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The Wombat
lgoldsmith | 2008-11-05 | How do you stop a wombat from coming for Bed and Breakfast? - Since we started the business 10 years ago there has been a wombat that has wanted to rest under the building. For 9 years he has been fooled by the world's shortest Electric fence but now he is persistently getting around my efforts to keep him out from under the B & B | read more
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4.0 Pittosporum
Photo lgoldsmith | 2008-03-29 | This pittosporum, like most of those around here, does not have a canopy to the ground as the Samba deer browse up as high as they can reach. | read more
4.0 Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo
Photo lgoldsmith | 2008-03-27 | Yellow tailed black cockatoo on the Blackwood tree | read more
3.0 Wombat's in and out door
Photo lgoldsmith | 2008-12-16 | Like a doggy door but meant to be only one way, the wombat has dug his own addition to be able to get back in. | read more
3.0 Pittosporum fruit
Photo lgoldsmith | 2008-03-29 | | read more
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- May in East Gippsland by Les Goldsmith — posted on 2008-05-10 09:26 — 0 comment(s)
- It is Autumn and the cultural cringe demands we think of the colours of the season, for me it is the pale yellow of the first wattle in blossom. The Golden Wattle dusts the forest with spots of yellow in the green. At this time of year, the lyrebirds are busy digging up the mulch around the bedrooms and the Powerful owl can often be heard calling after dusk or in the early morning as she hunts for sugar gliders that unwittingly betray their presence with their “yip yip” sounds.
- Seed collection by Les Goldsmith — posted on 2008-03-29 06:25 — 0 comment(s)
- Dried out and separated before being scrubbed with truckwash - that's how we simulate the action of a bird's digestive system.
- Yellow tailed Black Cockatoo by Les Goldsmith — posted on 2008-03-27 22:47 — 3 comment(s)
- The creaks of protest from the blackwood tree, as strips are torn out by the yellow tailed black cockatoos, is a gentle accompaniment to the harsh calls as the cockatoos call to one another.