Cheryl

Cheryl

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Botanist with a special interest in marine plants 🪸 I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waters presented here and pay my respects to their Elders past and present.

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Cape Range’s subterranean streams harbour rare, endemic stygofauna, primarily the Blind Gudgeon Milyeringa veritas (growing up to 5 cm long) these critically protected, translucent fish lack eyes and pigmentation. Tantabiddi Boat ramp sinkhole, Cape Range National Park, Western Australia.

Chunky, spiny spider known as a Christmas spider (Austracantha minax) common in summer, and is endemic to Australia. This little jewel was spotted on my walk, Coogee, Western Australia 🕸️

Noongar white-tailed black cockatoos refer to Carnaby's cockatoos (Ngolyenok/Ngoolarks), an endangered species endemic to southwest Western Australia gathering at Coogee.

Djilba in full force 🌸 the Noongar season Djilba is represented by the colour pink as it symbolises growth of wildflowers in Western Australia, pink paper daisy 🌞

Dinosaur trackways laid down during the early cretaceous period; some 120 million years ago possibly those of theropods, three toed carnivorous dinosaurs that walked on two legs. Mind blowing - Gantheaume Point, Western Australia..

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