A photographic tour of Western Australia

Highly valued by the Aborigines as a delicious source of protein.

PERENTIE

When frightened these powerful. burrowing, egg laying, fork-tongued Monitor Lizards will run and climb the nearest tree (or human).

"Australia's largest lizard"

The CANNING STOCK ROUTE

is one of the most remote and isolated 4WD tracks in the world and travellers should be extremely well prepared before undertaking this 1900 km trek thru the Gibson and Great Sandy Deserts.

King of the Australian skies.

Wedge-tailed eagles will hunt for a variety of prey including young kangaroos, lizards, rabbits and wallabies. They will pursue prey with amazing agility, forcing the victim into open land where the clutching power of the deadly talons and the force of the strike is often enough to kill their quarry.