Information on the back of each card:

Barmah Beat "Fill your heart with the creative power to accept the past, decorate the present and transform the future" ~Osho card-nf38

 

Beach "Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability" ~Sam Keen card-nf106a

 

Bird Seed This bird is created out of the very things it eats and needs to survive. Many seeds and fruits in this artwork were found in a cassowary scat (poo) on the Kuranda range. There is no seperation between the Cassowary and the environment it inhabits.This big bird plays an important role distributing the seeds of the forest where ever it goes. Some of the fruits the cassowary eats are too toxic for other 
animals to eat. The cassowary helps instigate the germination of fruit trees it and other animals are dependant on. It also maintains biodiversity of many plant species within cassowary country.  card-nf156

 

Birdwing Poinciana In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer. ~Albert Camus card-nf123

 

Birdwing Poinciana "We do not remember days, we remember moments" ~ Cesare Pavese card-nf123b

 

Black Wattle Black Wattle is the common name for a number of species of Acadia found in Australi. card-nf149a

 

Blue Quandong "Talking comes by nature, silence by wisdom" ~Yiddish Prover card-nf157

 

Botanical Dimensions "if these is magic on this planet, it is contained in water" card-nf108

 

Carpet Snake The majestic carpet snake grows to over 3 metres in length.  They have cream coloured blotches and yellowish lines separated by patches of dark green. card-nf146a

 

Ciana Sky "We do not remember days, we remember moments" ~ Cesare Paves card-nf80b

 

Cicada Red "Nothing is more the child of art than a garden" ~ Sir Walter Scot card-nf127

 

Cosmic Chamelian "To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in a palm of your hand, An eternity in an hour" ~ William Blake card-nf21

 

Forest Floor A never-ending shower of Leaves, flowers, wood, and insects drop from the trees and cover the forest floor in a layer of nutrient rich debris.This is then processed and recycled by decomposers; plants, animals and organisms, which playing a leading role in sustaining the highly evolved rich tropical rainforest. card-nf154a

 

Forest Silk "With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown." ~ Chinese Proverb card-nf48

 

Frangipannifly "There are always flowers for those who want to see them" ~ Henri matiss card-nf107

 

Frangipannifly "There are always flowers for those who want to see them" ~ Henri Matiss card-nf107a

 

Fun Gai "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world" ~John Mui card-nf135a

 

Ginkgo Used as a healing plant in China for thousands of years to improve blood circulation, memory and concentration.  Ginkgo also furthers the senses, particularly hearing and vision. card-nf3

 

Green ant "People are like stained-glass windows.  They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, But when the darkness sets in, Their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. ~ Elizabeth Kubler-Ross card-nf20

 

Leaf eater "Nature will bear the closest inspection.  She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain" ~Henry David Thoreau card-nf13

 

Little Things "From little things big things grow card-nf2a

 

Maple "Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower" ~ Albert Camu card-nf4

 

Magnolia "The earth laughs in flowers" ~ Ralph Waldo Emerso card-nf9c

 

Namaste Storm Namaste is an acknowledgement of one soul to another, recognising the divine spark within each of us.  The geometric fibbanachi pattern found in this Ammonite fossil shell is evident in many living things.  These fossils are reminders of oceans which evaporated millions of years ago.  Spirals of growth often appera in nature with their unique mathematical properties; the size of the spiral increases but its shape is unaltered with each successive curve. card-nf5

 

Nautilus snail "I have the world's largest collection of seashells.  I keep it on all the beaches of the world... perhaps you've seen it" ~ Stephen Wright card-nf106

 

Obnoxious Beauty The bird in this image was made by hand using thorny wait-a-while and then photographed.  Here it is merged with a background of plants, many of which are known as obnoxious weeds.  Due to human behavious these common weeds often grown as a buffer between the roads and forests where clearing has taken place and where cassowaries are seen. card-nf152

 

Passionflower This image is an attempt to acknowledge the essence of the passionflower before it bears fruit. It is a tropical celebration of vibrant colour and movement which draws you in. There are over 5o edible species of passionfruit found in the tropical regions of the world. Two of the most common produce yellow and purple fruits high in vitamin c and delicious. Leaves from some species can also be used as a relaxant or mild sedative. Also included in this colourful image is a Ulysses butterfly, the Lurcher butterfly, a Green Tree Grog and a Gecko. card-nf8b

 

Phonoscope "When you are describing, A shape, or sound, or tint; Don't state the matter plainly, But put it in a hint; And learn to look at all things, With a sort of mental squint" ~Lewis Carroll card-nf36a

 

Rainforestation Immerse yourself in one of the most refreshing, abundant, colourful and mysterious places on earth.The rainforests support more than half of all living species with many more waiting to be discovered. Lungs of our existence, they are highly evolved and complex eco-systems we can’t live without. Tropical rain forests are known as the world’s largest pharmacy. Over one-quarter of modern medicines originate from its plants and still many more are yet to be discovered. card-151a

 

Red Passion "Too much of a good thing can be wonderful" ~Mae Wet card-nf27

 

Seedhorse "Humans and nature construct one another" ~ Alexander Wilso card-nf71

 

Silent Echo "To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, An eternity in an hour" ~ William Blake card-nf103a

 

Tropical Breeze Tropical rain forests are known as the world's largest pharmacy.  Over one-quarter of modern medicines originate from its plants and still many more are yet to be discovered. card-nf168