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Mount Cook, a New Zealand Icon

Please consider all images as copyrighted – thank you. Contact me for use… DEClapp It was here on Mount Cook that (Sir) Edmund Hillary learned to climb mountains. He left the family bee-keeping business to follow his skills and strength. And, as they say, the rest is history. Mount Cook has many faces, many facesContinue reading “Mount Cook, a New Zealand Icon”

The very hot center of Australia

Please consider all images as copyrighted – thank you. Contact me for use… DEClapp We are about to leave Alice Springs and Uluru in the very hot center of Australia heading for Sydney along the southern east coast.  It has been exceptionally hot here in the middle of the country with day time temps aboutContinue reading “The very hot center of Australia”

Michelmas Cay has lots of birds

Please consider all images as copyrighted – thank you. Contact me for use… DEClapp The Great Barrier Reef is a world icon; it can be seen from space, it has hundreds of separate coral heads, it has islands, and hundreds of animals (mostly fish) in each and every reef habitat. It is both continuous andContinue reading “Michelmas Cay has lots of birds”

Centenary Lakes – Cairns, Queensland, Australia

When arriving in Cairns I usually get some time to go birding and often choose the nearby Botanic Garden and Centenary Lakes. There is a mix of brackish water and fresh water with lots of birds, tropical vegetation, and occasionally salt water crocodiles. Here are a few images from February 2017. Please consider all imagesContinue reading “Centenary Lakes – Cairns, Queensland, Australia”