- A young snake
- Australian Goannas, Our Monitor Lizards
Australian Goannas, Our Monitor Lizards
The name goannas was given to Australian monitor lizards by the early European settlers. They thought our monitor lizards looked like the South American Iguanas.
- Bats
Bats are flying mammals in the order Chiroptera . The forelimbs of bats are webbed and developed as wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight.
- Birds of prey; eagles kites goshawks harriers
bird that kills for food: a bird that kills for food and has sharp talons and a sharp curved beak.
Owls, eagles, and hawks are birds of prey.
- Birds brush-turkey
All pictures taken on our farm.
Toutes les photos ont ete prises sur notre ferme.
Those wild Brush-Turkey are all around the house.
Toutes ces Brush-Turkey sauvages sont autour de la maison.
- Birds Bustard (Kori)
The Australian Bustard is one of Australia's largest birds. It is a mainly gray-brown bird, speckled with dark markings, with a pale neck and black crown, with a slight crest and a white eye-brow. There are bold black and white markings on the wing. The female is slightly smaller than the male. Newly hatched chicks are striped dark and light. The Bustard has a 'snooty' appearance as it walks sedately along, holding its head and neck high. When disturbed, it will walk away slowly, still watching. When it does fly, the flight is strong, with the ends of the wing feathers characteristically spread and up-curved. It may be found in small groups or singly. This species is also called the Plains Turkey or Wild Turkey.
- Birds Channel-Billet Cuckoo
Apart from the Channel-billed Cuckoo's large size, its massive pale, down-curved bill, gray plumage (darker on the back and wings) and long barred tail make it difficult to confuse it with any other bird. In flight the long tail and long wings give the bird a crucifix-shaped (cross-shaped) silhouette. Young Channel-billed Cuckoos have more mottled buff, brown and grey plumage. Although they are not nocturnal birds (night birds) in the strict sense, Channel-billed Cuckoos are notorious for calling all night long during the breeding season. This species is sometimes known as the Storm-bird or Stormbird
- Birds Cormorants
Sea birds are most commonly found on, over or near the ocean. However many sea birds may be found at other water sources, such as lakes and wetlands, and can become common in urban areas.
- Birds Dark southern green figbird
Dark southern green figbird.
- Birds ducks gease swams
- Birds Egrets
Water birds are a large and varied group of birds. Most are exclusive to fresh water sources such as rivers, lakes, dams and wetlands, however many sea and shore birds can also be regularly found in fresh water, e.g. cormorants and many migratory waders. Water birds include: ducks, geese and swans (Order Anseriformes); grebes (Order Podicipediformes); pelicans, darters and many cormorants (Order Pelecaniformes); herons, ibises, spoonbills and storks (Order Ciconiiformes); cranes, rails, moorhens and coots (Order Gruiformes); and several waders (Order Charadriiformes).
- Birds Figbird
Figbirds are part of a worldwide family that includes the orioles, of which Australia has two other members (the Yellow and Olive-backed Orioles). Males have bare, red skin around the eye, contrasting against a black crown and grey neck and throat. The remainder of the body is olive-green, except for a white under-tail area. Females have grey skin around the eye and lack distinctive head markings. They are brown-green above and dull-white below, streaked with brown. Both sexes have a blackish bill. There are two distinct colour forms of the males of this species. Males north of Proserpine in Queensland have a yellow front
- Birds Finchs
The Double-barred Finch is one of the long-tailed grass-finches and is notable for its 'owl-faced' features, having a white face bordered black. It is grey-brown, with white underparts banded black above and below the chest, giving the species its name. The wings are black, spotted white, the tail is black and the bill and legs are blueish-grey. Juveniles are dulller, with indistinct chest bars. These grass-finches usually feed in flocks and have a bouncing, undulating flight pattern.
- Birds Gulls Plover
Sea birds are most commonly found on, over or near the ocean. However many sea birds may be found at other water sources, such as lakes and wetlands, and can become common in urban areas
Gull-billed Tern, Kelp Gull, Pacific Gull, Silver Gull
Masked Lapwing
Masked Lapwings are large, ground-dwelling birds that are closely related to the waders.
- Birds Herons
Water birds are a large and varied group of birds. Most are exclusive to fresh water sources such as rivers, lakes, dams and wetlands, however many sea and shore birds can also be regularly found in fresh water, e.g. cormorants and many migratory waders. Water birds include: ducks, geese and swans (Order Anseriformes); grebes (Order Podicipediformes); pelicans, darters and many cormorants (Order Pelecaniformes); herons, ibises, spoonbills and storks (Order Ciconiiformes); cranes, rails, moorhens and coots (Order Gruiformes); and several waders (Order Charadriiformes).
