Tag Archives: Wildlife

North Stradbroke Island

We recently spent a week camping on North Stradbroke Island, at the Cylinder Beach camping site. It’s one of those places I never get sick of visiting. The surf wasn’t very big this time so I didn’t have much success … Continue reading

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Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary

We had a visitor on the weekend – a French exchange student who really wanted to see and pat a kangaroo!  The best place to do this in Brisbane is Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary where they have a whole paddock … Continue reading

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Snakes in Brisbane

  I was reaching out to open the lid on my compost bin this morning and my hand stopped just 30 cm from this snake.  After leaping back about two metres I realised that with all the rain we’ve had, this … Continue reading

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