Les Goldsmith
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The return of the wombat.
lgoldsmith | 2012-03-28 | Continuing the saga of living with wombats (In the previous episode our gallant wombat excluder had succeded in preventing the wombat returning to the burrow beneath the B & B ) read on for the next exciting episode. | read more
Come the raw prawn! (and we’ll cook it for you)
lgoldsmith | 2010-02-28 | A fine dinner with new friends as we compare local foods available in different parts of the world. A truely memorable evening. | read more
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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0.0 The new wombat hole under the B & B
Photo lgoldsmith | 2010-03-02 | The wombat has dug a new hole under our B & B between the lavender bushes on the opposite side of the house to his previous excavation. | read more
0.0 The wombat gate
Photo lgoldsmith | 2010-03-02 | Built as a one way gate this little door allows the wombat to come out from under the B & B but not get back underneath. | read more
4.0 Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo
Photo lgoldsmith | 2010-03-07 | Yellow tailed black cockatoo on the Blackwood tree | read more
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
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- One little dollar bird by Les Goldsmith — posted on 2012-02-02 18:20 — 0 comment(s)
- Sitting up in a dead tree all alone, where are all the others?
- Dollar Birds by Les Goldsmith — posted on 2012-02-01 19:04 — 0 comment(s)
- Following the strange frog sounds we rushed out to investigate the origin of the noise.
- Picnicking in the Forest by Les Goldsmith — posted on 2009-09-17 09:53 — 0 comment(s)
- Leaving the sun and surf of Lakes Entrance we wander up the Great Alpine Road to our hidden picnic spot.
- 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 — 4 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.