- Birds honeyeaters (blue-faced)
- Birds Ibis
The Straw-necked Ibis is a large waterbird with a naked black head, long downcurved black bill and yellow throat plumes. It has a glossy blue-black back, with metallic purple, green and bronze sheen, a white nape and sides of neck and white underparts. Its preference for grassland insects such as grasshoppers and locusts have earned it the name of Farmer's Friend.
- Birds kingfishers
Usually brightly colored, kingfisher have stout bodies, large heads, long heavy pointed bills and small feet. Fast,direct flight. Nest in holes in trees, banks, termite mounds.
Azure Kingfisher
Grey Butcherbird
Rainbow Bee-eater
- Birds Kookaburra
The Laughing Kookaburra is instantly recognisable in both plumage and voice. It is generally off-white below, faintly barred with dark brown, and brown on the back and wings. The tail is more rufous, broadly barred with black. There is a conspicuous dark brown eye-stripe through the face. It is one of the larger members of the kingfisher family.
Blue-winged Kookaburra
- Birds Leaden Flycatcher
All the pictures were taken on our farm
Toutes les photos ont été prises sur notre ferme.
- Birds Lorekeets
The Rainbow Lorikeet is unmistakable with its bright red beak and colourful plumage. Both sexes look alike, with a blue (mauve) head and belly, green wings, tail and back, and an orange/yellow breast. They are often seen in loud and fast-moving flocks, or in communal roosts at dusk
- Birds Magpies
The Magpie-lark is distinctively marked in black and white. The thin whitish bill and pale iris separate it from other similarly coloured species. The adult male Magpie-lark has a white eyebrow and black face, while the female has an all-white face with no white eyebrow. Young birds have a black forehead, a white eyebrow and a white throat. The Magpie-lark is often referred to as a Peewee or Pee Wee, after the sound of its distinctive calls
- Birds Myna (Mynah)
The Common Myna is brown with a black head. It has a yellow bill, legs and bare eye skin. In flight it shows large white wing patches. The Common Myna is a member of the starling family and is also known as the Indian Myna or Indian Mynah.
- Birds Pacific Baza (Crested Hawk) Aviceda subcristata.
All pictures taken on our farm
Toutes les photos ont été prises sur notre ferme
- Birds Pardalotes
The Striated Pardalote is more common than people usually think, with its call the first indication of the presence of this brightly coloured little bird. There is considerable variation in plumage characteristics across the range of this species. All birds have white eyebrows with a yellow spot in front of the eye, olive-grey backs and a white stripe in the wing. In different parts of the country, the wing stripe may be narrow or wide, the coloured spot at the front end of this stripe may be red or yellow, and the black crown may have or lack fine white stripes. Both male and female are similar in plumage. Young birds also resemble the adults, but are notably paler, particularly on the crown and face
- Birds Parrots
Suburban areas of Australia have a striking abundance of large, brightly-coloured birds. Most of these birds belong to the Order Psittaciformes (commonly known as 'parrots'), which contains the cockatoos, parrots, rosellas and lorikeets. These species have short, powerful bills that they use for cracking seeds, but some of them also feed on fruit, nectar, underground plant stems, and wood-boring insect larvae
- Birds Pied Oystercatcher
The Pied Oystercatcher is black with a white breast and belly. All oystercatchers have a bright orange-red bill, eye-rings and legs and a red eye. Young birds are similar in appearance to the adults, but lack the intense red-orange colours and are brown rather than black. The Pied Oystercatcher is shy of humans and seldom allows close approach
- Birds Pigeons Doves
The Crested Pigeon is a stocky pigeon with a conspicuous thin black crest. Most of the plumage is grey-brown, becoming more pink on the underparts. The wings are barred with black, and are decorated with glossy green and purple patches. The head is grey, with an pinkish-red ring around the eye. If startled, this pigeon takes to the air with a characteristic whistling flight, and glides with down turned wings. The whistling sound is produced by the air passing over a modified primary feather on the wing. Upon landing, the pigeon swings its tail high in the air.
