The Thorny Devil (Moloch horridus) is an intimidating looking Australian lizard.
Don’t worry … this dangerous look is only a disguise, this animal is very harmless (unless you are an ant).
The Thorny Devil inhabits the arid scrubs and deserts of Central Australia and early morning is the best time to come across them, when they are warming themselves in the sun on the road.
The fellow below we met on our trip over the Gunbarrel Highway in 2004.
Please, click here or on the photo to see more photos of this location)
Categories: Australia · Outback · Photos · Travel
Tagged: 2004, Animal, Animals, Australia, Bush, Dirt road, Gunbarrel Highway, Moloch Horridus, Natural, Nature, Outback, Remote, Reptile, Reptiles, Thorny Devil, WA, Western Australia, Wilderness
The Australian Pelican (Pelecanus Conspiccilatus) is a large water bird. It can be found in Australia, wherever there is water with fish in it. For instance, if there’s water in Lake Eyre, in Outback South Australia, they will somehow know it, and be there. Naturally, they’re quite common at the seaside as well.
The Australian Pelican is usually white, with some black in its wings. The eyes are yellow, and its bill is enormous. It always looks to me as if the bill is a little bit over-sized compared to the rest of the body. But it sure makes them look very special.
(Please, click here or on the photo to see more photos of this location)
This particular one was sitting on a branch over the Paroo river, at the Corni Paroo Waterhole, in Western Queensland, close to the border of New South Wales.
Categories: Australia · Corni Paroo · Gum Tree · Outback · Photos · Travel
Tagged: 2005, Animal, Animals, Australia, Australian Pelican, Bird, Birds, Corni Paroo Waterhole, Currawinya National Park, Currawinya NP, Landscape, Natural, Nature, Nobody, Outback, Pelecanus Conspiccilatus, QLD, Queensland, Remote, Scenic, Uninhabited, Wild life, Wilderness, Wildlife
