Through the Lens by Alwyn Simple

Through the Lens by Alwyn Simple Through the lens gives me an opportunity to display my Bird Photography and some other wildlife on o

An adventure trip down the Nile River at Kisoro in Uganda in a raft. There were 6 Grade 5 rapids and 2 Grade 4 rapids a...
03/08/2026

An adventure trip down the Nile River at Kisoro in Uganda in a raft. There were 6 Grade 5 rapids and 2 Grade 4 rapids as I recall, grade 5 being the highest that can be rafted. I loved the adriline rush one gets doing this type of activity. Photos were taken by the rafting company running the trip.

The Whales are heading South again, Summer is on the way. Some photos of a young whale heading south and putting on a d...
31/07/2026

The Whales are heading South again, Summer is on the way. Some photos of a young whale heading south and putting on a display. Photos were taken from the Light-house at Port Macquarie.

A memory from the past. Every opportunity a group of us would go abseiling and canyoning in the Blue Mountains or the N...
24/07/2026

A memory from the past. Every opportunity a group of us would go abseiling and canyoning in the Blue Mountains or the Newnes Plateau. These photos were from a trip in December 1996 in the blue mountains area.

If you have never spent time in the coastal ranges of our Great Dividing Ranges from north of Townsville to the tip of C...
18/07/2026

If you have never spent time in the coastal ranges of our Great Dividing Ranges from north of Townsville to the tip of Cape York, you will never have heard the dawn chorus of the Chowchillas. Very few people have even seen this medium small to size bird that lives in the shadows on the forest floor which they never leave. Their larger than normal eyes allow them to see in these dim conditions. I have been able to photograph these birds, copies of which I have attached. These photos were taken at Paluma. Enjoy the photos.

Photos of a bright orange Fungi growing on a dead branch of Paperbark Melaleuca. Taken on my morning walk today. A new...
14/07/2026

Photos of a bright orange Fungi growing on a dead branch of Paperbark Melaleuca. Taken on my morning walk today. A new one for me. Isn't nature great.

In November 2006, four Watagan Wanderers, (Julie, Margie, Mike and myself), set out from Apollo Bay to walk the 104 Kilo...
08/07/2026

In November 2006, four Watagan Wanderers, (Julie, Margie, Mike and myself), set out from Apollo Bay to walk the 104 Kilometer Great Ocean Walk to the Twelve Apostles. We had allowed 5 days. Along the way we were joined by a second group from our club. Attached are a series of photos from that great walk.

A pair of Buff-rumped Thornbills taken at Cooma in NSW.
07/07/2026

A pair of Buff-rumped Thornbills taken at Cooma in NSW.

Most people in the Martindale Area west of Singleton have heard about the Natural Arch or Bridge over Doyals Creek in th...
06/07/2026

Most people in the Martindale Area west of Singleton have heard about the Natural Arch or Bridge over Doyals Creek in the Wollemi Nat Park, but very few ever saw it. I say saw because today it is no more than a row of broken rock across the bed of Doyals Creek. At the turn of the century, I led three walks to the Arch as a packwalk for the Watagan Wanderers. On the last, the forth walk, we were shocked to see this wonder of nature that had stood there for thousands of years gone and was now a row of broken rock in the creek bed.
I believe that the massive explosions bu the mines in the area blastin overburden, have been the cause for the loss of this piece of natural history. I believe that these are probably the last photos of what was the Natural Arch or Bridge. The stories are on the photos.

The world's largest flower, Rafflesia, or stinking co**se lily, is a genus of parasitic flowering plants in the family R...
05/07/2026

The world's largest flower, Rafflesia, or stinking co**se lily, is a genus of parasitic flowering plants in the family Rafflesiaceae. The enormous flowers rise from the ground or directly from the lower stems of their host plants, the Tetrastigma Vines. The flower appears above ground as a thick fleshy five-lobed structure weighing up to 11 kg and measuring almost one meter across. It remains open five to seven days, emitting a fetid odor that attracts carrion-feeding flies, which are the pollinating agents. It take approximately nine months to develop and open. They are found in the forested mountains of Sumatra and Borneo. They are not Fungi.
I took these photos in Borneo where they were growing naturally.

Using the taxi service of Botswana to travel around the Okavango Delta in Africa
04/07/2026

Using the taxi service of Botswana to travel around the Okavango Delta in Africa

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