Climate Change, and Townsville’s 10,000 Steps Program

At 5:40 a.m., a kookaburra’s dark laughter carried me out into a new week of running/walking in Townsville, this one with 10 intervals of 4 minutes of running alternated with 2 minutes of walking. O...

Ross Lake Cruise, Townsville

Thunder rumbled overhead, and Mount Stuart was capped by leaden clouds when Vilis and I arrived at Ross Park at 1:45 p.m. A few minutes later, the tour operators for our Lake Ross cruise drove up. The...

Alligator Creek, Bowling Green Bay National Park

With good weather in the forecast for today, Vilis and I decided an excursion was in order. To that end, we headed south from Townsville along the Queensland coast on the Bruce Highway and arrived at ...

Townsville Butterflies, Pavlova, and the Musical, Chess

This morning, the humidity was like a weight on my chest that grew heavier as I ran and walked. For the first time since that sauna-day I began my training program, I felt a headache beginning to poun...