Tasman and Cook

Caught in a huge breath of fresh air and cool, sweet dawn, I cycled hard past the golf course and through Bicentennial Park, revelling in this long-awaited relief from North Queensland heat. A couple ...

Gallipoli

Under the bald North Queensland sun, I quickly strode the half dozen blocks to the post office, pausing to drink in the sight of rainbow bee-eaters basking in morning sun and pondering the significanc...

Paluma Range National Park: Paluma

Clear sky, mellow cricket songs, and the rousing “chow-chow-chows” and rollicking warbles of a male chowchilla blasting at high volume in the rainforest behind our Paluma Dreaming unit gre...

‘Darwin Descendant Drops In’

While working at my desk facing a window with a view out into the rather tangled vegetation of our yard, I have, over the three months we have so far resided in Rosslea, been distracted by many things...