    04AUS-20320_sheep-Kangaroo-Island-fe...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. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
    04AUS-20288_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
  • 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-20265_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. Panorama stitched from 2 overlapping images.
    04AUS-20263-264pan_Remarkable-Rocks.jpg
  • Rocky River Beach, Indian Ocean (or Southern Ocean according to Australian geographers), Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
    04AUS-20237_Rocky-River-beach_Flinde...jpg
  • Curiously weathered reddish purple and orange pebbles lie on bluffs above Rocky River Beach, in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
    04AUS-20231_red-stones_Flinders-Chas...jpg
  • 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.
    04AUS-10613_tree-Sydney-Australia.jpg
  • Fire is a necessary and natural part of the lifecycle of eucalyptus forest, to the dismay of people in adjacent cities. Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, 25 km north of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia.
    04AUS-10607_Ku-ring-gai-Chase-NP.jpg
  • Fire is a necessary and natural part of the lifecycle of eucalyptus forest, to the dismay of people in adjacent cities. Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, 25 km north of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia.
    04AUS-10600_burnt-forest_Ku-ring-gai...jpg
  • Crabs forage on a tidal mud flat in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, 25 km north of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia.
    04AUS-10589-83_crabs.jpg
  • Holes pocket a sandstone overhang in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, 25 km north of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia.
    04AUS-10581_sandstone_Ku-ring-gai-Ch...jpg
  • Eucalyptus bark peels in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, 25 km north of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia.
    04AUS-10557_Eucalyptus-bark.jpg
  • Eucalyptus bark peels onto the forest floor in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, 25 km north of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia.
    04AUS-10556_Ku-ring-gai-Chase-NP.jpg
  • Blue Mountains National Park is a deeply incised sandstone plateau (with basalt outcrops on the higher ridges) in the Great Dividing Range, 81 km west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The highest point in the park is Mount Werong (1215 m), and the low point is on the Nepean River (20 m) as it leaves the park. The plateau provided refuge from climatic changes during recent geologic history and enabled survival of a rich diversity of plant and animal life. The Greater Blue Mountains Area was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000.
    04AUS-10531_Blue-Mountains-NP.jpg
  • A Grass Tree regrows under burnt Banksia cones in Blue Mountains National Park, a deeply incised sandstone plateau (with basalt outcrops on the higher ridges) in the Great Dividing Range, 81 km west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The highest point in the park is Mount Werong (1215 m), and the low point is on the Nepean River (20 m) as it leaves the park. The plateau provided refuge from climatic changes during recent geologic history and enabled survival of a rich diversity of plant and animal life. The Greater Blue Mountains Area was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000.
    04AUS-10484_Blue-Mountains-NP.jpg
  • A tree fern thrives in the Grand Canyon of Blue Mountains National Park, a deeply incised sandstone plateau (with basalt outcrops on the higher ridges) in the Great Dividing Range, 81 km west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The highest point in the park is Mount Werong (1215 m), and the low point is on the Nepean River (20 m) as it leaves the park. The plateau provided refuge from climatic changes during recent geologic history and enabled survival of a rich diversity of plant and animal life. The Greater Blue Mountains Area was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000.
    04AUS-10474_Tree-fern_Blue-Mountains...jpg
  • Kings Cross skyscraper, Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia.
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  • Downtown Sydney street light and skyscrapers, New South Wales (NSW), Australia.
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  • Skyscrapers rise above Sydney Harbour, New South Wales (NSW), 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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  • 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-03-31_Remarkable-Rocks.jpg
  • In Australia, Argiope keyserlingi and A. aetherea are known as St. Andrew's Cross spiders, for their habit of resting in the web with legs outstretched in the shape of an X. The large white zigzag in the centre of its web is called the stabilimentum or web decoration. The genus Argiope includes spectacular spiders with a strikingly colored abdomen and is well distributed throughout the world in temperate or warmer climates. Photographed in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, 25 km north of Sydney, in New South Wales, 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-10569_Saint-Andrews-Cross-spid...jpg
  • Hikers are rewarded with a spectacular ice bowl at Crucible Lake (1172 meters or 3844 feet elevation). Crucible Lake still floats big ice bergs in late summer, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand. Hiking to Crucible Lake takes at least 8 hours round trip (10 hours with my photography), from Siberia Hut, on a very steep and rooty trail (2300 feet or 700 meters vertical gain). In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Panorama stitched from 2 overlapping photos.
    07NZ_1007-08pan_Crucible-Lake_flower...jpg
  • The Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca) is a wading bird of the ibis family Threskiornithidae, shown here in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Widespread across much of Australia, it has a predominantly white plumage with a bare, black head, long downcurved bill and black legs. Historically rare in urban areas, the Australian White Ibis has immigrated to urban areas of the east coast in increasing numbers since the late 1970s and is now commonly seen in Wollongong, Sydney, the Gold Coast, Brisbane and Townsville. Debate continues on whether to consider it a pest or vulnerable species. Populations have disappeared from natural breeding areas such as the Macquarie Marshes in northwestern New South Wales. Despite this, the species has been culled in parts of Sydney due to their smell and at times obtrusive nature. Its sister species is the Sacred Ibis.
