The Significance of ‘Bush’

During the eight months we’ve lived in Australia, Vilis and I have frequently encountered the word ‘bush’ and various permutations of it. Take for example the devastating Black Satur...

‘Is Queensland Different?’

Last evening, Vilis, Janis, and I attended another of the Queensland History Lecture Series hosted by the Townsville City Libraries. This seminar had the catchy title ‘Is Queensland Different?&#...

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, ...