- Birds Plover
Shore birds or 'waders' are those birds commonly found on coastal shores, including beaches, rocky shores, mudflats, tidal wetlands and lagoons. These include the many plovers and sandpipers in the families Charadriidae and Scolopacidae, as well as the stone-curlews, snipes, pratincoles, oystercatchers, stilts, avocets and the Plains-wanderer
- Birds Purple Swamphen
The Purple Swamphen is a large rail. It is mainly dusky black above, with a broad dark blue collar, and dark blue to purple below. As the Purple Swamphen walks, it flicks its tail up and down, revealing its white undertail. The bill is red and robust, and the legs and feet orange-red. For such a bulky bird, the Swamphen is an accomplished flier and will readily take to the air to escape danger. In flight, the long legs and elongated toes trail behind or hang underneath the body. Purple Swamphens are proficient swimmers, but prefer to wander on the edges of the water, among reeds and on floating vegetation.
- Birds red-backed fairy-wren
- Birds Red-browed finch
The Red-browed Finch is most easily recognised by its bright red eyebrow, rump and beak, on an otherwise green and grey bird. Upperparts are olive green with grey underneath. Both sexes are similar in appearance. Often observed in small flocks, which feed on the grass. They will fly into dense undergrowth when disturbed by a passer-by. Red-browed Finches may also be called Red-browed Firetails.
- Birds red-tailed black-cockatoo
All the pictures taken on our farm.
Toutes les photos ont étés prises sur notre ferme
- Birds Rufous Whistler
The Rufous Whistler is a stocky bird with a large head, short stubby bill and a narrow, relatively long tail with a square or slightly forked tip. The sexes differ, with the male dark-grey above with a white throat, black breast and a reddish underbody. Many males also have a black face mask (except in northern subspecies). Females are dull grey to brown, with streaked underparts. Young birds are much redder than adults and have heavily streaked underparts.
- Birds Spoonbill
Water birds are a large and varied group of birds. Most are exclusive to fresh water sources such as rivers, lakes, dams and wetlands, however many sea and shore birds can also be regularly found in fresh water, e.g. cormorants and many migratory waders.
The Yellow-billed Spoonbill is a large, white waterbird with a yellow face and spatulate (spoon-shaped) bill, and yellow legs and feet.
- Birds sulphur-crested cockatoo
All pictures taken on our farm
Toutes les photos ont été prises sur notre ferme.
- Birds Swallows Martins
Swallows , Martins. Small songbirds which hawk aerial insects. They have long, straight, pointed wings and either forked or square tails.Most are migratory or nomadic.
- Birds unknow # 1
- Birds White-Faced Heron
The White-faced Heron is mostly light blue-grey in colour, with a characteristic white face. In flight, the dark flight feathers of the wing contrast with the paler grey plumage, making this bird easily identifiable when viewed from below. It has a long, slim neck and a pointed grey-black bill. The legs are long and dull yellow in colour. Sexes are similar. When breeding, the birds have long feathers (nuptial plumes) on the head, neck and back. The White-faced Heron has a slow bouncing flight. Young White-faced Herons are similar in appearance to the non-breeding adults (no nuptial plumes), but are duller, with little or no white on the face. They often have a reddish colour on the underparts.
All the pictures taken on our farm.
Toutes les photos ont ete prises sur notre ferme
- Birds White-Winged Chough
The White-winged Chough is a large, almost completely black bird. It has a curved beak, a red eye and a large white wing patch, which is seen when the bird is in flight. The bill and legs are black. Both male and female share the same plumage pattern. Young White-winged Choughs start off duskier than the adults, and the eye is brown. They do not reach sexual maturity until four years of age and, during this time, the eye changes from brown to orange and then to red, and the plumage darkens.
- Birds willie wagtail
The Willie Wagtail is the largest, and most well-known, of the Australian fantails. The plumage is black above with a white belly. The Willie Wagtail can be distinguished from other similar-sized black and white birds by its black throat and white eyebrows and whisker marks. The name wagtail stems from the constant sideways wagging of the tail. Young birds resemble the adults, but have paler, slightly rusty edges to the feathers of the wings.
All pictures taken on our farm
Toutes les photos ont ete prises sur notre ferme
- Brisbane Botanical Garden, Qld, Australia.
A beautiful garden in Brisbane.
- Brisbane, Qld, Australia may 11, 2009
Trip Brisbane
- Building Little Cottage From Mana Kit Homes
Pictures from the very beginning to the finish of the little cottage, i build from Mana Kit Homes
- Calliope Market, Gladstone, Qld, Australia
Market in Calliope , once a month.
