OK folks strap yourself in for this ride. You will need stamina, food, drinks and a possible toilet break as I have been unrelenting in snapping away with all manner of things. I was going to break the photos down into subject groups in separate posts, but I thought “What the heck, you can scroll through at your own pace.”
What better way to start the day (or post) than with a sunrise from my besties new place
![sunrise_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/sunrise_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
Let’s start with things. I don’t know what to call this bunch of photos as they are different. Enough talk. Off we go!
I found these gelatinous blobs on the beach, hundreds of them. Perhaps baby jelly fish?
![eggs_beach_named_evans head_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/eggs_beach_named_evans-head_oct-2018.jpg)
When you see a land form that resembles something else
![duck rock_beach_named_evans head_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/duck-rock_beach_named_evans-head_oct-2018.jpg)
The planes have been showing themselves a bit in October.
![areoplane_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/areoplane_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
Just love these rock cliff, the colours and again, can you see a face?
![rock formation_beach_named_evans head_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/rock-formation_beach_named_evans-head_oct-20181.jpg)
The moss gave the tree a bit of a dress with a vine for dramatic effect.
![moss_vine_waterhole_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/moss_vine_waterhole_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
More moss. This time at the waters edge at the beach![moss_rocks_beach_named_evans head_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/moss_rocks_beach_named_evans-head_oct-2018.jpg)
The rock pool took on an ethereal mood
![rock pool_beach_named_evans head_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/rock-pool_beach_named_evans-head_oct-20181.jpg)
Just the shelf at my besties place
![the shelf_swant_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/the-shelf_swant_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
When I put on this lamp, I just had to take the photo. Another shelf at my besties
![the shelf_light_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/the-shelf_light_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
October saw the rain come. This dam, I use the water around the house and garden, was about one-eighth full. Seeing the water flow into the dam cured my blues.
![house dam_named_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/house-dam_named_oct-2018.jpg)
The waterhole on my place never is dry but came very close this year. Seeing it full again made me happy. I think the birds and animals are pleased as well
![waterhole_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/waterhole_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
Waterfalls make such a soothing sound don’t you think? Even little waterfalls that help fill the waterhole.
![waterfall_beach_named_evans head_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/waterfall_beach_named_evans-head_oct-2018.jpg)
Of course a bit of rain and sunshine brings out the fungi![fungi_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/fungi_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
Fungi of all shapes and colours. Some big….
![fungus_white_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/fungus_white_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
…some small
![fungus_wood_orange_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/fungus_wood_orange_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
and some are edible![mushroom_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/mushroom_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
I love Grass Trees. These are at a place called Naughtons Gap. They are bigger than some of the Grass Trees on my place.
![grass trees_named_naughtons gap_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/grass-trees_named_naughtons-gap_oct-2018.jpg)
A wonderful discovery was a whole street in Grafton lined with Bottle Trees. This will be investigated as to why and how and perhaps a bushboy post about the history of the Bottle Trees in Grafton may evolve.![bottle tree_named_grafton_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/bottle-tree_named_grafton_oct-2018.jpg)
The early morning dew and spiders webs. I can’t resist
![spider_web_grass_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/spider_web_grass_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
Sitting having a cup of tea with my bestie when a large Skink wandered about the garden. Wonderful markings aren’t they?
![skink_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/skink_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
Would you believe that this tree is called a Cheese Tree?![cheese tree_fruit_waterhole_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cheese-tree_fruit_waterhole_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
Just an ant having a swim. He did get out eventually.
![ant_swimming_dam_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ant_swimming_dam_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
The flower and a bee. The flower is on what is called a broad leaf weed which is supposed to be undesirable in a lawn. Look at the bees pollen sacks. I don’t think the bee would be as happy if the “weed” wasn’t there. Think before you mow please.
![bee_flower_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/bee_flower_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
Just a feather
![feather_striped_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/feather_striped_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
and another
![feather_grass_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/feather_grass_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
The Forest Kingfishers have arrived. The male looked about for anything that moved in the grass or the garden.
