February 23 - Common

Common here may not be common somewhere else. Kangaroos are common on our property, as are these cute superb blue wrens - I think monarch butterflies are common in both the USA and Australia.

January 28 - Bounds

Two interpretations of 'bounds' today - our kangaroos aren't all the size of the big bloke I posted the other day and they bound around our property, coming down to the river every morning and sleeping in the shade under the trees during the day. This little female was sitting around on one of the walking tracks in the forest nearby - she was so quiet I was able to get close enough to capture her portrait - no photo of her bounding away a minute later though!

Fences mark the bounds of a property or space and this is a fence around one of thestockyards on the farm. The timbers are over 100 years old. Red lichen has grown over the gate, which makes it quite photogenic.

January 26 - AUSTRALIA DAY

An Australia Day bonus post - some iconic Aussie animals and birds - an eastern grey kangaroo that stopped outside our back door for a look inside (scary, check out those muscles!) - some sulphur-crested cockatoos having a chat in the eucalyptus tree and an inquisitive emu.