The Daintree, North Queensland

At 5:30 a.m., with the tropical dawn chorus in full swing, Vilis and I crawled out of our sleeping bags, enticed by the two-hour cruise of the Daintree River awaiting us. A pheasant coucal added its v...

Tooth-billed Bowerbird

To escape the sultry heat of Townsville, where the daily maximum temperature seems to be stuck on 30°C and the UV index on Extreme, Vilis and I headed north and inland to the cool, shady, highland ra...

Ross River Bush Garden Birds

Realizing that it had been well over a month since I’d explored the Ross River Bush Gardens, I cycled to that planting of native species alongside the Ross River in Townsville early this morning...

Rain Thoughts

Rain poured, fell steadily, or drizzled from brooding cloud onto Townsville today, necessitating the use of my umbrella while I walked the Ross River Parkway this morning and late afternoon. Water lay...