The Macropod-Human Interaction

There was something about this morning’s fresh autumn air made me want to ride hard, to explore places I’d never been. To that end, I cycled into the Ross River Parkway and headed for Pioneer Park...

Tropical Fruit Salad

A Mennonite preacher I once knew described Sunday as a day for worship, rest, and play. I would add another item to the list. Birding. Or, to make it more general, exploring nature. After a quick brea...

Australia’s Banana Industry

In the freshness of early morning, I cycled through the Ross River Parkway past Gleeson’s Weir and found the connection with the more westerly section of the parkway that in Thuringowa is named ...

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...