- Cattle
- Chloe
- Chocolate (Horse)
Les photos ne sont pas digitals
- Dingos
The Dingo (Canis lupus dingo) is a domestic dog which has reverted to a wild state for thousands of years and today lives largely independent from humans in the majority of its distribution. The name "dingo" mostly refers to populations occurring in Australia,
- Feral Pigs
The feral pig (Sus scrofa) is one of the most widespread and damaging pest animals in Queensland. Feral pigs in Australia are descendants of various subspecies of the domestic pig. Accidental and deliberate releases of domestic and semi-feral pigs have resulted in a large feral pig population.
- Flowers
Any flowers
- Food
- Frogs
Australia is home to 216 native frog species. Australian frogs have adapted to many different habitats from the rain forests of tropical Queensland and deserts of central Australia to the Southern Alps.
- Gladstone City, Qld, Australia
The city of Gladstone is developed on hills overlooking the focal point of its economic development - the natural deep water harbour.
Gladstone, Queensland's largest port, is located 550 kilometres north of Brisbane and 100 kilometres south-east of Rockhampton. Gladstone is placed between the Calliope River to the north and the Boyne River to the south. Both rivers lead into the deep water harbour for which Gladstone owes much of its industrial development. The harbour is protected by Facing Island and Curtis Islands.
- Gladstone Harbour Festival, Qld, Australia.
Annual event in Gladstone
- Hares
Hare, a common very timid and very swift rodent, in appearance like , but larger than, a rabbit.
- Hunting pictures, Germain , Raynald, Yves KELNER
Family pictures from Hunting.
- Insects
Insects , a small invertebrate creature.
- Kele Park in Keppel Bay
Keppel Bay is a broad bay in Central Queensland, Australia at the mouth of the Fitzroy River.The bay and the nearby Keppel Islands were named by Captain Cook when he was there on 27 May 1770, after Admiral Augustus Keppel of the British Royal Navy.
A nice place to see with the monument the Singing Ship
- Lopping the tree in Darts Creek
An old dead tree to close to the power lines to the house.
- Marine, sea, Boats etc...
A little of everything related to the sea.
- Motor Cycles
Just bikes
- Mushrooms
- Nepalese Pagoda of Brisbane
- Noirette our little Cat.
- Pollution
Pollution around Gladstone.
The State Government closed Gladstone Harbour to anglers for three weeks last month after fish and fishermen became sick.
Fish covered in lesions were found to be suffering from red-spot disease. Hundreds of sea turtles were also found dead.
See newspaper: http://www.couriermail.com.au/business/fishermen-fear-impact-of-mines/story-e6freqmx-1226175657791
- Rachecourt
Village of Rachecourt, where my grandparents Emile EPPE & Marie BAILLIEUX lived
- Snakes
just snakes
- Storms and Clouds
Pictures by Julie
- Sunrises and Sunsets in Darts Creek, Qld, Australia.
Pictures by Julie
- Town of 1770, Qld, Australia.
The Town Of 1770 is a picturesque seaside village surrounded on three sides by the Coral Sea and Bustard Bay. Historic as the second landing site of Lieutenant James Cook and the crew of the Endeavour in May 1770, the area is rich in wildlife and natural beauty and offers scenic vistas in every direction.
- Turtles
- unknow # 2
- Wallabies
A wallaby is any of about thirty species of macropod (Family Macropodidae). It is an informal designation generally used for any macropod that is smaller than a kangaroo or wallaroo that has not been given some other name.
- Broken Arm November 10, 2011
Broken my arm on November 10, 2011. Some pictures where taken with a cell phone by Julie.
- My Boat
This is the boat i bought second hand. She is a Farrier TT680
- Video Soil testing
Soil testing before to build a small Cottage.
- Demolishing the old shed
The old shed has to go for the building of a small cottage.
Pictures By Julie and myself.
- Harley Park, Qld Australia
Labrador is just north of Southport before you get to Runaway Bay.
- Video: The New O'Connell Wharf of Gladstone, qld, Australia.
The beautification and modernisation of the Port of Gladstone replaced the old O'Connell Wharf by a modern one, with a floating pontoon. Cost of the refurbishment was $ 2.4 million. Thanks to the GPC (Gladstone Port Corporation). Gladstone is looking great.
- The Bats of Gladstone Qld Australia.
- Day may 16, 2010
- Chloe Playing Time
- Gladstone Parade Long Version
Annual Event in Gladstone
- Gladstone Parade march 28, 2010 Short Version
Annual Event
- Gladstone Parade march 28, 2010
Annual event.
- Video Snake eating frog
Around 4PM, Julie saw the snake on the veranda in the back of the house. Julie said, it is not venomous, but for me i am not quite sure because some brown snakes , which are not really brown but close to black are dangerous.
