Friday, April 27, 2012

The eyes have it

Took this pic when we visited one of my wife's friends in the States a couple of years back. She keeps a lot of cats, which have their own room and everything. They were all lined up watching us when we arrived. Wasn't hard to spot the one with the wonky eye.

Friday, April 20, 2012

Step out of the car, son! (Oh, you already did)

Seems like the cops aren't just getting younger, they're getting shorter as well!

Friday, April 13, 2012

A new kind of hybrid

With fuel prices on the way up again, folks here in far north Queensland have started looking for more economical ways to travel. Snapped this guy filling up at the local servo. He told me he gets great mileage, but there's nowhere to plug in his iPod.

Friday, April 6, 2012

Beasts of burden

Snapped these rare pics of shopping trolleys in their natural habitat. This one is a grazer (very hard to catch).

This is an ocean-going species, often found stranded on beaches all over Australia. It bolted when it saw me, but it must have had an injured foot, because it kept veering off to the right. Aint nature grand?

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Where did everyone go?

Just one of the many reasons I love my dad.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

I see a tall dark stranger

My wife had an unnerving experience recently when driving home from work. We live in the country, so we're used to seeing wallabies wandering all over the roads, but never anything like this.
She was driving down the street, when she was aware of this tall, dark presence in her rear view mirror. She was travelling at about twenty miles an hour, so she figured it would have to be a pretty fit athlete to be keeping up with her.
Then, the next thing she knew, he OVERTOOK her and raced off into the bush! Not a curly-headed man in a track suit, but an emu out for his evening jog!
Now we've seen everything (or at least she has, because I wasn't there). Ain't nature grand?

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

We really enjoyed our holiday (I think)

Never ask a tour guide to take your photo!
(unforgettable memories of New Zealand)