Rainforest Scenes from Paluma, North Queensland

Since this was Janis’s second-last day in Australia, Vilis and I took him to our favourite haunt, the rainforest at Paluma, a tiny village set atop the Paluma Range in North Queensland, a mere 8...

Burdekin Views

In early morning, Vilis and I drove the Bruce Highway south from Townsville into that collage of vividly-green sugarcane plantations, tawny grazing lands, and dark, forested ranges of low peaks that c...

Birding at Townsville Town Common Conservation Park

As a reward for catching up my blog posts earlier this week, I spent much of the morning birding at the Townsville Town Common Conservation Park, a huge wetland and forest park on the outskirts of Tow...

Cassowary Country

In the darkness of 5 a.m., Vilis and I rose from our bed, packed gear for an outing, and drove north from Townsville on the Bruce Highway, our destination the cassowary hotspot centred on Mission Beac...