Preparing for Western Australia

In early February, I listened to an ABC radio documentary about the Simpson Desert that made me yearn to explore those red sand dunes with their gidgee trees, clumps of spinifex grasses, and diverse a...

Possum Tidbits and a Blue Tiger

A full moon rode high in the sky this morning, as it did last evening when I strolled in the dark past the golf course and then alongside Bowen Road, looking and listening for nightlife. I spotted a c...

Best of Times

While darkness still lay thick on Townsville, I rose from sleep and began to systematically clean and tidy the entire house, like a male great bowerbird straightening his bower and rearranging its dec...

Supplies for an Aussie Garden

In an echo of the Wet, rain poured down onto Townsville this morning, bouncing off the streets while Vilis and I completed our regular weekend shopping and purchased a few extra items for our planned ...