Black River Rodeo, North Queensland

After breakfast, I briefly walked alongside the golf course, where the silver velour of dew lay draped over the greens. The morning chorus of rainbow lorikeets, laughing kookaburras, masked lapwings, ...

3-minute Science at JCU

In mid-afternoon, with winter sun pouring down onto Townsville, I cycled to James Cook University to observe a competition featuring 3-minute research presentations. The competitors represented both s...

Ross River Musings

In late afternoon, a flock of straw-necked ibises and a single Australian white ibis foraged on the golf course. The club’s grass is still sodden from heavy rains two days ago that fell in fits ...

Cassowaries as Seed-dispersers in Tropical Rainforests

I’ve long been aware that fruit-eating birds disperse seeds, but the southern cassowary, that heavy-bodied, blue-and-red-headed dweller of North Queensland rainforests, takes seed-dispersal to a who...