The fruits of the Wet are becoming apparent. Garden shrubs and trees have pushed out new leaves and shoots. Mushrooms have sprouted from the golf club greens and a severed palm trunk outside our kitch...
During breakfast, Vilis told me, “Yesterday, I heard an interesting program on the radio about eucalyptus trees. They are incredibly adapted for fire. They use it for competition with other tree spe...
After a night of steady rain that sometimes thickened into tropical fury, I ran and walked in the Ross River Parkway in early morning. Solitary ibises and flocks of geese accompanied me, winging throu...
Intermittent downpours this morning stole away our desire to attend Australia Day outdoor celebrations, so instead, we drove downtown to Townsville’s Reef HQ Aquarium – the world’s large...