Australian Skinks

When I left the house at 6 a.m., I spotted honeyeaters congregated on overhead wires, silent, awaiting the sun. And today, like yesterday, we did have sun, the sky mostly clear, the air still and warm...

After the Monsoon Low

The sunshine that greeted us this morning was unexpected, as though no storm harbouring such a furious deluge of moisture as that we experienced yesterday would give way to anything, even the sun. Yet...

New Pride in Convict Ancestry

The fruits of the Wet are becoming apparent. Garden shrubs and trees have pushed out new leaves and shoots. Mushrooms have sprouted from the golf club greens and a severed palm trunk outside our kitch...

Notes on Eucalypts and Barra

During breakfast, Vilis told me, “Yesterday, I heard an interesting program on the radio about eucalyptus trees. They are incredibly adapted for fire. They use it for competition with other tree spe...