My friend in Australia has sent me some more pictures of the flora and fauna to be seen there.

Little Pied Cormorant ( Microcarpo melanoleucos) – Swan River

A mantis in our back garden

A mantis in our back garden

Common Skink (Lampropholis guichenoti) on our deck shades

Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo – male (Calyptorhynchus banksii) aka Bank’s or Banksian Black Cockatoo

New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae) our garden

Large Grasshopper on our garden fence