Townsville’s Cultural Festival on The Strand

In mid-afternoon, armed with umbrellas to ward off the sun, Vilis and I strolled through Townsville’s Cultural Festival 2010, a five-day exhibition of North Queensland multiculturalism held in S...

Black River Rodeo, North Queensland

After breakfast, I briefly walked alongside the golf course, where the silver velour of dew lay draped over the greens. The morning chorus of rainbow lorikeets, laughing kookaburras, masked lapwings, ...

3-minute Science at JCU

In mid-afternoon, with winter sun pouring down onto Townsville, I cycled to James Cook University to observe a competition featuring 3-minute research presentations. The competitors represented both s...

Australian Extreme Weather Events

For the first time in months, I carried an umbrella when walking to the store this afternoon, rain spitting down around me, the street pavement damp, strips and small puddles of water lying against cu...