    04AUS-10333_Australian-White-Ibis-Sy...jpg
  • The Himalayan Tahr (or Thar, Hemitragus jemlahicus) is kept at Taronga Zoo, Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. The widespread Himalayan Tahr, which is a genus distinct from the endangered Tahrs found in Oman and South India, is a large ungulate related to the wild goat.
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  • The Himalayan Tahr (or Thar, Hemitragus jemlahicus) is kept at Taronga Zoo, Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. The widespread Himalayan Tahr, which is a genus distinct from the endangered Tahrs found in Oman and South India, is a large ungulate related to the wild goat.
    04AUS-10110_Tahr.jpg
  • The Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney (New South Wales) are home to a colony of thousands of Grey-headed Flying Foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus, order Chiroptera), a large species of fruitbat native to Australia. Garden managers are trying to move the colony elsewhere because the bats have killed dozens of trees. Grey-headed Flying Foxes can live up to 15 years in the wild and 22 years in captivity. Like most megabats and unlike microbats, they don't use echolocation, and instead rely on sight to navigate and locate food (nectar, pollen, and native fruits).
    04AUS-10646_Flying-foxes-fruit-bats-...jpg
  • New Zealand Tuatara (Genus: Sphenodon), Taronga Zoo, Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. The two species of tuatara are the only surviving members of its order Sphenodontia, which flourished around 200 million years ago. Although sometimes called "living fossils," they have changed significantly since the Mesozoic era. Tuatara share a common ancestor with the squamates (lizards and snakes) and are of great interest in the study of the evolution of lizards, snakes, and diapsids (dinosaurs, birds, and crocodiles). Tuatara are greenish brown, and measure up to 80 cm (31 in) from head to tail-tip and weigh up to 1.3 kilograms (2.9 lb) with a spiny crest along the back, especially pronounced in males. Their dentition, in which two rows of teeth in the upper jaw overlap one row on the lower jaw, is unique among living species. They have an unusual photo-receptive "third eye," can hear without an external ear, and have skeletal features apparently evolved from fish. Tuatara, like many of New Zealand's native animals, are threatened by habitat loss and introduced predators like the Polynesian Rat.
    04AUS-10172_New-Zealand-Tuatara-livi...jpg
  • A wild Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) forages in the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. This large white cockatoo is found in wooded habitats in Australia (widely in the north and east but not in inland areas with few trees) and in New Guinea (except for highlands). They are numerous in suburban Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, and Brisbane. Outside of their natural range, they have been introduced to Perth, Singapore, Palau, and New Zealand. They live 20-40 years in the wild and up to 70 years in captivity. They are considered a pest in some areas and are demanding as pets, being very loud and having a natural desire to chew wood or hard materials.
    04AUS-10052_Sulphur-crested-Cockatoo.jpg
  • Sydney Showboat, Opera House, and Harbor Bridge, in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Sydney Opera House was opened in 1973 on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957. Utzon received the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honor, in 2003: “There is no doubt that the Sydney Opera House is his masterpiece… one of the great iconic buildings of the 20th century, an image of great beauty that has become known throughout the world – a symbol for not only a city, but a whole country and continent.” The Sydney Opera House was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007.
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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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  • A Sydney street artist dresses like Ares, ancient Greek god of war, with silver helmet, spear, shield, and gown. Sydney Opera House was opened in 1973 on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957. Utzon received the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honor, in 2003: “There is no doubt that the Sydney Opera House is his masterpiece… one of the great iconic buildings of the 20th century, an image of great beauty that has become known throughout the world – a symbol for not only a city, but a whole country and continent.” The Sydney Opera House was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007.
    04AUS-10645_Goddess-artist-Opera-Hou...jpg
  • A pink orchid grows in the Tropical Glasshouse, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
    04AUS-10617_orchid-Royal-Botanic-Gar...jpg
  • Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) thrive on symbiotic mutualism with sea anemones. Sydney Aquarium, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Clownfish and anemonefish are from the subfamily Amphiprioninae in the family Pomacentridae. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
    04AUS-10292_Clown-Fish-Sydney-Aquari...jpg
  • This aboriginal art design by Danny Eastwood was painted by the youth and people of Woolloomooloo in August 1998 on a public wall in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Published for educational purposes in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
    04AUS-10203_Street-art-Sydney.jpg
  • Cunningham's Skink (Egernia cunninghami) is native to southeastern Australia and can reach up to 30 cm in length. They vary from dark brown to black, with or without blotchy patches, speckles or narrow bands. It is a diurnal omnivore with its diet including insects, flowers, berries, fungi, leaves and young shoots. It gives birth to six or more live young in a litter. Photo is from Taronga Zoo, Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia.
