Ross River Weirs, Townsville

In late afternoon, the Ross River ran blue and full, its surface flecked with small waves whipped up by wind, the incoming tide pushing a blend of salt and fresh water upstream through Bicentennial Pa...

Townsville’s Archaeology

In late afternoon, cloud like purple cotton batten painted a soft backdrop for flaring palm fronds and soaring rain trees. A myna chirped and muttered from an overhead wire, while a yellow-throated mi...

Marine Stingers and other Queensland Coastal Dangers

The squabbling screeches of feeding bats woke me in the dark of 5 a.m., at which time I also heard the wails of bush stone-curlews pealing out into the long mid-May night. An hour later, darkness lift...

History of Queensland Films

Caught in a cold snap that has dropped minimum temperatures as low as 16°C during the past two weeks, Townsville brooded under heavy cloud while I ran in the Ross River Parkway this morning. A cool b...