Australian Magpies and Yakabindi, Western Australia

Western Australia, Day 2 Townsville: Cloud hung over the city, and cool winds buffeted the fronds of palms shading our yard. Beneath the palm canopies, my wee Aussie garden is gasping for sunshine. Th...

Incommunicado in Western Australia

In late afternoon, slanted rays of sun turned trunks of gums to grey silk, their leaves tattered olive. The curving fronds of palms were slivered emerald washed with gold. Warm air danced with cool, s...

Sorry Day

This is a brave country, owning up to its past, to the injustices it has meted out. On February 13, 2008, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd formally apologized, on behalf of the Australian federal parliament,...