Castle Hill, Townsville: A Tribute

On January 1, two days after our arrival in this country, Vilis and I walked the road up Castle Hill, stepping over squashed cane toads, noting the grey, dessicated grasses and sparse tree cover of th...

Ross River Bush Garden Birds

Realizing that it had been well over a month since I’d explored the Ross River Bush Gardens, I cycled to that planting of native species alongside the Ross River in Townsville early this morning...

Rain Thoughts

Rain poured, fell steadily, or drizzled from brooding cloud onto Townsville today, necessitating the use of my umbrella while I walked the Ross River Parkway this morning and late afternoon. Water lay...

River Gift

Note that my desert-trip post for September 28 is now published – The Red Centre – West MacDonnell National Park: Ormiston Gorge, Ormiston Pound, Serpentine Gorge. This post may have more photogra...