National Museum of Australia and Black Mountain, Canberra

Again, cloudy and pleasantly cool weather greeted me in Canberra’s early morning as I strolled south along Northbourne Street to City Hill, a circular park across Lake Burley Griffin from and in...

Australian National Botanic Gardens

In cool air under cloudy skies, I set out early to explore Canberra, strolling past galahs that perched like pink and grey blossoms above deep red roses in a mini-park, and then on to Sullivan’s...

Ross River Parkway, and a Taste of Aussie Basketball

In the new light of sunrise, I cycled leisurely in Townsville’s Ross River Parkway, the sky above me nearly clear, only wisps of white-grey cloud marring its blue expanse. A light breeze rustled...

Sugarcane Sorrows

In the day’s first light, frog songs rolled into the new week in a tide of deep, rubber-band twangs, rough buzzes, and high, rolling trills. The past weekend in Townsville was balmy rather than ...