LIFE ON THE PLATEAU

Yep, Bonnie the Bowerbird who was making a mess in the bathroom had an accomplice. Franky the Friarbird has been keeping her company and...

Another Mertens' Water Monitor enjoying a dip.

*Update* When I first posted this last week I assumed it was another, smaller, Golden-backed tree rat. Thanks to someone much more...

A Splendid Tree Frog, also known as a Magnificent Tree Frog (Ranoidea splendida). Only found on the north-western coast of Australia.

Every weekend is a treasure hunt. After working Mon - Fri at the lodge I make sure to get out on the weekend, go for a walk and spend a...

So Maureen the Mud Wasp came back and built a new - and different - nest. Elsewhere in Australia Mud Wasps are known as Potter Wasps. You...

Nope, it wasn't a mouse. It wasn't a bat. And it definitely wasn't a Monjon, sorry Geoff. The mystery animal making a mess of the...

If all the beasts were gone, man would die from great loneliness of spirit, For whatever happens to the beasts also happens to man All...

Look what Santa dropped off for Christmas...

This is a Monjon, the smallest rock-wallaby, only found in a few select locations in the North-west Kimberley, including the Mitchell...

Yep, the population of Camp Creek has officially increased by 1 this week! Let me introduce Nora, the baby Northern Fantail. Mother and...

This little guy was hunkering down for a good night's sleep when I stumbled across him. He wasn't terribly well hidden on this barren...

This is Charlie the Children's Python. Apparently he gets his name from the bad habit of eating small children. ;) Otherwise he's...

Yep, he looks a little intimidating from this angle but thankfully he's completely harmless - this is Harry the Huntsman. Check out...

This pair of Northern Fantails have been keeping me company since I arrived. I noticed last week they had built a nest a little upstream....

Let me introduce Wally the water monitor. Wally rustles around in the Pandanus leaves next to the waterhole and keeps me company most...

Yep, more poking around after dark. Check out this little beauty! Also perfectly camouflaged amongst the leaf litter. Long-footed Frog...

Check out the perfect camouflage. If you blur your eyes he practically disappears. Looks like it dropped and regrew its tail at some...

Every morning I pour myself a coffee and I sit by the creek for an hour. Every single day. Now that I’ve been here for 4 weeks, sitting...

Yep, more weird and wonderful critters after dark. Chattering Rock Frog (Littoria staccato). Isn't the natural world amazing - every...