Fragrant Paperbarks, and Vegetation on Cunyu, Western Australia

Western Australia, Day 16 Townsville: In midmorning, while en route to the Aitkenvale branch of the city library, I cycled past a row of paperbark trees alongside the Ross River. Trunks of some of the...

Green Turtle Survival, Rainforest Road Ecology, and other Ecological Studies from JCU

The times, they are a-changing. Cool air swept over Townsville during the night, causing me to don a light jacket when I walked to the news outlet in early morn. By the time the clock advanced past no...

Images from Palmetum Park, Townsville

Within Palmetum Park, a pair of peaceful doves pecked at the ground near the bench on which I sat making notes. I had come seeking birds and butterflies, and the doves were most obliging. Eyeing me wa...

Wallaman Falls, Girringun National Park, Queensland

Under a mid-morning mix of cloud and sun, Vilis, Janis, and I drove north from Townsville through open savannah woodland and fields of sugarcane to Ingham, and then headed west toward Girringun Nation...