    04AUS-10184_Cunninghams-Skink.jpg
  • The Philippine Sailfin Lizard (or Soa-soa Water Lizard, Hydrosaurus pustulatus) is an egg-laying lizard endemic to the Philippines. It is an excellent swimmer with flattened toes that allow it to run across water. Males have a larger crest on their back than females. Females are less colorful. Taronga Zoo, Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia.
    04AUS-10181_Sailfin-lizard-Philippin...jpg
  • An Aldabra giant tortoise grazes at Taronga Zoo, Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. This species (Aldabrachelys gigantean or Dipsochelys dussumieri) is one of the largest tortoises in the world and is from the islands of Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles, plus the islands of Zanzibar, Mauritius, and Rodrigues.
    04AUS-10103_Aldabra-Tortoise.jpg
  • Fiordland National Park, NEW ZEALAND: Milford Sound is a beautiful, deeply carved fjord. In geography, a "sound" is a large sea or ocean inlet (larger than a bay), but a fiord (or fjord) is a narrow sea inlet that was carved by glacier. Published in May/June 2004 Sierra Magazine, Sierra Club Outings.
    98NZ-14-04_Milford-Sound.jpg
  • Pangaea and Gondwana began to break up 100 million years ago, as explained by plate tectonics and continental drift.
    04AUS-20224_Gondwana-from-Pangea-100...jpg
  • Map of Victoria and South Australia labeled with 2004 trip from Melbourne to Great Ocean Road, and Kangaroo Island.
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  • Map of NSW, Victoria, and South Australia labeled with 2004 trips to Sydney, Melbourne, Kangaroo Island, Tasmania.
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  • Sea stacks and a rock arch make a pretty sight in the South Pacific Ocean at Nugget Point, the Catlins, New Zealand. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • See the South Pacific Ocean from atop the Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track, in Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • South Pacific Ocean waves break on a beach along the Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track, in Fiordland National Park, South Island. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
    07NZ_3001_Blowholes-Beach.jpg
  • See the sun rise through orange, pink, and magenta clouds over the South Pacific Ocean, from a boardwalk atop the Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track, in Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
    07NZ_2202_sunrise_Ta-Waewae-Bay.jpg
  • Okaka Hut provides comfortable private or shared rooms with optional hot shower, on Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track, in Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand. In the distance lies Ta Waewae Bay on the South Pacific Ocean. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
    07NZ_2145_Okaka-Hut.jpg
  • South Pacific Ocean waves released the spherical Moeraki Boulders onto Koekohe Beach, between Moeraki and Hampden on the Otago coast, South Island, New Zealand. These ancient concretions grew 2 meters (6 feet) in diameter over 4 to 5.5 million years from marine mud (Moeraki Formation mudstone) near the surface of the Paleocene sea floor.  After the concretions formed, large cracks (septaria) formed and filled with brown calcite, yellow calcite, and small amounts of dolomite and quartz when a drop in sea level allowed fresh groundwater to flow through the enclosing mudstone.
    07NZ_2006_Moeraki-Boulders.jpg
  • South Pacific Ocean waves released the spherical Moeraki Boulders onto Koekohe Beach, between Moeraki and Hampden on the Otago coast, South Island, New Zealand. These ancient concretions grew 2 meters (6 feet) in diameter over 4 to 5.5 million years from marine mud (Moeraki Formation mudstone) near the surface of the Paleocene sea floor.  After the concretions formed, large cracks (septaria) formed and filled with brown calcite, yellow calcite, and small amounts of dolomite and quartz when a drop in sea level allowed fresh groundwater to flow through the enclosing mudstone.
    07NZ_1257_Moeraki-Boulders.jpg
  • South Pacific Ocean waves released the spherical Moeraki Boulders onto Koekohe Beach, between Moeraki and Hampden on the Otago coast, South Island, New Zealand. These ancient concretions grew 2 meters (6 feet) in diameter over 4 to 5.5 million years from marine mud (Moeraki Formation mudstone) near the surface of the Paleocene sea floor.  After the concretions formed, large cracks (septaria) formed and filled with brown calcite, yellow calcite, and small amounts of dolomite and quartz when a drop in sea level allowed fresh groundwater to flow through the enclosing mudstone.
    07NZ_1237_Moeraki-Boulders.jpg
  • West Head of South Island, Cook Strait, South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand.
    07NZ_5247_West-Head_Cook-Strait.jpg
  • See the South Pacific Ocean from atop the Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track, in Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. Panorama stitched from 6 overlapping photos.
    07NZ_2133-38pan-Te-Waewae-Bay.jpg
  • The South Pacific Ocean makes waves onto a beach at Florence Hill Lookout, in the Catlins District, South Island, New Zealand.
    07NZ_2088_beach_Florence-Hill-Lookou...jpg
  • The South Pacific Ocean sweeps across sea stack rocks at Nugget Point, in the Catlins District, South Island, New Zealand.
    07NZ_2082_Nugget-Point.jpg
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