Purple-crowned Lorikeet and the Gloucester Tree
During my favourite trip of all time, my five month tour of Australia in 2007, I climbed the Gloucester Tree near Pemberton, Western Australia. It was one of those moments I won't forget. As I reached the top platform, 61 metres off the ground, a Purple-crowned Lorikeet appeared out of nowhere, just metres from my face as if to welcome me. What a stunning bird. The breast looked a purply-blue in the morning's light. And then it was gone.