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One of Australia's most common and well- loved birds, these little insect eating fantails are found across the continent. They rarely sit still as they flit around chasing insects. Also are known for their high pitched song, usually described as "sweet pretty creature".

Charleviile Town Hall in late afternoon light, at the end of a long day's drive (just under 700km). This is slightly out of sequence for my trip, but it's Wednesday and I needed a wall! With that thought, Happy Wall Wednesday, everyone. UPDATE That's not a dinosaur out front, it's a big kangaroo with a hat and camping swag.

The jacaranda trees are flowering! This always has signified to me that the year is soon finishing. Best viewed large on black and here's a relevant link.

For Macro Mondays group 9/10//2023, topic #330. "Safety pin ".

It's fair to say I was so surprised to see this coach appearing (PiP) in Winton that I almost dropped the camera. Wishing everyone a Happy Bench Monday and a great week to follow.

Winton is a fascinating little town, surprisingly so in view of a permanent population of a little under 900. For example, this is the "Waltzing Matilda Centre" , opened in 1998, as it was in this area that A.B. "Banjo" Patterson (see his statue in the PiP) wrote the poem that became Australia's best known song in the late 1800s. Click here and sing along. Following that, a meeting here in 1920 founded Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services - these days better known as QANTAS. Then, as I have shown in my previous image , the discovery of dinosaur fossils nearby has led to the construction of the "Australian Age of Dinosaurs" museum a short distance out of town.

Fence at the Age of Dinosaurs Museum coffee / eatery area - presumably to keep dinosaurs away. :-) The Museum is built on one of the flat-topped hills I have shown in the area, known as the "Jump-up" - the PiPs show further images from the access road . Wishing everyone a Happy Fence Friday and a great weekend.

Brolgas are large cranes (wings to almost 2M) , native to the north and eastern inland parts of Australia. When I saw these just after we left the Dinosaur Museum they initially took off (PiP), but fortunately they landed again some distance away and I was able to get this image. They are distinguished by their red heads.

Taken at the "Age of Dinosaurs" museum at Winton, this is their recreation of Australovenator wintoniensis , found locally and given the popular name "Banjo". The museum was created some years ago after a local grazier found dinosaur bones and gained support for ongoing searches, research and a public museum. This whole area is/was dinosaur country! Also see PiPs and a Happy Wall Wednesday, everyone.