Friday, May 26, 2017
Tidbinbilla Bandicoot
A visit to the Sanctuary at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve last week. No sooner had I entered the imposing steel double gate and walked 20 meters before I heard a rustle at my feet and before me was a very photogenic Bandicoot. He or she allowed me to follow for a while leaving the best footage till last.. So much to explore there..
The mighty Murrumbidgee River is a trickling creek at Tharwa Bridge
Australia is in the grips of the worst drought in living memory. A walk down to the Murrumbidgee River found the lowest levels of flow that ...
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If anyone is looking for a place to do a little gold prospecting might I suggest the mighty Goodradigbee in the Brindabella Valley. I'll... -
Found by my son whilst hiking in the Brindabellas was this small skull. What I thought was interesting was the remaining canine evident. At... -
The competition to design the new Federal Capital City of Canberra in 1913, having 136 entries, ended with the decision to award Walter Bur... -
A trip this morning to meet up with Vlad who is researching South Coast and Canberra region Indigenous remnant artifacts that luckily rem... -
A little known fact is that Canberra is built on the top of numerous limestone caves... In 1821 Charles Throsby (1777 - 1828) (bio here ) ... -
I spent Friday and Saturday of last week at the Blue Range campground out past Urriara on Brindabella Road. We hired the rustic corrugate... -
A ten minute walk from the Lanyon homestead (post here ) in a paddock to the south is the private cemetery of the 'L'anyon Estate&#...