Black grasswren (Amytornis housei) [Dalal] @ WA, Mitchell Plateau, Mitchell falls track

Purple-crowned fairywren (Malurus coronatus) @ WA, Drysdale river, Miner's pool

White-quilled rock-pigeon (Petrophassa albipennis) @ WA, Kununurra, Mirima NP

Chestnut-quilled rock-pigeon (Petrophassa rufipennis) @ NT, Kakadu NP, Bardejiliji walking track

Sandstone shrike-thrush (Colluricincla woodwardi) @ WA, Kununurra, Mirima NP

Kimberley honeyeater (Territornis fordiana) @ WA, Mitchell Plateau, Little Merten Fall

Scaly-tailed possum (Wyulda squamicaudata), feeding on Padanus fruits at the edge of the rainforest thicket @ WA, Mitchell Plateau, Mitchell falls track

Rock ringtail possum (Petropseudes dahli) @ NT, Umbrawarra Gorge

Savanna glider (Petaurus ariel) @ WA, Mitchell Plateau, near Little Merten Fall

Monjon (Petrogale burbidgei), the smallest and cutest rock wallaby @ WA, Mitchell Plateau, Little Merten Fall

Eastern short-eared rock-wallaby (Petrogale wilkinsi) @ NT, Kakadu NP

Golden bandicoot (Isoodon auratus) @ WA, Mitchell Plateau, Mitchell falls track

Kimberley rock rat (Zyzomys woodwardi) @ WA, Mitchell Plateau, near Little Merten Fall

Rough-scaled python (Morelia carinata) @ WA, Mitchell Plateau, Little Merten Fall

Olive python (Liasis olivaceus) @ NT, Umbrawarra Gorge

Jewelled velvet gecko (Oedura gemmata), part of the O. marmorata/gemmata species complex @ NT, Kakadu NP

Rock pie-dish beetle (Tenebrionidae, Pterohelaeus latus) @ NT, Victoria river

Black grasswren (Amytornis housei) [Dalal] @ WA, Mitchell Plateau, Mitchell falls track

Purple-crowned fairywren (Malurus coronatus) @ WA, Drysdale river, Miner's pool

Purple-backed fairywren, male (Malurus assimilis rogersi) @ WA, Mitchell plateau, River view trail

Purple-backed fairywren, female (Malurus assimilis rogersi) @ WA, Mitchell plateau, River view trail

Sandstone fairywren, female (Malurus assimilis dulcis) @ NT, Kakadu NP, Gunlom, Upper pool

White-quilled rock pigeon (Petrophassa albipennis) @ WA, Mitchell Plateau, River view trail

White-quilled rock-pigeon (Petrophassa albipennis) @ WA, Kununurra, Mirima NP

Chestnut-quilled rock-pigeon (Petrophassa rufipennis) @ NT, Kakadu NP, Bardejiliji walking track

Partridge pigeon (Geophaps smithii blaauwi), well-camouflaged birds for the best oz campground toilet @ WA, Mitchell Plateau, near campground toilet

Sandstone shrike-thrush (Colluricincla woodwardi) @ NT, Judbarra/Greogory NP, Escarpment Walk

Bar-breasted honeyeater (Ramsayornis fasciatus) @ WA, Mitchell Plateau, Mitchell falls track

Grey-fronted honeyeater (Ptilotula plumula) @ WA, Timber Creek, Nackeroo lookout

Yellow-tinted honeyeater (Ptilotula flavescens) @ NT, Timber Creek

Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae) @ NT, Katherine

Crimson finch (Neochmia phaeton) @ NT, Katherine, Edith Fall

Crimson finch (Neochmia phaeton) @ WA, Kununurra

Long-tailed finch (Poephila acuticauda) @ NT, Kakadu NP, Mamukala walking track

Masked finch (Poephila personata) @ NT, Katherine, Edith Fall

Long-tailed and Masked finch @ NT, Katherine, Edith Falls

Star finch (Neochmia ruficauda) @ WA, Kununurra

Double-barred finch (Taeniopygia bichenovii) @ WA, Kununurra

Chestnut-breasted mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax) @ NT, Darwin

