An eastern bearded dragon, Pogona barbata.

I stopped the car to take this photo out the window. As soon as I opened the door to try to get closer it scurried away, never to be seen again.

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A red-capped plover, Anarhynchus ruficapillus, strolling about in shallow water.

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A white-plumed honeyeater, Ptilotula penicillata, sticking its tongue out at me.

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Dusky woodswallow, Artamus cyanopterus.

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White-plumed honeyeaters, Ptilotula penicillata.

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The larva of a lilly pilly leaf beetle, Paropsides calypso. Its purple and green colouring blends perfectly with the leaves of its host plant.

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A jewel beetle, Castiarina sp., found by my daughter and subsequently named "Spinny Jr".

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Long-tailed Pea-blue, Lampides boeticus.

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A chalcidid wasp, Chalcididae sp. Chalcidid wasps are parasitic - rather than stinging to inject venom, they sting to inject eggs.

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Lacewing larva, Hemerobiidae sp.

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