Australian plants and animals in lower Blue Mountains backyard. Also pictured a koala mum with baby snapped on a friend's country farm.

1. An Australian Bush Garden Plants and Animals 24 September 2007. Version 2

2. Famous yellow Wattle or Acacia

3. Hibbertia climber

4. Cymbidium orchids

5. Cymbidium and bracken fern

6. Cymbidium first blooms

7. Small but colourful tree orchids

8. Tree Orchid – tiny pink

9. Tree Orchid – tiny, spider, white

10. Rock Lily orchids

11. Tall red Kangaroo Paw

12. Kangaroo Paw, Lomandra and Kidney Weed groundcover Plants that are water-friendly

13. Kangaroo Paw from Western Australia has large green velvety paws

14. Kangaroo Paw crowd the space

15. Geraldton Wax – waxy pink & white

16. They usually come as a family …

17. Kookaburra in a wattle

18. Tawny Owls in a Casuarina

19. Koala in a tree at Gunnedah A friend’s house in the country, right near the front door

20. Koala with baby in that same tree