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The highlight of the Boat Harbour walking tour Monday was finding this beautiful clump of the native orchid Bulbophyllum argyropus #lordhoweisland #orchid #nativeflowers #walktour @lordhowe_tours.com.au
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A very unusual fungus on the Boat Harbour track today #lotdhoweisland #fungi #naturesjewels #fungus @lotdhowr-tours
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The lagoon at Lord Howe Island is still  warm enough for snorkeling without a wetsuit…. My favourite fish in todays snorkel Valentines Puffer #lordhoweisland #marine #tropicalfish #coralreef #pufferfish #naturesjewels #harlequin #visitnsw @lotdhowe-tours.com
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A highlight on Monday matte walk was to find a pair of the Lord Howe Island stag beetles… the male is in the foreground #lordhoweisland #beetle #stagbeetle #naturesjewels #macrophotography
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Sylph’s Hole in the lagoon Lord Howe Island #lordhoweisland #lagoon #marine #island #drone #mavicpro2 #visitnsw
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Low tide exploring today and a highlight was the tiny Bumblebee shrimp Gnathophyllum americanum #lordhoweisland #shrimp #rockpools #rockpoolexploring #marine #seashore #naturesjewels @lordhowe-tours.com.au
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These Red-tailed tropicbird chicks growing up are just too cute #lordhoweisland #seabirdchicks #tropicbirds #islandbirds #chicks #visitnsw
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March and the Bar-tailed godwits are taking on their rich colour breeding plumage before heading back to Arctic regions for breeding #lordhoweisland #godwits #birds #birdmigration #waders #shorebirds #visitnsw
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Recent wet weather brought a flush of fungus in the forest. The star attraction were those that glow green at night; but another favourite is this yellow Leucoprinus #lordhoweisland #fungus #rainforest #visitnsw #
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Clouds On the mountains always changing #lordhoweisland #clouds #island
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While searching for sea slugs, this tiny frog fish appeared in one of the rock pools #lordhoweisland #frogfish #fish #naturesjewels #marine #visitnsw
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We have so many crickets singing from the trees at night now that rats have been removed from the island #lordhoweisland #crickets #conservation #naturerecovery #visitnsw #islandconservation
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The 2022 Sea Slug Census has started … today the highlight was two Chelidonura hirundinina embraced in a delicate mating process #lordhoweisland #seaslugs #citizenscience #naturephotography #naturesjewels #marine #visitnsw
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My last post gecko image was cropped; here is the complete photo of LHI gecko #lordhoweisland #gecko #lizard #islandwildlife @lordhowr-tours.com.au
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Guess who is in the back yard . With rats gone, each night geckos are out on the palm fronds feeding #lordhoweisland #gecko #nightlife #lizards #visitnsw
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How accurate is your gps? In the shearwater colony for 3 hours each night and the birds drop through the 15 m palm canopy in the dark ….. One plopped down 2.1 metres from its burrow which it entered to feed its chick #lordhoweisland #seabirds #shearwaters #navigation #naturephotography
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Warming up for the upcoming Lord Howe Island Sea Slug Census on the week 26 February to 6th March; located these two cute Cyerce cf bourbonica #lordhoweisland #marine #seaslugs #naturesjewels #visitnsw @lordhowe-tours.com.au
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It is so wonderful to have these Sacred kingfishers breeding in the backyard #lordhoweisland #kingfisher #islandbirds #backyardnature #visitnsw @lordhowe-tours.com.au
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Big 2.3 metre tides pushing seawater up into Old Settlement Creek Avicennia  mangrove forest; #lordhoweisland #mangrove #hightide #marine #dronephotography @lordhowe-tours.com.au
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There is always something new to find in the seashore … this the first of this species of nudibranch I have seen. Thorunna halourga #lordhoweisland #nudibranch #seaslug #marine #natureohotography #naturesjewels #seashore #rockpooling #visitnsw
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On the regular afternoon snorkel today the highlight were two sheildhead slugs Chelidonura hirundinina and Mariahlaja tsurugensus #lordhoweisland #seaslugs #naturesjewels #marine @lordhowe-tours.com.au
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Nature recycles…. This Blenny using a heart urchin skeleton as a hideaway #lordhoweisland #naturephotography #blenny #lagoonfish #marine #snorkeling #visitnsw @lordhowe-tours.com.au
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The warm summer lagoon perfect fir swimming with the turtles at Old Settlement Beach #lordhoweisland #turtles #lagoon #snorkeling #marinelife #reeflife #biodiversity #visitnsw
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Day 1 walks in Snowy mountains around Charlottes Pass #mountains #mountainwalks #flowers #visitnsw
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Merry Christmas to everyone and hoping for a better 2022 for us all #lordhoweisland #island #islandchristmas #nativeplants #visitnsw
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Amazing coral extending outwards from the reef #lordhoweisland #coralreef #island #dronephotography #visitnsw
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This delightful little freshwater crab lives in the water soaks on Mt Gower summit #lordhoweisland #crab #mountainsummit #macro
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The most common insect on Mount Gower summit is this endemic flightless beetle; pairs together in perpetual mating activity, even as they feed #lordhoweisland #beetles #mountainlife #macrophotography
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The remarkable fruits off the endemic Island apple tree on my recent Mount Gower trip #lordhoweisland #endemicplants #islandflora #forest #mountainflora #naturephotography #visitnsw
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Last week spent a few days on Mount Gower assessing recovery since rodent eradication 2019. Wet cloudy days but the forest looked amazing #lordhoweisland #cloudforest #mountains #island #epiphyte #visitnsw
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A day for a nice wilderness walk #lordhoweisland #island #wilderness #wildwalk #mountains #visitnsw
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A polarising filter brings out the colours in the lagoon #lordhoweisland #lagoon #dronephotography #islands #aerialphotography #visitnsw
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Birdweek excursion to Malabar and fun watching this Australian kestrel hanging in mid air; from the colour easy to see why it was called the Nankeen kestrel #lordhoweisland #birdweek #birds #islandbirds #visitnsw
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Today is the start of Birdweek Lord Howe Island … a small group exploring the best birding spots #lordhoweisland #seabirds #birdphotography #birdweek #islandbirds #visitnsw
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Sooty tern chicks are hatching on the beaches #lordhoweisland #seabirds #chicks #visitnsw #birds #islandlife #naturephotography
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Amazing to watch this “blob of seaweed” unfold to reveal a feather star #lordhoweisland #reef #reeflife #marine #featherstar #visitnsw
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Always a delight to find this tiny nudibranch Aegires citrinus, as they live and feed on yellow sponge #lordhoweisland #nudibranch #seaslug #islandlife #reef #reeflife #naturesjewels #visitnsw
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The Sacred kingfishers are enjoying the spring breeding season #lordhoweisland #birds #kingfishers #nikon #nikonz6 #islandbirds #birdphotography #visitnsw
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Always good to fly home #lordhoweisland #visitnsw #easternairservices
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My favourite cafe, well worth a detour to is The Alternate Root at Uralla … eclectic atmosphere and great food #alternaterootcafe #uralla #greatcafe #visitnsw
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