Herdsman Lake

Not far from us, near the Ikea, is Herdsman Lake. We stopped by to have a look at the local bird life. Of course, we found the Pacific Black Duck straight away.

The Laughing Kookaburra

A Laughing Kookaburra came to visit and posed on the back fence for us in Ipswich. He's a handsome fellow and very calm. I was no more than 10 feet from him. When he heard the camera shutter, he turned and looked and studied me a moment...then turned back to his vigil and ignored me entirely.

In the Yard at Ipswich

Over the back fence, the neighbors have some manderine (we call them tangerines) trees. These are producing fruit now and there's mandarines on the ground. A Kookaburra came by to sample the local cuisine.

Wyreema Wet lands, Toowoomba

We've had a couple down days around Toowoomba to get caught up on such things as groceries, liquor store, diesel fuel...you know, the necessities in life. Today we ventured out for a bit to a couple parks in town: one we've visited before and one that was new to us. Let's start with the new one, the Wyreema Wetlands. Here we saw the Black Flying Fox. Actually, we saw a tree filled in approximately 100 of these interesting creatures.