Magnetic Island – Blue Tigers and Balding Bay

In mid-morning, Vilis parked the Kia in the SunFerries parking lot in Townsville, and we hoisted our backpacks onto our shoulders to set off for a long weekend exploration of Magnetic Island. The 20-m...

Thinking Ahead to Magnetic and Hinchinbrook Islands

In mid-morning, I slipped out for a quick look at the world and was completely captivated by a male great bowerbird flying low across the golf course lawns, with the pink crest on the back of his neck...

Tyto Wetlands and Tully Sugar Mill Tour

At first light, Vilis and I headed north on the Bruce Highway for a spot of early morning birding at Ingham’s Tyto Wetlands, after which we continued north to Tully for a tour of the Tully Sugar mil...

Smoke on the Queensland Coast: Bushfires and Prescribed Burns

Wind which this morning bore a cool bite ripened into flirting warmth by the time I walked to Bicentennial Park in late afternoon. The Ross River ran high, its banks barricading tidal inflow, its twis...