LIFE ON THE PLATEAU

This has to be the biggest spider I've ever seen in the Kimberley. An Australian Tarantula. Can have a leg span of up to 16cm. What a...

Monjons are Australia's smallest rock wallaby and endemic to the North-west Kimberley. It used to be believed they were found only on the...

I'm pretty sure this is a Woodworker Frog - or Carpenter Frog (Limnodynastes lignarius). To be honest, I'm seeing many of these animals...

Happy Easter everybody. Hope this finds you well, staying safe and grateful for all the little things. Common Crow Butterfly (Euploea core)

I don't think the green tree ants got the memo about self-isolation. They busy themselves for most of the day foraging for food which...

"The core of mans' spirit comes from new experiences." ~ Christopher McCandless, Into The Wild. In the couple of weeks before the...

I wrote this last week after a couple of rums, in the midst of a pretty shit week, and what Jon Krakauer describes in his book, ‘Into The...

Every time I come across a lizard, a snake, or a beautiful bird it tends to stop me in my tracks and makes me smile. The encounters are...

They say the presence of dragonflies in the Kimberley marks the changing of the seasons and there's a real sense the Wet season is...

Being grateful for the little things at the moment.

Despite the chaos and the uncertainty of not knowing what happens next yesterday was a good day surrounded by nature, waterfalls and...

Yep, another eye-catching Garden Orb-weaving spider. What a beauty.

Every Tuesday I go check the airstrip bright and early for the mail plane that arrives later that day. And every week there's 2 or 3...

Another funky frog almost perfectly camouflaged amongst the rocks. An Ornate Burrowing Frog (Platyplectrum ornatum). Some have a very...

From the big to the small... This is Stumpy, a Crocodile-faced Dtella (Gehyra xenopus). It's been an absolute treat photographing and...

An incredibly elegant Brown Tree Snake/Night Tiger (Boiga irregularis). They're known for being a bit feisty sometimes. This one was...

Haven't seen this one before. A pretty Wotjulum Frog (Litoria watjulumensis).

It's been a busy few days cleaning up and chasing waterfalls after that last big storm. It was exactly the excitement I was looking for,...

Haven't seen this one before. A Desert Tree Frog/Red Tree Frog (Litoria rubella). The frogs are absolutely loving the rain at the moment.

Some new neighbours to keep me company - 3 happy, healthy and curious dingoes. Got a snap of one a few days go. Dingoes are believed to...