The Collision of Aboriginal and European Cultures

A crescent moon greeted me as I cycled away from home in the darkness of 5:30 a.m. The air was refreshingly cool after rain overnight, with the mellow sounds of crickets and awakening birds unexpected...

Climate Change, and Townsville’s 10,000 Steps Program

At 5:40 a.m., a kookaburra’s dark laughter carried me out into a new week of running/walking in Townsville, this one with 10 intervals of 4 minutes of running alternated with 2 minutes of walking. O...

Townsville Butterflies, Pavlova, and the Musical, Chess

This morning, the humidity was like a weight on my chest that grew heavier as I ran and walked. For the first time since that sauna-day I began my training program, I felt a headache beginning to poun...

Ten Canoes (the Movie) and Dingo Research

This morning, I ran and walked at dawn, hoping to beat the sun, which again bathes North Queensland after her stormy affairs with Tropical Cyclones Neville and Olga. My destination was the same as yes...