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...

Rainbow Lorikeet Antics

Like a loud blast of good rock music, the raunchy, penetrating guffaws of laughing kookaburras enticed me outdoors into a new autumn morn. I tucked a camera into my pocket and slung my binoculars arou...