My books are available from the following wonderful outlets that have supported Reptiles in Focus in alphabetical order: Annie’s Books – Peregian Beach Barung Landcare – Maleny Biodiverse Environmental – Eudlo Florabunda Landcare Nursery – Woombye Forest Heart Nursery – Maleny Mary Cairncross Reserve – Maleny Mooloolah River Waterwatch and Landcare – Glenview Noosa and […]
Reptiles of Mary Cairncross Reserve, a walk in the rainforest.
The first day of 2019 seemed as good a day as any for a walk in the rainforest at Mary Caincross Reserve Maleny looking for and photographing some of the reptile inhabitants of the park. A reasonably early start gave me the opportunity to walk the trails alone for an hour or so which was […]
Spotlighting for reptiles and frogs in the Sunshine Coast hinterland
November has been pretty hot and dry here in the Sunshine Coast Region with one notable exception, that being a short lived but destructive storm which swept through the hinterland around the middle of the month creating the perfect conditions for some of our frogs to make their way from the treetops to the ground […]
Finding and photographing reptiles and frogs in Lamington National Park
Lamington National Park – Bushwalking, nature and wildlife, particularly reptile and frog photography in the magnificent border ranges of south east Queensland’s picturesque scenic rim district and northern New South Wales. Spring has come and almost gone again here in south east Queensland and to say that the weather has been different would be a […]
The Focus of Reptiles In Focus
The aim or mission if you like is: To promote nature, reptiles and amphibians in particular as an integral aspect of the whole (the big picture if you like), and of us (we are just a small part of the picture but we think we own it), that deserve our admiration and respect. I realise that […]
Eastern Bearded Dragon
All images © Copyright 2016 — Mike Donovan The Eastern Bearded Dragon is possibly one of Eastern Australia’s most recognisable reptiles. Unlike the Frilled Lizard which people from all over the world associate with Australia, the Eastern Bearded Dragon is a regular resident in some of the most densely populated areas on the Eastern Seaboard giving them […]
Shingleback
All images © Copyright 2016 — Mike Donovan. The Shingleback is an iconic Australian lizard, found over much of Southern and Western Queensland, most of N.S.W as well as Western Victoria, South Australia and Southern Western Australia. Though strictly not found within the South East Queensland region, they do come very close having been reported from near Dalby in the past. […]
Giant Barred Frog
All images © Copyright 2016 — Mike Donovan Wow, the eye is just magnificent don’t you think? I remember finding my very first Giant Barred Frog after a cracker of a storm which flooded my driveway to the point of being impassable. When the water levels dropped there he was sitting smack bang in the […]
Eastern Brown Snake
All images © Copyright 2013 — Mike Donovan. These guys can and do instill feelings of fear and loathing into the average Australian. Photographs like this probably don’t help but you need to be aware of the circumstances behind the shots. This fella has been faced with a couple of massive (me and my mate […]
Carpet Python
All images © Copyright 2016 — Mike Donavan. A stunning example of a South East Queensland Carpet Python. The variation in both colours and patterns among the Carpet Pythons is staggering. This little fella is one of the nicest examples of the fifty or so wild Carpets that I have been privileged enough to photograph in the past […]
Green Turtle
All images © Copyright 2016 — Mike Donovan I am nowhere near as comfortable under the water as I am on dry land but a few years ago my wife and I spent a weekend up at 1770 and did the tourist thing out to Lady Musgrave Island. Not too many reptiles down there but […]
A Sample of one of my forthcoming books
REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND BY MIKE DONOVAN The book will be available in hardback B5 JIS format, professionally printed and bound or as an E Book. We are also hoping to also supply it as an interactive computer programme including features such as a frog call button to enable identification of frogs by […]