Tranquility

A short drive from home there is a walk through the rainforest, which runs alongside a creek and finishes up at a beautiful waterfall called Tranquility. Its such a nice little part of the world, with some great wildlife. Here's a couple of pics from my last visit.

Frilled Neck Lizards

This has to be my favourite of all the reptiles.The Frilled Neck Lizard is quite a large lizard and can be spotted with a little patience and a good eye, hanging out on the tree trunks in the tropical savannah in Far North Queensland.

When frightened this lizard spreads out the frill on its neck and opens its mouth to try and scare off predators. It really is quite a display. One of the many reasons I love these dragons so much.

This one we spotted on one of our exploration drives around the area and he is very handsome.

Boyds Forest Dragon

I was lucky enough to go on tour with my hubby the other day. He works as a Tour Guide for a local company and takes visitors from all over the world and introduces them to the fabulous rainforest, wildlife, beaches and history that the area we live in has to offer.

Whilst on tour we spotted this fabulous Boyds Rainforest Dragon, who was a little annoyed at our presence so presented us his dewlap (the loose fold of skin under his chin ) to make his annoyance known.

We didn't bother him for long, but I did manage to get a couple of nice pics.

Snake Skin

This is one of the first skins our snake 'Babylon' shed. I waited by her terrarium for hours so I could see her  do it and it was quite amazing.  Nearly as amazing as watching her feed!

Green Tree Snake

The Common Green Tree snake is a reptile that I was lead to believe (as it's name suggests) to be something that I would stumble across almost on a daily basis. HA! Not likely! In my world the Green Tree Snake is something quite illusive. No matter how hard I have searched...nothing! In fact I  lived in Aussie for more than 2 years before I finally set eyes on one of these beautiful snakes and boy am I glad I did, they are gorgeous.

Although I hasten to add...I never seen another one since (though not due to lack of looking!!!) Common? Not in my neck of the woods!

Dragons

How about this lovely fellow then? He is a Heath Dragon and actually only about 150mm in length (so pretty hard to spot) but we were lucky enough to find a few of them scuttling around in the bush the other week when we went on one of our trips. Quite handsome isn't he?

Brown Tree Snake

There was much excitement in our household the other night when we found this gorgeous fellow hunting on our pool fence. It is a juvenile Brown Tree Snake, also known as a Night Tiger. 

Pythons

While we are on the subject of reptiles, I should post some snake pics before my partner starts protesting (look away now mum!). This beautiful fellow is a Carpet Python.

Dragons

Now, how about this for a very handsome fellow? Introducing the Boyds Forest Dragon. Only found in Far North Queensland and only if you have very sharp eyes!