A male superb parrot in the aviary at the Healesville Sanctuary.
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- ISO: 4000
Tag: Healesville Sanctuary
Boyd’s Forest Dragon – Healesville
Boyd’s Forest Dragons are tree-dwelling reptiles from the tropical rainforests of Queensland. This one seems quite happy in it’s box away from the cold, wet Victorian weather.
Let Sleeping Devils Lie
One of the Healesville Sanctuary’s Tasmanian Devils enjoys a nap in a rare spot of sunshine.
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- ISO: 3200
Tasmanian Devil
A Tasmanian Devil takes a break from it’s hectic mid-day nap schedule to stretch and yawn. Devils are the largest living carnivorous marsupial, a title they inherited on the extinction of the Thylacine, the Tasmanian Tiger, in 1936.
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- ISO: 2500
White-Headed Pigeon
A white-headed pigeon at the Healesville Sanctuary
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- ISO: 2000
Australian Pelican in the Rain
An Australian Pelican stands in the rain at the Healesville Sanctuary as we duck for cover.
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- ISO: 400
Bush Stone-Curlew
A mother bush stone-curlew sits on her clutch of eggs right next to the footpath in the Healesville Sanctuary.
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- ISO: 500
Parma Wallaby
The smallest of the wallaby family, the Parma Wallaby. This little relative of the kangaroo is nocturnal and lives in dense forest undergrowth. They are so elusive that they were long thought to be extinct until a colony was discovered on a New Zealand island as a pest. Then they were rediscovered in their native habitat!
- Aperture: ƒ/9
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- Exposure bias: -3/10EV
- Focal length: 120mm
- ISO: 3200
1 Shilling – Lyrebird
The Healesville Sanctuary’s mosaic replica of the 1932 1 shilling (1/-) Lyrebird stamp. These mosaics were created by artist Simon Normand
5½d – Emu
The replica 5½d Emu stamp from 1942 at the Healesville Sanctuary. The replica is a giant mosaic created by artist Simon Normand.
6s – Gippsland Water Dragon
Another giant stamp mosaic by Simon Normand at the Healesville Sanctuary, a 6/- Gippsland Water Dragon. This is another one that I haven’t been able to find a “real” version of.
9d – Kangaroo
The 9d Kangaroo stamp from 1960 replicated as a large scale mosaic by Simon Normand at the Healesville Sanctuary.