A Yellow-tailed black cockatoo enjoying some banksia seeds. Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia #birds #australianbirds #WildOz #parrots #nature #cockatoos

A female King Parrot processing Straight Wattle (Acacia stricta) seeds Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia #birds #australianbirds #WildOz #parrots #nature #green #wattle

Adult Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua) and sleepy youngster in Mangerton Park, New South Wales, Australia. The largest owl in Australia. #birds #Australianbirds #WildOz #owls #Australianphotography #wildlife

The Aurora Australis (Southern Lights) emerging from the south-east last week. Taken from a lookout near Fitzroy Falls in New South Wales, Australia. #landscape #Australia #Astrophotography #Nightphotography #Aurora #AuroraAustralis #SouthernLights #nightscape #Southernhighlands

Tawny Frogmouth adult with chick Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia #birds #Australianbirds #WildOz #Wildlife #nature

Pigeonberry ash tree Elaeocarpus kirtonii, a large rainforest tree with buttress roots growing among ferns and palms in rainforest in the Mt Keira area of New South Wales, Australia. #trees #forests #rainforest #nature #WildOz #TreeOfTheDay #naturephotography #intimatelandscape

A Galah in flight Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia #Australia #birds #WildOz #ozbirds #nature #flight

After the fire Maddens Plains, New South Wales, Australia #landscape #Australianphotography #nature #fire #climatechange

A Crimson Rosella taking off Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia #Australia #birds #WildOz #ozbirds #nature #flight

Sydney Peppermint tree recovering from fire A photo from the archives. This tree had lost most of its leaves in the 'Black Summer' fires in Australia in 2019, but is putting out new shoots. These shoots grow from buds lying underneath the bark. #Australia #trees #WildOz #TreeOfTheDay #resilience

Rainbow Lorikeets fighting over a Swamp banksia flower spike (Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia) #birds #flight #WildOz #nature #Australianphotography #australianbirds #birdsinflight #banksias

Trigger Plant The 'trigger' consists of a unique floral column in which the stamen and style are fused. It snaps forward quickly in response to touch, covering the insect in pollen. Most of the approximately 300 species are only found in Australia. #FridayFlowers #Flowers #Australia #nature #wildoz

A tree with fallen branches in the Robertson Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia #landscape #Australianphotography #rainforest #woodland #naturephotography #TreeOfTheDay #trees #forests #nature #moss

A Rainbow Lorikeet taking off from a Swamp Banksia flower spike Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia #Australianphotography #birds #australianbirds #WildOz #nature #flight #birdsinflight #banksias

Sandstone cliffs Looking up at Tahmoor Canyon, New South Wales, Australia #WildOz #rocks #sandstone #nature #intimatelandscape #Australianlandscape

A male Superb Lyrebird displaying on a fallen branch in rainforest on Mount Keira in New South Wales, Australia. A female is nearby. This is part of his courtship routine. #birds #WildOz #rainforest #nature #Australianbirds

Banksia robur flower spike close-up Banksia flower spikes may contain hundreds or even thousands of individual flowers. This is a close-up of some of the buds on one flower spike. Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia #FlowersonFriday #FridayFlowers #Flowers #patterns #close-up #nature #details

Noisy miners fighting over a Swamp banksia flower spike (Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia) #birds #flight #WildOz #nature

This is a Moreton Bay fig tree (Ficus macrophylla) growing in subtropical rainforest at Minnamurra, New South Wales, Australia. These trees can grow up to 60 metres (200 feet) high and nearly as wide. #trees #forests #rainforest #nature #WildOz #TreeOfTheDay #naturephotography #intimatelandscape

A kind parrot preening A young male I think. In a garden in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. #birds #australianbirds #WildOz #parrots #nature

Tall rainforest trees The Illawarra Escarpment near Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia #landscape #landscapephotography #Australianphotography #forests #rainforest #trees

Galah Portrait With his crest raised like this he reminds me of certain eighteenth century paintings of women, such as the one of Marie Antoinette by Joseph Ducreux Poster. Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia #Australia #birds #WildOz #ozbirds #nature #portrait #cockatoos #parrots

Wave action at Bombo Bombo quarry, now a heritage site near Kiama in New South Wales, Australia. The columns, moulded by wave action, are the remains of ancient volcanic dykes. #landscapephotography #Australianphotography #seascape #landscape #waves #geology #rocks

The Aurora Australis (Southern Lights) from near Fitzroy Falls, New South Wales, Australia last night. It put on quite a show! #landscape #Australia #Astrophotography #Nightphotography #Aurora #AuroraAustralis #SouthernLights

Galah in flight Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia #Australia #birds #WildOz #ozbirds #nature #flight

The bugs are back! Hibiscus harlequin bugs, common in Eastern Australia, New Guinea and several Pacific Islands. #bugs #insects #wildlife #ozinverts; #WildOz #nature #close-up #naturephotography #Australia