Finch party: Yellow-rumped munia, Chestnut-breasted munia, and juvenile Star finch @ NT, Timber Creek

Finch tree: Gouldian finch, Masked finch, Long-tailed finch, and Star finch @ NT, Victoria river region, Buchanan hwy

Rainbow pitta (Pitta iris) @ NT, Kakadu NP, Gunlom

Rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus) @ WA, Mitchell Plateau, Mitchell falls track

Leaden flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula), male @ WA, Mitchell Plateau, Mitchell falls track

Paperbark flycatcher (Myiagra nana) @ WA, Mitchell Plateau, Mitchell falls track

Shining flycatcher (Myiagra alecto), female @ NT, Kakadu NP, Gunlom

Black kite (Milvus migrans) @ NT, Kakadu NP, Gunlom

Brown goshawk (Tachyspiza fasciata) @ WA, Mitchell Plateau, Little Merten Fall

Black-breasted buzzard (Hamirostra melanosternon) @ WA, Bell Gorge

Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus) @ NT, Darwin, Lee Point

White-bellied sea-eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) @ NT, Kakadu NP, Yellow water cruise

Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata) @ NT, Darwin

Whistling kite (Haliastur sphenurus) @ NT, Kakadu NP, Kakadu hwy

Rufous owl (Ninox rufa) @ NT, Darwin Botanic Garden

Rufous owl (Ninox rufa), new fledgling @ NT, Darwin Botanic Garden

Buff-sided robin (Poecilodryas cerviniventris) @ WA, Kununurra, Ivanhoe Cafe

Hooded parrot (Psephotus dissimilis) @ NT, Pine Creek, Lazy Lizard Tavern

Northern rosella (Platycercus venustus) @ WA, Purnululu NP, Walardi campground

Red-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) @ WA, Purnululu NP, Walardi campground

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) @ NT, Darwin, Lee Point

Red-collared Lorikeet (Trichoglossus rubritorquis) @ NT, Victoria river crossing

Black-necked stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) @ WA, Gibb river road at Cockburn Range

Australasian Darter's morning break (Anhinga novaehollandiae) @ NT, Darwin, Buffalo creek

Australasian Darter's challenge (Anhinga novaehollandiae) @ NT, Kakadu NP, Yellow Water cruise

Common emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica) @ NT, Darwin, Buffalo creek

Torresian imperial-pigeon (Ducula spilorrhoa) @ NT, Darwin, Botanic Garden

Comb-crested jacana (Irediparra gallinacea) @ NT, Kakadu NP, Yellow water cruise

Azure kingfisher (Ceyx azureus) @ NT, Kakadu NP, Yellow water cruise

Tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) @ NT, Kakadu NP, Bardedjilidji walking track

Great bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) @ NT, Pine Creek, Lazy lizard tavern

Grey-crowned babblers' 'business' (Pomatostomus temporalis) @ NT, Pine Creek

Eastern koel 'rainbird' (Eudynamys orientalis) @ NT, Pine Creek

Spangled drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus) @ NT, Darwin

Magpie Goose (Anseranas semipalmata), always three, sometimes two @ NT, Kakadu NP, Yellow Water cruise

Eastern short-eared rock-wallaby (Petrogale wilkinsi) @ NT, Kakadu NP

Western short-eared rock-wallaby (Petrogale brachyotis) @ WA, Mitchell Plateau, near Little Merten Fall

Western short-eared rock-wallaby (Petrogale brachyotis) @ WA, Bell Gorge

Sleepy Monjon (Petrogale burbidgei) @ WA, Mitchell Plateau, Little Merten Fall

Antilopine wallaroo (Osphranter antilopinus) @ WA, Mitchell Plateau, near Little Merten Fall

Antilopine wallaroo (Osphranter antilopinus) @ WA, Mitchell Plateau, River view trail

