Two Kookaburras in the front yard

A leech in the backyard

The same leech, walking

Golden silk orb-weaver (genus: Nephila)

The same spider, against the sky.

Phonognatha graeffei or leaf-curling spider.

I think this is a Channel-billed Cuckoo. The smaller birds were really upset by it and kept trying to dive-domb it.

Field Cricket. One of the many things you don't want in your shoe.

A Leech with ants. Yuck.

An orb weaver that had an 8ft high web in the front garden. I think it's Eriophora transmarina.

Orb weaver on its web

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo through the trees on a rainy day

Closer view of a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo in next door's garden.

Male King Parrot seen in the back garden in January.

An Indian Peahen found wandering around the roof in January!

Carpet python in Queensland, Christmas 2007

Eastern Blue-tongued Lizard sunbathing in the front garden. Refused to stick its tongue out for the photos though.

A Cicada shell

I was trying to look at a tiny skink and nearly didn't even notice this. I'm not sure if it's a stick insect or a praying mantis.

A skink

Skink from the top. I see this on the back steps whenever it's sunny.

Kookaburra in the back yard

I think this is a wolf spider. It's eating a cockroach.

Wallaby

2 spiders - huntsman and wolf spider