Category Archives: In the field

Days 4 & 5 – Girraween National Park

Posted on Saturday January 17, 2009 by Stewart Macdonald

Note: if you’ve seen the 2009 ReptilesDownUnder.com calendar, you might recognise some pictures here. We left The Warrumbungles in the morning and drove up to Girraween National Park, just across the border in Queensland. Despite it being quite close to … Continue reading →

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Days 2 & 3 – Warrumbungle National Park

Posted on Sunday November 9, 2008 by Stewart Macdonald

We left Mudgee and headed towards Warrumbungle National Park. Along the way we saw an eastern long-necked turtle on the side of the road.

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Day 1 – Sydney to Mudgee

Posted on Friday November 7, 2008 by Stewart Macdonald

Today I embarked on an Australian odyssey. I met a friend of mine, Richard Reams, at Sydney Airport and we headed off to pick up our rental car. After getting lost in Sydney for about an hour, we finally made … Continue reading →

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Dryandra Woodland – revisited – revisited

Posted on Sunday November 2, 2008 by Stewart Macdonald

Yesterday’s post reminded me to look up some information on the small, striped, squirrel-like creatures I saw running around Dryandra. Turns out they’re not Indian palm squirrels that have escaped from Perth zoo. They are, in fact, native animals called … Continue reading →

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Dryandra Woodland – revisited

Posted on Saturday November 1, 2008 by Stewart Macdonald

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 … Continue reading →

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Frogondales

Posted on Monday November 19, 2007 by Stewart Macdonald

I went up to Conondale National Park over the weekend to see what I could see. I saw frogs. This juvenile eastern water dragon (Physignathus lesueurii lesueurii) was sleeping in the rock crevice (until I accidentally woke him up). Red-eyed … Continue reading →

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Lamington National Park

Posted on Tuesday October 23, 2007 by Stewart Macdonald

I just spent a day and evening up at Lamington National Park with fellow herp photographer Dean Bradshaw. Pics are on my Flickr site.