Old Owl's photos

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Have a Happy and safe Fence Friday, everyone. Keep warm (if you're above the equator) or cool (if you're down here with me). These are Australian Ibises, commonly (and derogatorily) called Tip Turkeys or Bin Chickens after their penchant for scavenging food in waste bins. It's a shame really, as they are very useful in gardens and farms, using their long curved beaks to forage for grubs in the soil. We (Mrs Owl and I) are visited daily by one we have named Libby who fossicks around the bushes and plants in our garden.

From somewhere on the Merredin-Nungarin road in the WA Central Wheatbelt. Press Z for a wider view.

Busselton Jetty. Please press Z for a better view.

A Happy Fence Friday to all. Let us hope the weekend is calm, temperate and restful. Busselton Jetty, WA.

Happy Wall Wednesday to all. This Australian Shelduck a symbol for the small town of Dumbleyung in Western Australia. It appears in a number of places throughout the town, although I have no idea why this symbol is used here. The town has a population of about 300 and is famed as the place where Donald Campbell broke the world water speed record on 31st December 1964, his boat "Bluebird" reaching 276.33 mph (444.71 km/h) on the nearby Lake Dumbleyung. He thus became the only person to break the land and water speed records in the same calendar year. The fine picture above was taken by Mrs Much Younger (and Far More Attractive) Owl, and has been used here with her permission

A beach at Busselton, WA.

Yagan Square, Perth. Late afternoon. (Best on black. Press Z, please.)

Pemberton, WA, next to the track of the tramway. Happy Fence Friday, everyone. I hope your day brings you satisfaction and your weekend brings you joy.

(Seeing this big is good; please press Z.)

Busselton beach. Evening. (Please press Z for bigness.)

The Goose restaurant in Busselton, WA. Alas no longer in existence, but being rebuilt following a disastrous fire.

A Happy Final Fence Friday of 2022 to everyone. I hope your day, your New Year celebrations and the entirety of 2023 are pleasant, joyful and far, far better than 2022 seemed to be. Love to all. This is one of the many canals in Mandurah, along which Madame Much Younger Owl and myself march briskly each morning early for our daily exercise and for the delight of seeing dolphins, swans, herons, egrets, ducks, terns, seagulls, other walkers (old and young) and their dogs. Life is good, innit. Press Z to biggen it up.

West Busselton beach.

Geographe Bay, WA. Please press Z, I think it's better that way.

Busselton foreshore, Western Australia. Evening.

Busselton Jetty. Please press Z to see it more clearly.