Bilby....

Australia is a land of strange flora and fauna, yan ang unang napansin ko pagka-apak pa lang na pagka-apak ng mga paa ko dito.... Madami stuff toys nakasabit sa Duty Free he he.... And some of those are endangered like this cute and cuddly looking Bilby for example....

Hindi po bilbil iba naman yun hindi cute yun.... Bill-bee.... yun tamang pagbigkas nun....

Lam mo halatang nanood ka na naman ng documentary programs kanina Peng....

Para syang cross between Rabbit, Rat, and a Kangaroo ano nakakatuwa.... The bilby is a marsupial mammal which belongs to the bandicoot family and is about the size of a rabbit.

They have large ears, a silky light bluish-grey and white coat, and a long, black and white crested tail. Bilbies have a long pointed snout and a well-developed sense of smell to help them find food like makdo halimbawa....

Like all marsupials, the female bilbies have a pouch in which they carry their babies. Like the Australian koala, bilbies get most of their water from the food they eat.

The bilby populations are now isolated and scattered which means they are susceptible to ecological changes and are vulnerable to natural disasters such as disease and fire.

The bilbies in Queensland are now the most threatened and genetically distinct population in Australia, with only 600-700 specimens left in the wild.

Luckily salamat sa human interventions ang cute na Bilby po ay makikita pa ng mga future generations natin.... Example lang na civilized na tayo nung time ng mga Dinosaurs with all the moral and intellectual advancements etc., ano kayang klaseng mga interventions naman pwede nating gawin just to save them from extinction, hindi kaya tayo ang na-extinct at ginawang tsibog ng mga yun....?

Ano naman kaya kung sakali ang naging roles nila dito sa present time natin ngayon....? Hmmmm.... esep esep.... Alam mo Peng ala ka imagination talaga! Hindi ka ba nakapanood ng Flintstone....? Yan lang po.... =D

Opera House....

Last saturday i went to Circular Quay in Sydney and i took this photo of the Sydney Opera House's roof in close-up, it's actually made of hundreds and hundreds of thousands,or can even easily be millions of small white and cream coloured tiles....! Can you believe that....?! Amazing isn't it....?!

Bush Tucker....

If you happen to find yourself lost amongst the towering gigantic eucalyptus trees and some strange looking wildlife, and dry red soil on the ground, you know that you're in an australian bushland....


Probably the very first thing that will come to your now slowly dehydrating brain is how are you going to survive out there, and what the hell will you eat....? So perhaps if we try to survive the aboriginis way, probably a handful of these yummy-juicy grub will sustain you with your much needed nurishments enough for you to live another day....


These days, we have 'discovered' Bush Tucker. Indigenous Australians have been eating bush tucker for 60,000 years but for a long time we steered clear of the mushrooms, fruits, vegetables, animals, birds, reptiles, insects, flowers, herbs and spices that are native to this country.


It didn't look nice. In fact it looked awful. It takes a fair amount of courage to munch on a lizard, and how about a large family sized moth? (You've heard about those grubs of course).


But there's also wonderful fruits, tubers, greens, seeds and nuts. Bush Tucker isn't just witchetty grubs, although Witjuti as they are commonly called by aboriginis are incredibly high in protein and free for the eating....


Bush tucker is becoming widespread, thanks to a spate of recent health studies showing that native Australian meats, especially emu and kangaroo, are lower in fat and higher in iron than other conventional meats. The fruits are also known to be healthier, with the Kakadu plum thought to be the world's highest source of Vitamin C.


Most of what European settlers believed to be inedible is now considered very much the norm on the menus of top restaurants around the country.

Mt. Uluro....

Ayers Rock, also known as Mt. Uluro gradually changes colours as the sun rises and sets.... A kangaroo crossing sign in the foreground....

Blue Mountains....

The Three Sisters at Katoomba, Blue Mountains, New South Wales....

Sydney Australia....

The famous Sydney Opera House on the foreground and the Harbour Bridge in the background....

Merry Christmas all....

Merry Christmas all.... Pasensya na po sa katahimikan dito.... I was just going through some very tough times lately and until this moment, i'm still in the hot pursuit of my elusive usual energetic self that i really wanted back very badly.... Hopefully i'll be able to catch-up with it before things turns up more and more uglier next time....

Salamat din pala sa mga amazing friends na continuously at walang sawa pa ring dumadalaw sa'kin dito.... You know who yous are and i also wanted yous all to know that i really, really do APPRECIATE all your efforts, and all the messages and everything that yous all did ng walang kasawasawa.... Grabe kayo, wala talaga akong masabi....! I wish that someday i can also give back the same favors to yous guys.... =)

At kahit na hindi ko nasasagot ang mga messages nyo ay napapangiti pa rin syempre ako sa mga kakalugan at kakengkoyan nyo everytime na nababasa ko ang mga iniwanan nyo dito.... Though christmas songs and colours makes me lonely at this stage, i hope everyone's still happy and having a great time this christmas and take good care of yourselves.... God bless.... =)