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Why is it called Alligator River when the alligators are crocodiles :-? lol And I thought the same thing about the Alligator River... That's what actually got me confused in the first place when posting my photo. :O^ Hi Mel 0/* As you know the Alligator Rivers Region of the Northern Territory ...

Hi Mel 0/* I know you said you didn't see enough kangaroos while you were down under, but you sure got a great photo of the 2 big reds you did see!! ^Q^ [O] That is such an iconic image of the red kangaroos bounding through the outback - just love it \O Plus so many fabulous birds :-) :-) How many ...

Hi Mel 0/* I am just loving seeing all the birds you captured on your holiday ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ My Aussie bird list isn't nearly as long - and I'm an Aussie!! lol The South Alligator River was in the news earlier this year, when a fisherman was actually taken from his boat near the boat ramp. Glad you ...

G'day Mel! 0/* I was so happy to see another set of installments from you \O Kakadu looks so lovely all lush and green :-0 :-0 :-0 In Sydney we call masked lapwings "melted cheese face birds" ;-) I think it is quite an apt name for them and when I see one I always think of melted cheese! lol And may ...

Hi Mel 0/* I've really got to get out and see more of my own country!! ;-) Especially Kakadu some day, for it's wealth of cultural and biological significance O:V You must have been in heaven, ticking off all those new birds ^Q^ ^Q^ But only one little lizard?? I thought the Top End was crawling ...

Hi Mel! 0/* Fantastic photos of the wedge-tailed eagle ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ They are a very impressive raptor, with a wingspan of up to 2.5m O:V I had to ask our resident frog expert in the lab about the identity of your shower companions and this was his reply: "These are Litoria rothii (Northern Laughing ...

Hi Mel 0/* Your images of the outback and the changing colours of Uluru are absolutely stunning [O] And how lucky were you to have a nearly full moon in the photos as well! Way cool O:V And it's interesting to hear you say that the colours of the dunes reminded you of the KTP. I had exactly the same ...

Hi Mel :-) :-) Despite the grey rainy weather you still got some amazing photos [O] In particular, the photo of the koala doing something is very rare indeed! O:V =O: I had to do some homework on egret identification for you, and from what I read and the pictures I looked at, I think your egret is a ...

Thanks nan and Lisbeth for your welcome O0 And g'day again to you Mel 0/* You got some great bird sightings on Griffith Island \O I especially liked your immature BSK and singing honeyeater - never seen them before O:V But what I most enjoyed seeing was the blue sky in your photos :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 ...

Hi Mel!! 0/* It's melou here writing to you from our shed in Sydney \O We miss you and SO heaps but at least now we can follow your Oz adventure together online :-) Neither of us have been to Port Fairy, or driven the Great Ocean Road, but it's something we hope to do together one day. And now we ...