Flora

Sunshine breaks through dense rainforest to highlight the large green, glossy leaves of Cunjevoi plants.

Hardy Cunjevoi

This clump of Cunjevoi Alocasia brisbanensis was planted about two years ago, right next to Ekibin Creek. The plants have survived…

A fast flowing stream tumbles over submerged rocks. The banks are lined with thick rainforest vegetation with ferns at the waters edge and larger trees and shrubs further back. A patterned trunk of a tree frames the picture to the right.

Coombadjha Creek

Coombadjha Creek is located within the Washpool National Park, NSW. It is a beautiful and relatively remote place…

A medium-sized bird sits on a branch of a fig tree with a dense canopy of branches and leaves. Dappled sunshine lights up some foliage below the bird.

Figbird Feeding

This is a female Figbird I photographed on 30th May in the fruiting canopy of a large Small-leaved Fig (Ficus oblique). According to Wikipedia, these birds were once classified as a sub species of Sphecotheres viridis but now considered a distinct Australian species …

Giant fig trees grow next to a playground.

Fig Tree Systems

I’ve been visiting the area under these fig trees at Stones Corner for over 25 years. It started when my children played in the shaded playground …

A split image showing supporting cables of a bridge compared with the supporting roots of a large fig tree.

Feedback and pushback

Yesterday I crossed the river walking over [the Eleanor Schonell Bridge. On the news was a story of a bridge being swept away by floodwaters …