http://www.flindersranges.com.au The definitive Flinders Ranges website Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:48:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/au/ http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2008/11/05/red-capped-robin-at-bendleby/ http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2008/11/05/red-capped-robin-at-bendleby/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:09:47 +0000 Tim http://www.flindersranges.com.au/?p=1390 Despite the drought many plants and animals are doing well at Bendleby, thanks to the land management practices of the Luckrafts. Petroica goodenovii This is a female, camouflaged well for her environment. See Birds in the Backyard for more detail http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/finder/display.cfm?id=167 ]]> http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2008/11/05/red-capped-robin-at-bendleby/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/au/ http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2008/10/26/wedgie/ http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2008/10/26/wedgie/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:09:20 +0000 kymbo http://www.flindersranges.com.au/?p=1495 Photo of a Wedge Tailed Eagle near Hawker ]]> http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2008/10/26/wedgie/feed/ 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/au/ http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2008/10/03/musk-duck-at-aroona-dam/ http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2008/10/03/musk-duck-at-aroona-dam/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:24:41 +0000 Tim http://www.flindersranges.com.au/?p=1157 These shots were taken back in April 2008, up at Aroona Dam near Leigh Creek. I thought it might be a musk duck but I’d forgotten to look it up in the bird book. Sorry, not very clear, as I was a long way off. I reckon that’s what it is, a male (perhaps) biziura lobata [...]]]> http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2008/10/03/musk-duck-at-aroona-dam/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/au/ http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2008/09/16/stealer-of-secrets/ http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2008/09/16/stealer-of-secrets/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:30:46 +0000 Lorraine Edmunds http://www.flindersranges.com.au/?p=1038 http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2008/09/16/stealer-of-secrets/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/au/ http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2008/08/21/yellow-footed-rock-wallaby-group/ http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2008/08/21/yellow-footed-rock-wallaby-group/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:26:05 +0000 Outback Exposures http://www.flindersranges.com.au/?p=374 This group of yellow-footed rock wallabies are regular visitors to the boulder strewn slopes in Brachina Gorge. These beautiful wild creatures tolerate people enough to take a nice photo. ]]> http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2008/08/21/yellow-footed-rock-wallaby-group/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/au/ http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2008/08/12/petrogale-xanthopus/ http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2008/08/12/petrogale-xanthopus/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:29:38 +0000 admin http://www.flindersranges.com.au/?p=98 http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2008/08/12/petrogale-xanthopus/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/au/ http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2008/04/13/echidna-echocamp/ http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2008/04/13/echidna-echocamp/#comments Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:00:30 +0000 Tim http://www.flindersranges.com.au/?p=79 This echidna was poking around the rock at Echo Camp waterhole on Arkaroola. It was unperturbed by Charlie and my presence. “Waterhole” was a bit generous, a smelly green puddle, as I said in the previous post it is really dry, still magnificent though, getting to see an echidna is always a buzz. Note the digging spur [...]]]> http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2008/04/13/echidna-echocamp/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/au/ http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2007/09/21/water-for-wildlife/ http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2007/09/21/water-for-wildlife/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:05:26 +0000 Lorraine Edmunds http://www.flindersranges.com.au/?p=607 There is precious little surface water on Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary. The few springs, waterholes and seeps sustain local wildlife, while deep-rooted plant species like river red gums rely on subsurface flows for their survival. Marathon Resources estimates that it will require between 2 and 2.5 gigalitres of water annually for on-site processing activities in its proposed [...]]]> http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2007/09/21/water-for-wildlife/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/au/