At the end of October I went over to the TDWG (the international organisation for biodiversity information standards) 2008 conference. The conference was a great success and a fantastic networking opportunity. There was, however, a distinct lack of reptiles at the conference. So at the end of the week I went down to revisit Dryandra

There was a bit of rain about on Saturday night, so some friends and I decided to go down to Karawatha Forest to have a poke around. We heard and saw lots of eastern sedgefrogs (Litoria fallax), plus we heard another species that I’m yet to identify.

Eastern sedgefrog (Litoria fallax).

Eastern sedgefrog (Litoria fallax).

Eastern sedgefrog (Litoria

On the way from Cape Range to Karijini we drove though a lot of spinifex country and saw a number of dragons dashing off the road as we went by. We stopped and tracked one down to find it was a ring-tailed dragon (Ctenophorus caudicinctus).

Ring-tailed dragon (Ctenophorus caudicinctus).

We arrived late at night after an all-day driving session from Hamelin Pool. While driving through the park we found the snake species we were looking for - the Pilbara death adder (Acanthophis wellsi).

Pilbara death adder (Acanthophis wellsi).

Monkey Mia
Still in Shark Bay, we had to go and see the famous Monkey Mia dolphins.

Today we’re heading up to Shark Bay, the first stop on our two week adventure. I’m heading out with Dean Bradshaw and Farhan Bokhari. As we left Perth I noticed that the latest in hair fashion has only just arrived in Perth.

The latest in hair fashion has just arrived in Perth

I’ve spent the last couple of days on Rottnest Island. Information on the island abounds, so this will just be a brief pictorial overview of my time on the island. I’m heading off to Shark Bay early tomorrow morning.
Rottnest is famous for many things, but none more so than its quokkas (Setonix brachyurus)

Quokka (Setonix brachyurus)

This afternoon Alecia left for her seven-month-long trip to Africa. Before she left she wanted one last look at the gorgeous tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus) one can find here in Western Australia, so we all headed down to a nearby lake to try our luck. We saw two tiger snakes, but again didn’t manage to