Tooth-billed Bowerbird

To escape the sultry heat of Townsville, where the daily maximum temperature seems to be stuck on 30°C and the UV index on Extreme, Vilis and I headed north and inland to the cool, shady, highland ra...

Castle Hill, Townsville: A Tribute

On January 1, two days after our arrival in this country, Vilis and I walked the road up Castle Hill, stepping over squashed cane toads, noting the grey, dessicated grasses and sparse tree cover of th...

Ross River Bush Garden Birds

Realizing that it had been well over a month since I’d explored the Ross River Bush Gardens, I cycled to that planting of native species alongside the Ross River in Townsville early this morning...

Rain Thoughts

Rain poured, fell steadily, or drizzled from brooding cloud onto Townsville today, necessitating the use of my umbrella while I walked the Ross River Parkway this morning and late afternoon. Water lay...