Kimberley rock rat (Zyzomys woodwardi) @ WA, Mitchell Plateau, near Little Merten Fall

Rough-scaled python (Morelia carinata) @ WA, Mitchell Plateau, Little Merten Fall

Rough-scaled python (Morelia carinata), showing ridged scales @ WA, Mitchell Plateau, Little Merten Fall

Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) @ NT, Kakadu NP

Merten's water monitor (Varanus mertensi) @ WA, Mitchell Plateau, Merten billabong

Jewelled velvet gecko (Oedura gemmata) @ NT, Kakadu NP

Gracile velvet gecko (Oedura gracilis) @ WA, Mitchell Plateau, Mitchell falls track

Bynoe's gecko (Heteronotia binoei) @ NT, Kakadu NP

Gehyra sp. @ WA, Mitchell Plateau, Mitchell falls track

Gehyra sp. @ NT, Kakadu NP

Gehyra nana @ NT, Kakadu NP

Burton's legless lizard (Lialis burtonis) @ NT, Kakadu NP

Frilled-neck lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii), the best NT road sign 'We like our lizards frilled, not grilled' @ NT, road to Robin Falls

Swampland lashtail (Tropicagama temporalis) NT, Darwin Botanic Garden

Salty (Crocodylus porosus) @ NT, Kakadu NP, Yellow water cruise

Salty 'yawn' (Crocodylus porosus) @ NT, Kakadu NP, Yellow water cruise

Rock pie-dish beetle (Tenebrionidae, Pterohelaeus latus) @ NT, Victoria river

Tenebrionidae (Nyctozoilus sp.) @ WA, Kununurra

Tenebrionidae (Alleculinae, genus sp., terrestrial wingless) @ NT, Victoria river

Tenebrionidae (Seirotrana sp.) @ NT, Kakadu NP

Carabidae (Cicindellinae, genus sp.) doing the bee thing @ NT, Victoria river

Cerambycidae (Rhytiphora sp.) @ WA, Purnululu

Crab @ NT, Darwin, Mangrove broadwalk

Mitchell falls @ WA, Mitchell plateau

Mitchell river crossing @ WA, Mitchell plateau

Deep gorge at the Big Merten Fall @ WA, Mitchell plateau

Merten creek in the dry season @ WA, Mitchell plateau

Merten billabong @ WA, Mitchell plateau

Rocky escarpment at the Merten billabong @ WA, Mitchell plateau

Rock art at the Merten billabong @ WA, Mitchell plateau

Steep descent into the mesic gorge where pockets of monsoon rainforests persist @ WA, Mitchell plateau

Monsoon rainforest thicket @ WA, Mitchell plateau

Rainforest thicket @ WA, Mitchell plateau

Spinifex-capped rocky area, black grasswren habitat @ WA, Mitchell plateau

View of horizon from the Little Merten Fall @ WA, Mitchell plateau

Sunset at the Little Merten Fall @ WA, Mitchell plateau

Merten campground teemed with tourists in the dry season @ WA, Mitchell plateau

Merten creek bath @ WA, Mitchell plateau

Sunrise at 5:58am @ WA, Mitchell plateau

King Edward river crossing @ WA, Mitchell plateau

Corrugated Port Warrender road meandering through lush Livistona palm forests, understatement is to say that 'The road is really not in a good condition' @ WA, Mitchell plateau

Drysdale river crossing @ WA, Kimberley

Gibb river road, good for 'butt massage', bad for tyres @ WA, Gibb River road

Sunrise at Miners' pool, Drysdale river @ WA, Kimberley

Padanus and paperbark lined riparian habitat @ WA, Drysdale river

Drysdale river @ WA, Kimberley

Padanus-lined riverine habitat of Purple-crowned fairywren @ WA, Drysdale river

Tropical savannah @ WA, Bell gorge

Banded beehive domes at sunset @ WA, Purnululu NP (Bungle Bungle)

Banded beehive domes close-up @ WA, Purnululu NP (Bungle Bungle)