![forest kingfisher_front_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/forest-kingfisher_front_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
The colours on his back are lovely.
![forest kingfisher_back_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/forest-kingfisher_back_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
This photo shows a bit more of the iridescence
![forest kingfisher_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/forest-kingfisher_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
Galahs are funny birds. This bloke is sitting on the stock trough on next doors place at my besties
![galah_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/galah_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
It’s a bit of a way down to get a drink.
![galah_upsidedowm_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/galah_upsidedowm_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
Another arrival in Spring are the Grey Shrike Thrush. They are in the trees around the garden and sing in the morning and in the afternoons. What a delight to have in my garden.
![grey shrike thush_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/grey-shrike-thush_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
The Pied Currawong didn’t mind a bit of rain.
![pied currawong_wet_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/pied-currawong_wet_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
Doesn’t he look great. The black with the red of the Flame Tree![pied currawong_flame tree_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/pied-currawong_flame-tree_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
The Fig Bird was spotted eating Mulberries
![figbird_male_mulberry_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/figbird_male_mulberry_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
So was his mate
![figbird_female_mulberry_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/figbird_female_mulberry_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
A Coucal Pheasant came for a visit and sat high in the Gum Tree.![coucal pheasant_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/coucal-pheasant_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
Later on, I think he was checking me out through the undergrowth.
![coucal pheasant_named_naughtons gap_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/coucal-pheasant_named_naughtons-gap_oct-2018.jpg)
Another October visitor, a Brown Honeyeater
![brown honeyeater_garden_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/brown-honeyeater_garden_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
He soon found the bird bath![brown honeyeater_bird bath_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/brown-honeyeater_bird-bath_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
The Blue-faced Honeyeaters have arrived in numbers to feast on the Honey Gem Grevillea
![blue faced honeyeater_honey gem_grevillea_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/blue-faced-honeyeater_honey-gem_grevillea_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
The female Blue-faced Honeyeaters also drop in for a snack![blue faced honeyeater_honey gem_female_grevillea_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/blue-faced-honeyeater_honey-gem_female_grevillea_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
Remember the post about the Post where the Noisy Friar Bird was chased away by the Spangled Drongo. Here Rainbow Lorikeets get a serve from the Friar Bird. A bit of a peck to the head.
![rainbow lorikeets_noisy friar bird_honey gem_grevillea_fight_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/rainbow-lorikeets_noisy-friar-bird_honey-gem_grevillea_fight_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
The Rainbow Lorikeets were a bit bemused by all the carry on.
![rainbow lorikeets_honey gem_grevillea_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/rainbow-lorikeets_honey-gem_grevillea_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
A female Satin Bowerbird enjoyed the nectar in the Yamba Sunshine Grevillea.
![satin bower bird_female_reaching_honey gem_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/satin-bower-bird_female_reaching_honey-gem_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
But like everyone else, the Honey Gem Grevillea is the best place to get a meal.![satin bower bird_female_honey gem_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/satin-bower-bird_female_honey-gem_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
Yellow-faced Honeyeaters seem to have a constant scowl on their faces.
![yellow-faced honeyeater_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/yellow-faced-honeyeater_named_home_oct-20181.jpg)
I think this Yellow-faced Honeyeater spotted me and my camera![yellow faced honeyeater_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/yellow-faced-honeyeater_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
The gravity defying White-throated Treecreeper taken from the comfort of the chair in my office![white throated treecreeper_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/white-throated-treecreeper_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
They are lovely as they hop up and down the trees looking for something to eat.
![white throated treecreeper_garden_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/white-throated-treecreeper_garden_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
Another photo from my office chair. I call this one, “I can see what you are doing” is what the King Parrot is saying.
![king parrot_looking_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/king-parrot_looking_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
A young King Parrot morphing into a male![king parrot_young_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/king-parrot_young_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
Getting a good Eastern Rosella photo quest continues
![eastern rosella_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/eastern-rosella_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
Out for a drive, we spotted a smallish bird run across the road and into a paddock. A new bird has been seen, an Australasian Pipit.
