The Punchbowl, Launceston, Tasmania.

The Punchbowl Reserve is a good place to have a picnic or a walk around the pond, have a game of cricket in the summer or football in winter, or just run around.  There is a playground for children as well.

The Turbo Chook or Tasmanian Native Hens are good swimmers' fast runners with strong legs therefore some people call them 'turbo chooks'. The chooks can run up to 50km hour are plentiful near marshes, rivers and so on. The Native Hen is protected, and they don't fly.

These photos were taken recently in autumn. 

The photo of the Native Hen below was taken a few years ago with my Canon camera...you can see the difference in quality to the phone.

The map of The Punchbowl about a 7 minute drive from home.

Pine Creek, Northern Territory, Australia

Pine Creek in the Northern Territory of Australia is known for its gold rush history and heritage buildings.  It's located in the Katherine region, about 90 km north of Katherine and 226 km south of Darwin.

Pine Creek is one of the oldest towns in the Northern Territory and it is named for the pine trees that once grew by the creek in the centre of the town.

By 1875 there were two hotels, The Royal Mail and The Standard, competing for business.  A public school opened in the town in 1899.  By the 1890 up to 15 mines were operating in the area, and the town's population exceeded 3000 people.

The population declined significantly in the interwar period.

Bats in Pine Creek.

The ghost bat is a species of bat found in Northern Australia.  The species is the only Australian bat that preys on large vertebrates - birds, reptiles and other mammals - which they detect using acute sight and hearing, combined with echolocation, while waiting in the ambush at a perch.

These bats can be found in the abandoned Kohinoor adit near Pine Creek and are a threatened species. 

The ghost bat is a species of bat found in northern Australia. The species is the only Australian bat that preys on large vertebrates – birds, reptiles and other mammals – which they detect using acute sight and hearing, combined with echolocation, while waiting in ambush at a perch.

A Ghost Bat (borrowed from the internet)

The Main Street.

The Post Office and Museum as in the photo below from the other side.

The train shelter.

The photo I took of these bats are a different species to the Ghost Bat.

The above photo from the Internet as I wasn't able to get a close up of one or two.

Pine Creek where is red square is.