Eastern Brown Snakes mating

And so our 2012 holidays in Australia have come to end. 

I would like to end my posts of this years holiday with

these pictures and videoof snakes mating.

Don't forget to scroll down so you can watch the video :)

The last pictures of holiday 2012

Our holiday is over and tomorrow we fly home.  Just a few pictures before we leave, but they are not the last :)

Watch this space for the best pictures after we return home :)

Blue Lake - Mt. Gambier

Snobs Creek Fall - Murrindindi Victoria

Yep, that is me :)

Venus Bay

Birds of Australia

Here are some of the birds we saw during our travels :)

Blue Wren

Crimson Rosalla

Long billed Corella's. Think they were whispering

sweet nothings to each other :)

Peregrine Falcons

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Adelaide, Australia

I have to admit that I am not a city girl, and when possible try to stay out of them but had to reconsider this with Adelaide, even though I have to admit I didn't venture far into the shopping side of it.

It is a beautiful city and we enjoyed our 2 days here.   I recommend a boat ride along the Torrens. 

We saw this baby koala while visiting a Waterfall not far from Adelaide city.

Flowers, plants and weeds.

I wanted to call this post "things we often don't notice".  A few of this images are of weeds that cover the Australian fields.  We walked over them.trampled them, hardly noticed them.  It wasn't until I made closeup pictures of them that I saw how unique some of them really were.  I don't know any of their names, but who cares.. they are a part of Australians nature :)

I hope you enjoy these fotos as much as I enjoyed taking them. 

Salvation Jane also called the Paterson's curse. 

Flinders Ranges

When I started to sort out the pictures for our Gorge drives, I realised that they don't do Flinders Ranges justice.  You need to see it to realise the hidden beauties of this place.  Not only the scenery but also Australias wildlife.  Whereever I looked there was something to take photo off.. animals, flowers, insects etc.

I will let the pictures speak for themselves. I haven't had a chance to find out the names of some of the insects, so anyone reading this blog know any of them... please share :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emu family

 

Red footed rock wallaby

 

Shingled lizard or as the Aussies call them, sleepy lizard

 

Would love to know what this one is called.  If I hadn't seen it jump

I would have seen it at all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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