![australaisin pipit_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/australaisin-pipit_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
On another adventure drive, we spotted flashes of green zooming across the road. A flock of Rainbow Bee Eaters were hanging about. This is a breeding pair
![rainbow bee eaters_rambaldini rd_naughtons gap_named_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/rainbow-bee-eaters_rambaldini-rd_naughtons-gap_named_oct-2018.jpg)
Aren’t the males colours amazing?
![rainbow bee eater_close_rambaldini rd_naughtons gap_named_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/rainbow-bee-eater_close_rambaldini-rd_naughtons-gap_named_oct-2018.jpg)
You may wonder why we are back at a couple of young King Parrots. I thought it was lovely to have them sitting on a hanging pot under the verandah, until I spotted what they were doing
![king parrots_young_succulent_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/king-parrots_young_succulent_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
Yes, these “lovely” young birds had eaten half of the succulents in the pot. All around the pot, the succulent trailed over the edge. Can you see the bit trailing over the edge now. This hanging pot is no longer hanging where pesky King Parrots can get at it.
![succulent_hanging pot_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/succulent_hanging-pot_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
Water drops and new growth
![succulent_water_drop_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/succulent_water_drop_named_home_oct-20181.jpg)
I love the colour of this Succulent. Was tempted to pinch a leaf or two![succulent_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/succulent_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
I love the colours in this photo of a Hanging Violet with red in the background
![violet_behind_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/violet_behind_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
A lovely Native Geranium growing in the “lawn” Another reason not to mow
![native geranium_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/native-geranium_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
Pansies, pansies, pansies![pansies1_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/pansies1_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
and more Pansies![pansies2_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/pansies2_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
This year the Silky Oaks flowering was spectacular![silky oak_grevilea_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/silky-oak_grevilea_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
A flower of a Succulent
![cactus_flower_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cactus_flower_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
The Budlea flower spike wonderful and smells delightful
![budlea_flower_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/budlea_flower_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
Some of the Roses looked a treat this year
![rose_pink_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/rose_pink_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
A pink Bottlebrush flower![bottlebrush_flower_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/bottlebrush_flower_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
The native water lillies on my dam. Water Snowflake
![water lilies_dam_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/water-lilies_dam_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
The rain knocked a lot of the flowers off the Flame Tree. The little cups filled with water
![flame tree_flowers_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/flame-tree_flowers_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
Some native flowers that grow on my place. This yellow beauty is Dogwood
![flower_native_waterhole_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/flower_native_waterhole_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
I think this native flower is a Hairy Guinea Flower![flower_native_yellow_waterhole_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/flower_native_yellow_waterhole_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
I have been encouraging a lot of Egg and Bacon plant to grow on one part of my property. It’s spikey habit is good for protecting small birds when it is in a fairly dense thicket
![egg and bacon_plant_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/egg-and-bacon_plant_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
Plus the flowers are lovely. You can see the sharp points in the leaves![egg and bacon_flower_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/egg-and-bacon_flower_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
A small pink Grevillea.
![grevillea_flower_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/grevillea_flower_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
My besties flower beds are looking great
![flowers_pink_red_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/flowers_pink_red_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
and yet more flowers![flowers_pink_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/flowers_pink_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
This flower has caused great excitement for me. This is the first time I have seen a Hakea Florulenta on my property.![hakea florulenta_stem_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/hakea-florulenta_stem_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
Aren’t the tiny flowers delightful?
![hakea florulenta_flower_named_home_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/hakea-florulenta_flower_named_home_oct-2018.jpg)
The early morning fog gives a sense of wonder to start the day
![rainy_morning_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/rainy_morning_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
Of course when it rains, you also find rainbows. This one had a faint double above.![rainbow_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/rainbow_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
Well, the sun is setting and you have reached the end. Well done for sticking around to get to the end and thanks for having a look at my October 2018
![sunset_named_caniaba_oct 2018](https://bushboy.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/sunset_named_caniaba_oct-2018.jpg)
Did you have a favourite photo?