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Australia 2013
My wife and I headed over to Australia in mid October. We started out with a 2 week tour of Western Australia. The map below shows our course with different days in different colors. We started out in Perth and the first day was spent at Rottnest Island of the western coast. The next day, we headed inland to the Pilbara and Karijini NP with a stop in the Wheatbelt. We then made our way up to Sandfire Roadhouse and then back along the coastal highway to Karratha. We then headed south to Millstream and then west to Pannawonica. This was followed by some coastal fun in Exmouth and Coral Bay. We then headed south via Jurien Bay to Perth. Western Australia is amazing and I am excited to visit this area again in the future. We got to photograph so many amazing reptiles and other wildlife and the scenery was amazing.
WA trip map


Then we headed over to Brisbane area for the Scales and Tails Festival and a bit of herping on Mount Glorious. We got to spend time with some good friends and had a blast with them. It was an amazing trip and I can't wait to get back! Here are some pictures. Get Addicted!

Click on the images for a larger version. All photos Copyright Australian Addiction Reptiles.
quokka Aus Rotto shingleback Shingleback Beach
Rotto Island Quokkas
 Galah
 Rotto Island Tiliqua rugosa
 Such a cool lizard
 Rotto Beach
Kings Rotto Island Rotto Gecko rotto lighthouse Perth
Egernia kingii
 Rotto Lighthouse
 Christinus marmoratus
 Quokka with Rotto Lighthouse
 Old Perth Jail
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Parasuta gouldii, Perth
 Christinus marmoratus, Perth
 Tiliqua rugosa Ctenophorus ornatus
 Wheatbelt flower
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Cool centipede
 Wheatbelt Antaresia stimsoni
 This guy was defensive!
 Moloch horridus
 I was very excited to find these
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Such a cool species
 Look at those colors!
 Spiky farewell
 Varanus panoptes, Paynes Find
 On the run!
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Defensive posturing
 Heteronotia binoei, Paynes Find
 Pseudechis butleri, Paynes Find
 Brachyurophis semifasciatus
 Pygopus nigriceps
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Closer view
 Strophurus strophurus
 Ctenophorus scutulatus
 Diplodactylus pulcher
 Find the lizard
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Tympanocryptis cephalus, PF
 Hoggicosa bicolor, Paynes Find
 Rhynchoedura ornata
 Nephrurus vertebralis
 Regenerated tail
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Beautiful!
 Another vertebralis
 N. vertebralis, Paynes Find
 Ctenophorus nuchalis
 The Pilbara!
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Nephrurus wheeleri cinctus
 Clean up nicely for photos
 Strophurus jeanae
 Pseudechis australis eating a DOR Acannthophis wellsi
 Antaresia stimsoni stimsoni
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Closeup of the head
 This was a big stimsoni!
 Furina ornata
 Pilbara Aspidites melanocephalus
 Smaller Pilbara stimsoni
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Nice yellows!
 Wildflowers in Karijini
 Fortescue falls, Karijini
 Amazing Varanus hamersleyensis
 Was really hoping to find these!
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Egernia formosa
 Fern Pool, Karijini
 Ctenophorus caudicinctus caudicintus
 Cryptoblepharus ustulatus
 Litoria rubella
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Pseudechis australis, Weano Gorge
 Headed north on the Great Northern Highway
 Some very interesting boulders along the drive
 Beautiful scenery in the Pilbara!
 A wild woma, Aspidites ramsayi
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Closeup of that yellow head
 Wanker shot!
 Strophrurus ciliaris aberrans
 Diplodactylus conspicillatus
 A larger ciliaris
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Ctenotus grandis titan
 A stimsoni found near the Sandfire roadhouse
 Amphibolurus gilberti, Sandfire Roadhouse
 Brolgas in flight
 Ctenophorus nuchalis
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Juvenile nuchalis
 80 mile beach.
 Millstream Chichester awesomeness!
 Love the pilbara!
 More pilbarensis!
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So beautiful
 A nice Varanus tristis
 Amphibolurus longirostris
 An amazing Varanus pilbarensis
 Fun to watch them on the boulders. So agile!
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Toilet treefrogs
 Varanus panoptes rubidus
 Lialis burtonis
 Antaresia perthensis!
 Suta fasciata on the North West Coastal Highway
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We found several perthensis
 They were found on rocky habitat dominated by spinifex
 Reduced pattern perthensis
 Nice red juvenile Antaresia perthensis
 Head study of A. perthensis
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Beautiful juvenile specimen
 Nice red perthensis
 Convict fish, Ningaloo Reef
 Cool swarm of fish
 Idol
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Trigger fish
 Chelonia mydas
 Blue spotted ray
 Cool community
 Tawny nurse shark
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Brachyurophis approximans, rd between Exmouth and Coral Bay
 DOR Mulga
 Neelaps bimaculatus
 Pygopus nigriceps, a great mimic of juvenile brown snakes
 Lucasium squarrosum
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Lucasium stenodactylum
 Nephrurus levis occidentalis
 A very beautifully marked occidentalis
 Patternless yellow individual
 This one had a regenerated tail
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This guy is a scrapper!
 Another green sea turtle
 Grey Reef shark
 Manta ray
 Shingleback north of Jurien Bay
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The Pinnacles
 Namburg National Park
 Such cool scenery!
 Strophurus spinigerus spinigerus
 Morelia imbricata!
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Look at that head pattern!
 On to Queensland!
 Ramphotyphlops proximus on Mt. Glorious, QLD Look at the spine at the end of the tail Morelia spilota mcdowelli, Mt. Glorious locality
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Such a nice individual! Boiga irregularis Furina diadema


Species List:
Acanthophis wellsi (DOR)
Amphibolurus gilberti
Amphibolurus longirostris
Antaresia perthensis
Antaresia stimsoni stimsoni
Aspidites melanocephalus (DOR)
Aspidites ramsayi
Boiga irregularis
Brachyurophis approximans
Brachyurophis semifasciatus
Chelonia mydas
Christinus marmoratus
Cryptoblepharis ustulatus
Ctenophorus nuchalis
Ctenophorus ornatus
Ctenophorus scutulatus
Ctenotus fallens
Ctenotus grandis titan
Diplodactylus conspicillatus		 Diplodactylus pulcher
Echiopsus curta
Egernia kingii
Furina diadema
Furina ornata
Heteronotia binoei
Lialis burtonis
Litoria rubella
Lucasium squarrosum
Lucasium stenodactylum
Menetia greyii
Moloch horridus
Morelia imbricata
Morelia spilota mcdowelli
Neelaps bimaculatus
Nephrurus levis occidentalis
Nephrurus vertebralis
Nephrurus wheeleri cinctus
Parasuta gouldii		 Physignathus (Intellagama) lesueri
Pseudechis australis
Pseudechis butleri
Pygopus nigriceps
Ramphotyphlops proximus
Rhynchoedura ornata
Strophurus ciliaris aberrans
Strophurus jeanae
Strophurus spinigerus spinigerus
Strophurus strophurus
Suta fasciata
Tiliqua rugosa konowi
Tiliqua rugosa rugosa
Tympanocryptis cephalus
Varanus caudolineatus
Varanus panoptes rudibus
Varanus pilbarensis
Varanus tristis tristis