I’m flying to Cairns tomorrow on uni business for a week, then driving down to Mackay and spending a week or two hunting for a threatened snake species. I’ll return somewhere around December 6.

I went bird watching this morning with Professor Paul Ehrlich and some people from uni. Paul was this year’s SIB Visiting Scholar. We took him birdwatching to try to get some ticks on his Australian list.

This weekend we were up at Elanda Point, in the Cooloola section of the Great Sandy National Park. Alecia’s studying the social behaviour of a mob of eastern grey kangaroos up there. Apart from all the roos, we saw a whole bunch of other cool stuff.

This coastal carpet snake (Morelia spilota mcdowelli) remained under the

I went frogging with K-ris again at his Mt Mee site. Lots of frogs again, and I managed to get some decent photos of a snake, unlike last time. Please note: this post contains images of road kill.
An azure kingfisher (Alcedo azurea)