Townsville, A Military City

I wore a light sweater to ward off the distinct chill of this Dry Tropics winter solstice morning as I cycled to Gleeson’s Weir in search of freshies – that is, freshwater crocodiles. I hoped ...

Kookaburras, and Dingoes by Night in Western Australia

Western Australia, Day 18 The crazed laughter of kookaburras soared into the dawn air, the particular group in my neighbourhood singing a maniacal song of territorial defence.1 Kookaburras maintain pe...

Fragrant Paperbarks, and Vegetation on Cunyu, Western Australia

Western Australia, Day 16 Townsville: In midmorning, while en route to the Aitkenvale branch of the city library, I cycled past a row of paperbark trees alongside the Ross River. Trunks of some of the...

Birding on the Townsville Common, and on to Cunyu Station, Western Australia

Western Australia, Day 11 Townsville: Three weeks after checking out the birding at the Townsville Town Common Conservation Park, I returned to the Common at dawn and joined members of the Townsville ...