A bronze staue in Tasmania taken last year.

Tags:   Bronze Dog

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Western Silvereye. Zosterops lateralis. Also known as White-eye elsewhere. Common garden bird in Western Australia, here enjoying the flowers of Hakea 'Burrandong Beauty"

Tags:   Flowers pink Hakea bird green yellow white Eye-ring.

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Seen in open woodland and eucalypt forests, farms and gardens.
A beautiful bird and curiously shuffles wings whenever perching.Has a strong undulating flight.

Tags:   Grey black white Cuckoo-Shrike. Black faced

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Icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer, serving the National Science Foundation.
Launched1992
HomeportPunta Arenas, Patagonia
TypeResearch vessel
Tonnage6,174 GT
Length94 m (308 ft)
Beam18.3 m (60 ft)
Endurance65 days
Complement67
Crew22
Aircraft carriedhelicopter
The Nathaniel B. Palmer is an icebreaking research vessel (RVIB) owned by Offshore Service Vessels LLC, operated by Edison Chouest Offshore, Inc. and chartered by the United States National Science Foundation. The Nathaniel B. Palmer is tasked with extended scientific missions in the Antarctic.[2][3] The Nathaniel B. Palmer was purpose-built for and delivered to the NSF by Edison Chouest Offshore's North American Shipbuilding facility in 1992. The Nathaniel B. Palmer is able to support up to two helicopters, accommodates up to 45 science and technical personnel, has a crew of 22 and is capable of missions lasting up to 65 days. The vessel is named after merchant mariner and ship builder Nathaniel Brown Palmer, credited by some historians as the first American to see Antarctica.[2]

In February 2020, researchers aboard the vessel with the international Thwaites Glacier Offshore Research (THOR) project discovered Sif Island, located in Pine Island Bay of the Amundsen Sea, in Antarctica.[4][5]
Currently in the Port of Albany. Western Australia. Assumed re-fueling ?
The buildings in the distance with silver silos is the old whaling Station which was closed to whaling in 1978 and now a tourist attraction.

Tags:   Ship Icebreaker Arctic USA. Helicopter Nathaniel B Palmer

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Rufous Treecreeper. Climacteris rufus. Spends as much time on the ground as it does up in the trees looking for insects. Enjoys eucalypt woodland where they nest in tree hollows.

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