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Kingfisher Rescue This Sacred Kingfisher was being bullied by a group of Noisy Miners on our front deck. She eagerly hopped onto my hand as I went out to inspect the commotion. I took her inside for a few minutes to settle down and then released her out the other side of the house.

Open All Hours Went to NZ to spend Christmas with family. On a detour around the Coromandel Peninsula we came across this obliging outhouse.

Morning Magic The rising sun sheds surreal light on Gold Coast early morning surfers.

Birds A ladybird with, I presume, a manbird?

Halong Bay An overnight cruise on Vietnam's Halong Bay is a highlight of a Vietnam holiday. The scenery is spectacular and the misty mornings are like being on another planet.

How'd he do that? I don't know but stay away from me!

Feeding time in the Savannah We had a wonderful couple of days staying at the Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo. Within metres of our front deck the giraffes were feeding.

Spangled Drongo The Spangled Drongo from Indonesia visits Queensland over the warm summer months. They are very agile, great mimics and quite plucky. Here a Spangled Drongo displays all its flight controls as it catches some mince I threw from my back yard.

The Look The Little Pied Cormorant is not known for having a smiling face. And on this occasion photographed just yesterday, the little fellow had climbed out of the river, sodden, and as cormorants do, he needed to hang his wings out to dry. But the Magpie Goose was on the rock also - but...

Altercation. A pied currawong and a rainbow lorikeet have a discussion regarding who can sit on the fence.

Standoff No, not the standoff it appears to be! In Sri Lanka the cattle egret is as comfortable around the elephants as it is around the cattle here in Australia. Always on the lookout for grubs exposed by the elephants' foraging.

Lyrebird I came across this fellow in the hinterland of the Gold Coast. This is the Albert's Lyrebird - one of two species in Australia. Known for its wide mimicry vocabulary which can extend from the calls of other birds and bush noises, through to human-produced sounds such as chainsaws and...

Hybrid Rosella Uncommon, but easy to spot is this Hybrid Rosella which is a cross between the Pale-Headed Rosella and the Eastern Rosella. This fellow visited me this morning, calling his mate, but she was taking no notice at the time.

Itchy and Scratchy Our cats, Itchy and Scratchy are brother and sister. Named after Bart Simpson's favourite cartoon, their names sound unfair, but I assure you, they'd have it no other way!

Crack Rescue My son (who is now policeman!) has a startling wardrobe malfunction, just as help appears on the scene.

Lick and Spit A Rainbow Lorikeet makes adjustments to its tail feathers.

Little Cutey Mum agreed to this photo. How cute is her little one!? They travel to the market on the Mekong river in Cambodia. The Mekong provides their housing, food supply and social life, with most people seldom leaving their floating existence.

Walking to Paradise This lady appears to be taking the short-cut to Surfer's Paradise.

Cheeky Monkey A monkey family group in Sri Lanka, with a cheeky child about to find out what happens when you pull Mum's tail!

Nature's Beauty On a private farm on the country road between NZ's Tauranga and Rotorua is this beautifully manicured lake and surrounds. Look carefully and you can see cattle in the background. An absolute credit to its owner.