Chris Anderson
Dr. House of Chameleons
Hey everyone,
Haven't been around much lately due to an extended trip to Australia, as many of you know. The trip was incredible and I know a number of you asked to see a couple pictures so I figured I'd post some with some more relevant cham updates.
The trip was a vacation of sorts with aspects of scientific research (botanical and ornithological) worked into the itinerary. I was visiting and traveling with a famous ornithological artist and his wife, a well known australian botanist. We started the 6 week trip at their home on the Atherton Tableland South of Cairns at the base of the Cape York Peninsula. They have 200 acres of wet rainforest that backs up to national heritage property-quite a beautiful area. From there, we drove across to Kakadu National Park on the northern coast of the Northern Territory, then across to The Kimberley in Western Australia, down to the Simpson Desert south of Alice Springs and then back up to their home before flying back. With our two 4wd vehicles, we traveled over 13,000kms (per car) over a wide range of roads and got to see some of the most extreme habitats around. Of course, we saw a ton of animal life as well including a number of gecko, varanid, skink, python and elapid species. Anyway, here are a few pics for you guys to have a look at (I took 1500 pics total on the trip):
Queensland rainforest:
V. panoptes:
Strophrurus c. ciliaris:
Boiga irregularis:
Kakadu National Park:
Me photographing a Merten's Monitor:
Galah:
Aboriginal Rock Art:
Me driving trough a puddle:
Me trying to catch a rock monitor in the Kimberley:
Spinifex Pigeon:
Centralian Blue Tongue:
Perentie:
Haven't been around much lately due to an extended trip to Australia, as many of you know. The trip was incredible and I know a number of you asked to see a couple pictures so I figured I'd post some with some more relevant cham updates.
The trip was a vacation of sorts with aspects of scientific research (botanical and ornithological) worked into the itinerary. I was visiting and traveling with a famous ornithological artist and his wife, a well known australian botanist. We started the 6 week trip at their home on the Atherton Tableland South of Cairns at the base of the Cape York Peninsula. They have 200 acres of wet rainforest that backs up to national heritage property-quite a beautiful area. From there, we drove across to Kakadu National Park on the northern coast of the Northern Territory, then across to The Kimberley in Western Australia, down to the Simpson Desert south of Alice Springs and then back up to their home before flying back. With our two 4wd vehicles, we traveled over 13,000kms (per car) over a wide range of roads and got to see some of the most extreme habitats around. Of course, we saw a ton of animal life as well including a number of gecko, varanid, skink, python and elapid species. Anyway, here are a few pics for you guys to have a look at (I took 1500 pics total on the trip):
Queensland rainforest:
V. panoptes:
Strophrurus c. ciliaris:
Boiga irregularis:
Kakadu National Park:
Me photographing a Merten's Monitor:
Galah:
Aboriginal Rock Art:
Me driving trough a puddle:
Me trying to catch a rock monitor in the Kimberley:
Spinifex Pigeon:
Centralian Blue Tongue:
Perentie:
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