NSW Waratah the Waratah
Alan & Dianne present
natural images of Australia
Over 2,000 images of
Australian flora and fauna
(click image to see a larger one)


Australia has over 25,000* plant species and 2,100* animal & bird species. Many are only found in Australia.
(* Australian Biological Resources Study)

You're welcome to use our images for any non-commercial use - just acknowledge our website.


The Blue Mountains Nature series of books are books for children about the native animals and plants of the Blue Mountains.

They're an invitation to look, learn and enjoy the wonders of nature.

They're presented as a personal diary with the description of each animal and plant followed by a suggestion of what to look for in their garden and the bush. A set of questions is then asked that can be ticked off.

Blue Mountains Nature book covers

Chapters* from Blue Mountains Nature - an introduction

Chapters* from Blue Mountains Nature II - of eagles, dingoes and kangaroos

* - chapters shown here have been compressed and watermarked.

The books are available at all good bookshops in the Blue Mountains.

For enquiries please contact Alan Page.


Govett Gorge Govett Gorge   (Ian Brown)

Waratah Software is proud to announce the development of a new website which focuses on Blue Mountains nature.

In collaboration with Ian Brown - the foremost Blue Mountains nature photographer - the website showcases our natural heritage and artistic endeavours.

You will find the website here.


for the birds
Spotted Pardalote Spotted Pardalote
Images of over 110 birds.
 ♦  About Birds + our index
 ♦  Parrots
 ♦  Water Birds
 ♦  Black Birds
 ♦  Small Birds & Honeyeaters
 ♦  Large Birds & Birds of Prey
Plus our profiles of -
 ♦  Australian King-Parrot
 ♦  Channel-billed Cuckoo (juvenile)
 ♦  Crimson Rosella
 ♦  Laughing Kookaburra
 ♦  Rainbow Lorikeet
 ♦  Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
 ♦  Tawny Frogmouth
here be dragons
Eastern Water Dragon Eastern Water Dragon
♦  Eastern Water Dragon
♦  Jacky Lizard
♦  Mountain Dragon
♦  Skinks
♦  Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko
   & creepy crawlies

♦  Golden Orb-weaving Spider
♦  St. Andrew's Cross Spider

The Three Sisters The Three Sisters
The World Heritage Blue Mountains National Park covers 250,000 hectares.

Our wildflowers webpages contain over 300 species.

Species are divided into 6 webpages based on botanical families.

We have recently combined acacias and peaflowers (Fabaceae family) on their own webpage, and have eucalypts and tea-trees (Myrtaceae family) in their own webpage.

Whale Rock Whale Rock
Lane Cove National Park covers 600 hectares and is in the heart of Sydney.

Our wildflowers webpages contain over 200 species and have been divided into 5 webpages based on botanical families. Plus there's a weeds webpage to separate the endemic from the epidemic.

floral tributes
Scarlet Banksia Scarlet Banksia (Banksia coccinea)
♥  Sydney Banksias
♥  Coast Banksia
♥  Fern-Leaved Banksia
♥  Hairpin Banksia
♥  Heath Banksia
♥  Old Man Banksia
♥  Silver Banksia

♥  Western Australian Banksias
♥  Western Australian Orchids
♥  Blue Dampiera
♥  Drumsticks & Conesticks
♥  Flannel Flowers
♥  Kangaroo Paws
♥  the Mountain Devil
♥  Spider Flowers - Grevilleas
♥  Sturt's Desert Pea
♥  Sweet Pittosporum
♥  the Waratah

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