Gold Autumn, Germany, October/November 2015

The Moreton Island, Australia, 2015

Bottlenose dolphin

For the first time I was watching wild bottlenose dolphins Emotikon smile, which was one of the most exciting moments in my life! Emotikon wink The dolphins visit Tangalooma in the evenings. At the Moreton Bay there are approximately 600 dolphins.

Wedding bush (Ricinocarpos pinifolius)

During bushwalk at the Moreton Island I found a plant called Wedding bush (family Euphorbiaceae). It grows on sandy soils and flowers from June until November. Wedding bush can be found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. It is mainly coastal.

Sunshine Coast, Australia, 2015

Swift-footed crab

That was so cute and lovely purple swift-footed crab Emotikon wink I was lucky to have a possibility to observe him when he was eating algae! Emotikon smile He was so shy and I had to be very careful while photographing him.

Australia 2015

Koalas are very cute animals that belong to Marsupials (koalas are not bears!!!), and are native to eastern and southeastern Australia. Koalas eat eucalyptus leaves and the leaves of gum trees. Koalas love sleeping ;) They sleep ~20-22h per day; this is associated with low-calorie food and the fact that eucalyptus contains toxins that koalas are neutralizing (they have very long caecum). Some other animals that sleep long are e.g. brown bat (~20 h/day), three-toed sloth (15 – 20h/d), North American opossum (~18h/d), and python (~18h/d). In stark contrast, giraffes sleep only ~2h per day!!! 

Koala

Golden Wallaby

Lizard 

St Andrew´s Cross Spider 

Wallabies fighting

Gold Coast, Australia, 2015

Rainbow lorikeet

Brisbane, Australia, 2015

Bottlebrush

White Grevillea banksii

Eibsee, Germany, 2015