About Emus

Yesterday, I was thrilled when I spotted three emus peacefully strolling over a grassy highway verge near Ravenswood in north Queenslad. However, as Vilis and I quietly walked alongside them at the ed...

Burdekin Falls Dam and Lake Dalrymple, Queensland

I had read and heard that the Burdekin Dam south of Townsville is a good area for birding (particularly for sightings of emus, ground cuckoo-shrikes, and spotted bowerbirds), so I suggested to Vilis y...

Preparing for Hinchinbrook Island and the Thorsborne Trail

With our backpacking excursion of the Thorsborne Trail on North Queensland’s Hinchinbrook Island scheduled to commence next Thursday, we spent today dealing with the nuts and bolts of planning. ...

Rainbow Bee-eaters

This morning, I strolled Townsville’s Ross River Parkway in sun-warmed breezes, drinking in the sight of glossy, new leaves on fig and bottle trees, and the colourful profusion of parkway birds....