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24.01.2022 Just a little imagination away

24.01.2022 A well defined space, tranquility that leaves you wanting more

23.01.2022 Having a bad hair day. Full screen detail is well worth the look. Black Cockatoosday. This might only be of interest to red tail fans however. :)... You are welcome to share. But the photo is not to be used in any other way with out the consent of the photographer. Red tail Black Cockatoo (Female). Calyptorhynchus banksii Far North Queensland Australia. #wildlifephotography #nature #bird #birdphotography #parrot #Cockatoo #Redtailblackcockatoo #Calyptorhynchusbanksii #Australianbirds #travelphotography #birdsinbackyards #Cairns #ABCQueensland #Australia #Explorequeensland #BirdLifeAustralia #BirdsinbackyardsAustralia #ABCAustralia

22.01.2022 Bee sensible, bee safe, aware

20.01.2022 Is it a.... is the fun part of garden design. Creating something more than it is.

20.01.2022 After the fires amongst the red rutile soil

20.01.2022 Reap what you sow

20.01.2022 We share planet A...

19.01.2022 I wonder what political time lapse would look like?

19.01.2022 The effort and the sweet reward

19.01.2022 Accurate fishing

17.01.2022 There’s room for us all if we are mindful

15.01.2022 Art In nature nature’s art

15.01.2022 Enjoy your Easter beak

14.01.2022 Just when you thought you had the idea for your garden pergola sorted

13.01.2022 Good morning from a wonderful mimic

12.01.2022 Being determined has it’s rewards

09.01.2022 Something special for the backyard

09.01.2022 Is this not the "Devil take the hindmost"

08.01.2022 Get your painting kits out guys

07.01.2022 Some ideas are like lightening

05.01.2022 Things are afoot

05.01.2022 A little transparency goes a long way

03.01.2022 Interesting read on Australian Snakes... DO NOT try to catch, kill or identify the snake!!! This is important. In hospital we NO LONGER NEED to know the type of... snake; it doesn’t change treatment. 5 years ago we would do a test on the bite, blood or urine to identify the snake so the correct anti venom can be used. BUT NOW... we don’t do this. Our new Antivenom neutralises the venoms of all the 5 listed snake genus, so it doesn’t matter what snake bit the patient. Read that again- one injection for all snakes! Polyvalent is our one shot wonder, stocked in all hospitals, so most hospitals no longer stock specific Antivenins. 3000 bites are reported annually. 300-500 hospitalisations 2-3 deaths annually. Average time to death is 12 hours. The urban myth that you are bitten in the yard and die before you can walk from your chook pen back to the house is a load of rubbish. While not new, the management of snake bite (like a flood/fire evacuation plan or CPR) should be refreshed each season. Let’s start with a Basic overview. There are five genus of snakes that will harm us (seriously) Browns, Blacks, Adders, Tigers and Taipans. All snake venom is made up of huge proteins (like egg white). When bitten, a snake injects some venom into the meat of your limb (NOT into your blood). This venom can not be absorbed into the blood stream from the bite site. It travels in a fluid transport system in your body called the lymphatic system (not the blood stream). Now this fluid (lymph) is moved differently to blood. Your heart pumps blood around, so even when you are lying dead still, your blood still circulates around the body. Lymph fluid is different. It moves around with physical muscle movement like bending your arm, bending knees, wriggling fingers and toes, walking/exercise etc. Now here is the thing. Lymph fluid becomes blood after these lymph vessels converge to form one of two large vessels (lymphatic trunks)which are connected to veins at the base of the neck. Back to the snake bite site. When bitten, the venom has been injected into this lymph fluid (which makes up the bulk of the water in your tissues). The only way that the venom can get into your blood stream is to be moved from the bite site in the lymphatic vessels. The only way to do this is to physically move the limbs that were bitten. Stay still!!! Venom can’t move if the victim doesn’t move. Stay still!! Remember people are not bitten into their blood stream. In the 1980s a technique called Pressure immobilisation bandaging was developed to further retard venom movement. It completely stops venom /lymph transport toward the blood stream. A firm roll bandage is applied directly over the bite site (don’t wash the area). Technique: Three steps: keep them still Step 1 Apply a bandage over the bite site, to an area about 10cm above and below the bite. Step 2: Then using another elastic roller bandage, apply a firm wrap from Fingers/toes all the way to the armpit/groin. The bandage needs to be firm, but not so tight that it causes fingers or toes to turn purple or white. About the tension of a sprain bandage. Step 3: Splint the limb so the patient can’t walk or bend the limb. Do nots: Do not cut, incise or suck the venom. Do not EVER use a tourniquet Don’t remove the shirt or pants - just bandage over the top of clothing. Remember movement (like wriggling out of a shirt or pants) causes venom movement. Australian snakes tend to have 3 main effects in differing degrees. Bleeding - internally and bruising. Muscles paralysed causing difficulty talking, moving & breathing. Pain In some snakes severe muscle pain in the limb, and days later the bite site can break down forming a nasty wound. Allergy to snakes is rarer than winning lotto twice. Final tips: not all bitten people are envenomated and only those starting to show symptoms above are given antivenom. Photograph by Angus Emmott

02.01.2022 Keep our wildlife comfortable

01.01.2022 What is the value of a Tree?