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Another snap of the Leaf Tailed Gecko. This little fellow, (Phyllurus platurus) is only found in the Sydney sandstone areas, and is pretty hard to find there, as you can see from this photo.  It has excellent camouflage, and changes the shade of its skin to match as closely as possible, the immediate surroundings. He is nocturnal, feeds on small insects, such as grubs, moths spiders, crickets etc This is the first described Leaf Tailed Gecko having occupied the homes of Sydneysiders since European settlement.

ALONE is such a lonely word As sad as any word I have ever heard ALONE in some ways it's a state of mind But you'd think that was too unkind If you were ALONE ALONE can be standing inside a crowd People talking right out loud Still you haven't any doubt You are ALONE Doesn't have to mean solitude It's a soul destroying empty mood When you feel you're ALONE And so the lyric goes for what is Johnny Chester's umpteenth recording and the song chosen to kick off his Fifty Fourth year as a recording artist. To try and reduce his career to a few lines is impossible and so this is an invitation to listen closely to a man who has lived the words of his songs and brought them to life in his own uniquely believable style. "Loneliness the debilitating feeling that often cannot be expressed and is often misunderstood". "Loneliness is that feeling of hopelessness and of feeling ALONE". The song is quite a departure