Bowling Green Bay National Park: Alligator Creek and Cungulla Beach

Here, there be dragons – small dragons to be sure, but dragons nonetheless. Australia is home to 70 species of dragons, which are lizards belonging to the reptilian family Agamidae.1 Of these, the T...

Bowling Green Bay National Park: Chunda Bay and Alligator Creek

Intent on making the most of a moody, cloud-ridden morning, I drove to the Cape Cleveland section of Bowling Green Bay National Park south of Townsville and hiked to Chunda Bay. The unposted track off...

Images from Cluden, Townsville

A warm breeze rushed over grasses and through trees, easing unexpectedly high humidity in Townsville and its southeastern suburb of Cluden. Vilis and I joined members of the Townsville Region Bird Obs...

Birding at Ross River Bush Garden and Ingham’s Tyto Wetlands

In mid-morning, I cycled to the Ross River Bush Gardens simply to feel my legs pedaling and see what was out in the world. I observed no new bird species, but contentedly listed my familiar avian acqu...