Green Turtle Survival, Rainforest Road Ecology, and other Ecological Studies from JCU

The times, they are a-changing. Cool air swept over Townsville during the night, causing me to don a light jacket when I walked to the news outlet in early morn. By the time the clock advanced past no...

Marine Stingers and other Queensland Coastal Dangers

The squabbling screeches of feeding bats woke me in the dark of 5 a.m., at which time I also heard the wails of bush stone-curlews pealing out into the long mid-May night. An hour later, darkness lift...

History of Queensland Films

Caught in a cold snap that has dropped minimum temperatures as low as 16°C during the past two weeks, Townsville brooded under heavy cloud while I ran in the Ross River Parkway this morning. A cool b...

Townsville Town Common Conservation Park

This morning, while Vilis and Janis cycled the rough overgrown track along the base of the Many Peaks Range, I quickly checked out the Townsville Town Common Conservation Park wetlands, forest, and fr...