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This week’s creatures – 16 December 2019 – Blue Gropers and Wolf Spiders

Alex mount cootha, scuba diving 2019-Dec-17blue groper, groper, kookaburra, wolf spider

We have had some great diving in the last week and have also seen some feeding birds on Mount Cootha.

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This week’s creatures – 30 November 2019 – Bandy Bandy snake! Barking Owl!

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Bandy Bandy snake on Mount Cootha

It’s been very dry this week, so we have been filling the water pots on the hill. We’ve seen a couple of unusual creatures!

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This week’s creatures – 15 November 2019 – the Mighty Housebull!

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Cows on the farm eating from the trough

We have been out on the farm in Proserpine this week. It was an awesome amount of fun and great to see the cows in action!

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This week’s creatures – 7 November 2019 – Koala!

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Koala in a tree on Mount Cootha

It’s been exceptionally dry on the mountain this week. So we took a pot up the hill and fill it with water each night. Last night when we were filling it, we found a koala watching us. It’s a pretty rare sight to see – these guys don’t usually show themselves to humans.

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This Week’s Creatures – 23 October – Dancing turtles!

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Rock Cod at Julian Rocks

I went to Byron Bay for a dive at Julian Rocks. The water was approximately 10 metres visibility and still a little cold (by Byron standards – 20 degrees.) There’s a lot to see there with dancing turtles and the odd shark.

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This week’s creatures: 7 October 2019 – the McDowell Python

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Mount Cootha's King: the Powerful Owl!

Some of the amazing things we see on Mount Cootha. The snake is a Morelia siplota mcdowelli – McDowell’s Carpet Python.

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