Ciencia

Some highlights
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Shingleback
Postcard - Uluru & Kata Tjuta
Postcard - Broome | Australia has 20,000* plant species and 2,300* animal and bird species.       *according to the Australian Biological Resources Study    Most of these are only found in Australia.This website provides over 850 images of Australian flora and fauna as well as uniquely Australianscenes (postcards).You are welcome to use these images for any non-commercial use.We only ask that you acknowledge the website.A detailed index of profiles and images begins further down the page - here'sa quick link to it. birds
flora | lizards
spiders | postcards
orchids |
Blue Mountains NP Wildflowers | | Lane Cove NP Wildflowers |

The wildflowers of the Lane Cove and Blue MountainsNational Parks provide the foundation of this website.These Parks are our "extended garden".Imagine a 250,000 ha garden with over 1,000 species of flowering plants and all sorts of wildlife.
| StateFloral Emblems
Victoria's Common Heath
Western Australia's
Kangaroo Paw
South Australia's
Sturt's Desert Pea
New South Wales's Waratah |

We are indebted to Les Robinson's Field Guide Tothe Native Plants of Sydney (Kangaroo Press, 2003) and the Royal Botanic Gardens' PlantNET website. These two reference sources have greatly assisted us in identifying wildflowers.
Index of imagesSelecting an underlined name below will take you to its web page.
for the birds

| Profile & images

Australian King-Parrot | Channel-billed Cuckoo (juvenile)
Crimson Rosella &Yellow Rosella
Laughing Kookaburra | Rainbow Lorikeet
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Tawny Frogmouth |
Birds webpage - includes images of -

Apostlebird
Australian Magpie
Australian PelicanAustralian Raven
Australian Ringneck
Australian Wood Duck
Black Swan
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Common Bronzewing
Crested Pigeon
Eastern Spinebill
Eurasian Coot
Galah
Gang-gang Cockatoo...