Watching Water

I absolutely love to watch the water as it boils and bubbles away from a fast moving ship. To my delight, the water in the Sydney Harbour is this beautiful velvety rich blue-green, and the foam from the ferry just makes me want to dive in. Yes, you can fish in the harbour, but I don't think I'd want to... no would I want to swim here either. They still regularly spot sharks here, and I have a hard enough time sharing my swimming area with fish!

Taken August 2010 - Ferry on the Harbour, Sydney, NSW

Australia Zoo - Cassowary

This is quite possibly the more awesome and the most terrifying bird I have ever met. Think emu with attitude and a huge wart-like horn staring at you eye-to-eye. Very cool, but daunting none the less.

As you can tell, there's food in the bucket, which is what caught the bird's attention initially. I ended up sitting down on the raise walkway to watch the cassowary eat. So cool! it's neck is really quite floppy and iridescent blue. When it swallows, you can actually see the form of the object sliding down its neck. Gah!

These lovely, ugly birds are loosing ground on the whole no dying off front. If you get a chance to go to the zoo and see one, it's well worth the trip.

Taken February 2010 - Australia Zoo, Brisbane, Queensland

Mount Tomah Gardens - Strawflower

It's funny... when I think about colours, yellow is not on my list of favourites. Even still, I absolutely love these lovely little bright pastel yellow flowers! They just seem so content to be bright even on a cloudy day.

I am also exceptionally happy with the composition of this photo. I didn't think it would turn out this well when I snapped it, in fact I thought I was taking a shot of the flowers in the foreground. Just goes to show you that you should just keep snapping away, and do the editing on the big monitor at home.

taken May 2010 - Mount Tomah Gardens, Blue Mountains, NSW

Botanical Gardens Sydney - Mellenium Cherry

What a beautiful day to be out and about! The sun was perfectly warm matching the coolness in the air so wonderfully. The sky a perfect blue and since there had been rain earlier in the week, the grass was green and growing like the dickens. It really is hard to take bad photos on days like this.

You may remember this tree from this photo. This cherry is a hybrid developed at the University of Western Sydney.

Taken July 2010 - Botanical Gardens, Sydney, NSW

Baby Giraffe!

Again, I cannot tell you how much Micah and I adore giraffes. They are past cute hearing straight into the midst of adorable.

This lovely (almost) little one was born at the Western Plains Zoo, and has a play mate that's about 3months older. It's quite amazing that they come out over 2m tall... and since their mother's give birth standing up, they get to fall more than their own birth height upon entering the world! Fortunately for mom, their horns move from being flat against their heads to upright several days after birth.

Taken March 2010 - Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo, NSW