Australian Magpies and Yakabindi, Western Australia

Western Australia, Day 2 Townsville: Cloud hung over the city, and cool winds buffeted the fronds of palms shading our yard. Beneath the palm canopies, my wee Aussie garden is gasping for sunshine. Th...

Sorry Day

This is a brave country, owning up to its past, to the injustices it has meted out. On February 13, 2008, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd formally apologized, on behalf of the Australian federal parliament,...

Galahs

Warm wind caressed my bare legs as I walked past the golf course, the sun’s rays still at burning intensity even though dusk would fall within an hour. The practice lawn was littered with golf b...

Herveys Range: Bullockies’ Track and Heritage Tea Rooms

In mid-morning, beneath a mix of sun and cloud, Vilis, Janis, and I drove west from Townsville toward Herveys Range, a span of steep-sided hills rearing up and blocking inland grazing lands from the c...