White Faced Heron
The White Faced Heron or Blue Crane is a very common species that may be seen singly, in pairs, or small groups on waterholes, swamps, and creeks.
The White Faced Heron or Blue Crane is a very common species that may be seen singly, in pairs, or small groups on waterholes, swamps, and creeks.
The ubiquitous Pelican is found all over Australia and Tasmania wherever a suitable habitat of estuaries, rivers, lakes and mud-flats occur.
The Pied Oyster Catcher or Eugaric bird may be seen singly, in pairs or sometimes in parties of several birds.
Cormorants or Shags are expert fisher birds and are used in oriental countries to catch fish for human consumption.
This species seen singly or in pairs, and is reasonably common over Long Reef. It has a slow, buoyant sort of flight as it soars.
The Eastern Australian current carries larvae south from the tropics and delivers tropical marine species to the cooler southern waters.
Octopuses, together with squid and cuttlefish are highly intelligent predatory molluscs, and one of the largest and most complex invertebrates.
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Abalone shells are characterised by their ear-like appearance.