Thorsborne Trail: Zoe Bay to Little Ramsay Bay, Hinchinbrook Island

Hinchinbrook’s dawn chorus of birds rang out loudly in lifting darknes. Increasing light revealed clear skies except for wisps of white cloud clinging to The Thumb, a thrusting pinnacle east of ...

Thorsborne Trail: Mulligan Falls to Zoe Bay, Hinchinbrook Island

After light rain in the night, the rainforest at Mulligan Falls exuded moisture, creating a steamy atmosphere that pervaded our clothes and senses. Sweat beaded from our skin even before we began hiki...

Thorsborne Trail: George Point to Mulligan Falls, Hinchinbrook Island

At 12:30 p.m., Vilis and I boarded a small, covered ferry that pounded away from Dungeness over murky, green-brown water bordered by mangroves. Grey cloud hung over our destination of Hinchinbrook Isl...

Queensland’s Disappearing Frogs

In an earlier post, I discussed the enigma of Australia’s disappearing frog species and the discovery that these disappearances were linked with an infectious skin disease called chytridiomycosi...