images of Australian flora and fauna presented by Waratah Software

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)

If you find our website useful, a small donation towards its upkeep would be greatly appreciated.

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.

Govett Gorge (Ian Brown)

Blue Mountains Nature

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

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
♦ Mountain Dragon
♦ Skinks
♦ Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko

& creepy crawlies

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

Blue Mountains Wildflowers

The Three Sisters

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

Our wildflowers webpages contain over 270 species. The species have been divided into 5 webpages based on botanical families.

◊ Index to our collection
◊ Acacias & Myrtles
◊ Banksias & Grevilleas

◊ Boronias & Heath
◊ Pea Flowers & Orchids
◊ Smaller Families

Lane Cove National Park Wildflowers

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.

◊ Index to our collection
◊ Acacias & Myrtles
◊ Banksias & Grevilleas
◊ Boronias & Heath

◊ Pea Flowers & Orchids
◊ Smaller Families
◊ Weeds

floral tributes

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