Elephant rock @ WA, Purnululu NP (Bungle Bungle)

Echidna's chasm @ WA, Purnululu

Yellow Kapok (Cochlospermum fraseri) @ WA, Purnululu

Magnificent palm trees rising from rocky crevices and narrow gorges @ WA, Purnululu NP (Bungle Bungle), Echidna chasm

@ WA, Purnululu NP (Bungle Bungle)

Banded sandstone @ WA, Purnululu NP (Bungle Bungle)

Tropical savannah with Cockburn range in the backdrop @ WA, Gibb River road

Black-necked stork at Cockburn range @ WA, Gibb River road

Cockburn range @ WA, Gibb River road

Gibb River road @ WA, Kimberley

Sunset at Weeber plain, finch country @ WA, Kununurra

Sunrise at the Red lilly lagoon @ WA, Kununurra

Sanstone at the Mirima NP @ WA, Kununurra

Majestic boab tree @ WA, Kununurra

Boab fruit @ WA, Kununurra

Boab tree @ WA, Kununurra, Mirima NP

Early morning at the Mirima NP, with Sandstone shrike-thrush singing in the valley @ WA, Kununurra

Spinifex capped sandstones at Mirima NP @ WA, Kununurra

Rock formation at Mirima NP @ WA, Kununurra

Boab against the background of sandstone escarpment @ NT, Keep river NP

Sandstone gorge @ NT, Keep river NP

Sandstone gorge, White-quiled rock pigeon habitat @ NT, Keep river NP

Sandstone gorge at sunset @ NT, Keep river NP

Boab tree, the sentinel of tropical savannah @ NT, Timber creek

Red-flowered Kurrajong (Brachychiton paradoxus) @ WA, Timber creek

Controlled burn @ NT, Timber creek

Storm gathering when the news arrived that Geoff Monteith passed away, 2024trip @ NT, Victoria Highway to Timber Creek

Storm gathering @ NT, Victoria river region, Buchanan Hwy

Escarpment hike, fantastic view over the Victoria river @ NT, Victoria river region

Escarpment hike, farewell to Charley Hesse @ NT, Victoria river region

Water pools formed after the brief rain providing essential meeting places for finches @ NT, Victoria river region, Buchanan Hwy

Victoria river crossing @ NT, Victoria Highway

Gunlom campground @ NT, Kakadu NP, Gunlom

View of Southern Kakadu from the Gunlom lookout @ NT, Kakadu NP, Gunlom

Gunlom Fall @ NT, Kakadu NP, Gunlom

Gunlom lookout, upper pool @ NT, Kakadu NP, Gunlom

Padanus idyllic scene, Yellow water cruise @ NT, Kakadu NP

Yellow water billabong embraced by Melaleuca forests @ NT, Kakadu NP

Water lilly @ NT, Kakadu NP, Yellow Water cruise

Padanus fruit @ NT, Kakadu NP

Buffalo grave and scavengers @ NT, Kakadu NP, Yellow Water cruise

Buffalos and cattle egrets @ NT, Kakadu NP, Yellow Water cruise

Ubirr rock art, nature's menu @ NT, Kakadu NP

Rock art @ NT, Kakadu NP

Nourlangie, magnificent rock formation @ NT, Kakadu NP

Nourlangie, view over the green expanse @ NT, Kakadu NP

Nourlangie @ NT, Kakadu NP

Bardedjilidji @ NT, Kakadu NP

Bardedjilidji, Chestnut-quilled rock pigeon habitat @ NT, Kakadu NP

Bardedjilidji @ NT, Kakadu NP

Padanus the wizard hairdo @ NT, Kakadu NP

The fisherman and black-necked stork @ NT, Darwin, Lee Point, Buffalo creek

Light falling into the fig-encrusted rocky tunnel @ NT, Kakadu NP, Bardedjiliji

Sunrise at Darwin @ NT, Darwin, Lee Point, Buffalo creek

Sunset at Darwin @ NT, Darwin, Lee Point, Buffalo creek