Very large fig tree In rainforest on Mt Kembla, New South Wales, Australia #forests #nature #rainforest #trees #WildOz #TreeOfTheDay #naturephotography #intimatelandscape #landscape #Australia #bigtrees

Burnt Scribbly gum bark The larvae of tiny moths burrow under the bark of these trees. When they lose their old bark, the trails of the larvae can be seen as 'scribbles'. Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia #Australianphotography #naturephotography #WildOz #trees #patterns #bark

Fog in the Jamison Valley Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales, Australia. The Three Sisters are nearby on the left, and Mount Solitary is in the middle distance on the right. #landscape #Australianphotography #BlueMountains #ThreeSisters #fog #MountSolitary

Where the fire ended Maddens Plains, New South Wales, Australia #landscape #Australianphotography #nature #fire #climatechange

A Rainbow Lorikeet on a Hairpin Banksia (Banksia spinulosa). Hairpin Banksia flower spikes may contain hundreds or even thousands of individual flowers. Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia #Australianphotography #birds #australianbirds #WildOz #nature #ozbirds #flowers

This is a 'Yellow Monday' cicada, I believe, in the Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales, Australia. #Australia #naturephotography #cicada #bug #insect #wildlife #ozinverts #WildOz

Hairpin banksia (Banksia spinulosa) flower spike Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia #FlowersonFriday #FridayFlowers #Flowers #naturephotography #WildOz #ozplants

Surf photos from yesterday in Australia, all using Intentional Camera Movement (ICM), a method in which one moves the camera deliberately during the exposure for creative effect. (Not to be confused with UCM.) #ICM #blur #IntentionalCameraMovement #surf #surfing #waves

‘Strangler’ fig tree Strangler figs begin life on a tree branch high up in the canopy of another tree. They send their roots down along the trunk of the host tree. In time these aerial roots fuse together, eventually completely engulfing the host tree. #Australia #nature #TreeOfTheDay #Trees

Sulphur-crested cockatoos in flight Cacatua galerita, they often flock together in high numbers. Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia #FlyDay #birds #australianbirds #nature #Australianphotography

Veiled Lady stinkhorn A Veiled Lady stinkhorn (Phallus indusiatus) in the centre, and some Ruby Bonnets (Cruentomycena viscidocruenta) in the bottom left. Photographed in rainforest on Mt Keira, New South Wales, Australia. #nature #fungifriends #mushroommonday #fungi #mushroom

Surfers on an enormous wave at Sandon Point, New South Wales, Australia this week. An ICM (Intentional Camera Movement) shot. #ICM #blur #surf #surfing #waves

Grey-headed Flying fox mother and cub Pteropus poliocephalus, one of the largest bats in Australia with a wingspan of over 1 metre. It is listed as a Vulnerable Species. Blackbutt Reserve, Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia. #Australia #nature #FlyDay #australianwildlife #wildoz #bats

Big waves at Bombo Bombo quarry, now a heritage site near Kiama in New South Wales, Australia. The columns, moulded by wave action, are the remains of ancient volcanic dykes. #landscapephotography #Australianphotography #seascape #rocks #waves #bigwaves

A Tachinid fly on a Scribbly-gum tree. You can see a 'scribble' on the bark (see alt text for more info), and some chino (gum) oozing down. Dharawal National Park, New South Wales, Australia #Australia #trees #close-up #WildOz #invertebrates #nature

Woman with phone A view of the Grose Valley from Walls Lookout in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. #landscapephotography #Australia #BlueMountains #panorama

Cathedral Rocks Early in the morning at Kiama Downs, New South Wales, Australia. I believe that most of the little sea creatures in the foreground are Zebra Top Shells (Austrocochlea porcata). #landscapephotography #Australianphotography #naturephotography #seascape

The Big Wave This photograph was taken in Wollongong, south of Sydney in Australia. The waves were big that day, but this wave seemed out of all proportion to the others. #Australianphotography #naturephotography #seascape #waves #Blackandwhite

A Rainbow Lorikeet spreading its wings Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia #Australianphotography #birds #australianbirds #WildOz #nature

Hibiscus harlequin bugs climbing up an Hibiscus flower in Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia. Tectocoris diophthalmus, common in Eastern Australia, New Guinea and several Pacific Islands. #bugs #insects #wildlife #ozinverts #WildOz #nature #close-up

Insanely green forest The dense rainforest at Robertson Nature Reserve once covered 2500ha of the red basalt soil area around Robertson in New South Wales, Australia. Today, only about 500ha of fragmented patches survive. #naturephotography #trees #forests #rainforest

Fog on the Illawarra Escarpment (New South Wales, Australia) #landscape #Australianphotography #trees #forests #nature #fog

A female Satin Bowerbird with Mountain Devil flowers photographed in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia' #Australianphotography #naturephotography #birds #bowerbirds #flowers

Helensburgh Glowworm tunnel Glowworms are bioluminescent bugs. They emit blue-green light in order to attract small insects, which become entangled in webs the glowworms spin. Here they grow in an abandoned railway tunnel. New South Wales, Australia #scape #Australianphotography #nature