- Video Filipino-Australian Valentine Party 2010 Part # 4 More music
More music
- Video Filipino-Australian Valentine Party Part #3 The Music
The Monadelphous Boys Band
- Video Filipino-Australian Valentine Party 2010 Part # 1 Roasting the pig
A team work
- Video Filipino-Australian Valentine Party 2010 Part # 2 : Eating
- Filipino-Australian Valentine Party 2010-02-14
Party in the Filipino-Australian Club of Gladstone, Qld, Australia
- Filipino-Australian Christmas Party 2009
annual event for the Filipino-Australian C I O.
- Harbour Cruise pics 19 Dec 2009
Organized by the the Multicutural Association of Gladstone, Qld, Australia.
- Filipino-Australian Club of Gladstone
- Feral pigs on our farm Video 2009-11-12
The feral pig (Sus scrofa) is one of the most widespread and damaging pest animals in Queensland. Feral pigs in Australia are descendants of various subspecies of the domestic pig. Accidental and deliberate releases of domestic and semi-feral pigs have resulted in a large feral pig population.
- Mt Larcom Art Gallery and Memorabilia, Qld, Australia Video
The Mt Larcom Art and Gallery is situated around 55 km from Gladstone in Qld , Australia.
- Brush-Turkey eating paw paw. Video
The brush-turkey is eating the paw paw of Julie.
- SlideShow Mt Larcom Art Gallery and Memorabilia
The Mt Larcom Art Gallery and Memorabilia is in Queensland Australia.
- NRG Great raft Race 2009, Gladstone, Qld, Australia.
Annual event in Gladstone
- Belgian Cafe in Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
Julie and i, we were walking in the city of Brisbane and we saw the sign of a Belgian Cafe. I was very surprise. You may say, what the big deal about that. Well, i am from Belgium and i like a good Stella Artois from time to time. Please note: Brussels is Flemish and for french speaking like myself it should be Bruxelles.
- Curtis Island trip 11/01/2008
Pictures taken by myself and Julie.
- Yves & Julie Climbing the Mt Larcom 16 august 2008. Video long version
The prominent and distinctive peak of Mount Larcom is visible to the north-west from most points in Gladstone. It summit is 632 metres above sea level.
Mathew Flinders noted it when he explored Port Curtis, naming it after Captain Larcom under whom he had served. Because of it profile, it is often call "The Lion Mountain", resembling a lion and lioness facing each other, or "The Sleeping Giant".
The prominent landmark provides a good ascent of two hours or so. The reward is a 360-degree view of the Gladstone area, rural lands and the harbour. On a clear day, you will see reef islands to the east and Rockhampton northwards. Mt Larcom is of volcanic origin, and your walk takes you through light eucalyptus forest and grass trees.
It is a challenging walk, and best climbed in the cooler months, with an early start to capture the best views. The walk and climb is steep in places and is not recommended for younger children.There are not toilet facilities.
Julie and i, we climbed the Mt Larcom . It was the first time for Julie and the second time for me.
- Climbing the Mt Larcom 2008-08-16
The prominent and distinctive peak of Mount Larcom is visible to the north-west from most points in Gladstone. It summit is 632 metres above sea level.
Mathew Flinders noted it when he explored Port Curtis, naming it after Captain Larcom under whom he had served. Because of it profile, it is often call "The Lion Mountain", resembling a lion and lioness facing each other, or "The Sleeping Giant".
The prominent landmark provides a good ascent of two hours or so. The reward is a 360-degree view of the Gladstone area, rural lands and the harbour. On a clear day, you will see reef islands to the east and Rockhampton northwards. Mt Larcom is of volcanic origin, and your walk takes you through light eucalyptus forest and grass trees.
It is a challenging walk, and best climbed in the cooler months, with an early start to capture the best views. The walk and climb is steep in places and is not recommended for younger children.There are not toilet facilities.
Julie and i, we climbed the Mt Larcom . It was the first time for Julie and the second time for me.
Pictures taken from myself and Julie.
- Brisbane Part 2 :Brisbane Manor Hotel may 2008
Julie and i, we went to Brisbane by train.
- Mt Larcom to Brisbane Part 1 in the train may 2008
Julie and i, we went to Brisbane by train.
- Brisbane Yves & Julie 19/21 april 2008
We had a few days in Brisbane
- Brisbane from the sky, april 2008
The city is situated on the Brisbane River on a low-lying floodplain between Moreton Bay and the Great Dividing Range in southeastern Queensland.