Noisy and big

This Cicada came inside the house briefly until we showed it the door.



For more information on these insects try this link

Fungus near the car park

Seen on a tree in the car park area

Meeting at Palmerston campus

The Reference and Information Servics team along with a couple of us from the Liaison team met in the Palmerston Campus Learning Precinct this morning and had a great morning tea along with some weeding of the collection. It's a pretty location alongside the lake.

Wildlife on the front porch

Each night there are always many of these geckos.
Tonight one was available for a good closeup!

I have shown the little creature in relation to the house bricks and then in macroview


And cropped again..

They are there each night so they will have to get used to me..

A great day for sailing

I got a phone call this morning, would I like to go sailing? Very much yes! So I joined Julie, Margaret, David and Craig on Adam Gollow's 10.4 metre (34 foot) catamaran Khamsin.



We motored out through the Cullen Bay lock and
had a really good afternoon's sail.





We had fun for something like 4 hours sailing around Darwin Harbour.






At times it was quite hot but when we got a good wind it was pleasant to be out on the water.


The spinnaker provided dramatic colour.








I could take a lot more of this!!

The owner,Adam,had an eager and skilled crew (except for yours truly) so occasionally he was able to relax.




Khamsin is moored at the Cullen Bay Marina

Friday eve Darwin Sailing Club

A quiet meal alone at the Darwin Sailing Club watching the sunset

Curlews

Proud parent, but still very very protective. In the last few days I noticed that the Curlews were no longer on the nest. Tonight I noticed that there is at least one chick which was promptly placed under the wings and sat on for protection. Meanwhile I was hissed at so did not trouble them anymore.