Aussie Water Dragons

After a brief, pre-dawn greeting of the tropical day in Townsville, I jumped into focused, highspeed packing and house cleaning in preparation for Vilis’s and my departure from Australia four da...

More from the National Museum and Botanical Gardens, Canberra

Cloud brooded above Canberra this morning, blanketing the sky over Lake Burley Griffin as Vilis and I strode quickly to the National Museum of Australia. Having a day free from his ecology conference,...

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...

Townsville’s Turtle Hospital

In a sultry morning flecked with spitting drizzle I walked the Ross River Parkway, the avian highlights for my efforts a trio of Nankeen kestrels in Bicentennial Park – the small raptors’s bac...