To Eungella National Park, Queensland

From an hour past dawn until near dusk, Vilis and I drove the Bruce Highway, that long coastal road tracing the eastern shore of the state of Queensland. Near Bundaberg, the coastal plain supported a ...

Birding at Bundaberg and Bargara

Needing an antidote to yesterday’s long hours spent cramped in a car,  Vilis and I strolled for much of the morning in Bundaberg’s Queens Park adjacent to the Burnett River. Sunshine wash...

To Bundaberg and East Bundy Backpackers

Frustrated with five weeks of unsuccessful job hunting in Townsville and via contacting cattle stations and fruit and vegetable farms throughout eastern Queensland, Janis decided yesterday to go the r...

A First (and Last) Taste of Cricket

Until this afternoon, I knew nothing about cricket. I had listened to excited ABC sports reporters refer to centuries and overs and wickets, but hadn’t a clue what those terms meant. Today, howe...