To Lake Paluma, North Queensland

In mid-morning, grey cloud hung over Herveys Range as Vilis and I traveled west from Townsville toward Star River and the turn-off for mysteriously-titled Hidden Valley and, farther to the north, Lake...

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...

Birding at Rowe’s Bay and Queens Gardens, Townsville

As restless as the wild east wind that whipped palm fronds and splashed waves onto the sand of Rowe’s Bay, I prowled the beach and neighbouring Esplanade in search of birds, in search of a few h...