Tyto Wetlands and Tully Sugar Mill Tour

At first light, Vilis and I headed north on the Bruce Highway for a spot of early morning birding at Ingham’s Tyto Wetlands, after which we continued north to Tully for a tour of the Tully Sugar mil...

Lake Paluma

In clear sunlight and cool, upland air, grey-headed robins inspected Vilis’s and my campsite while we ate a hot porridge breakfast. Operatic chowchillas sang resonating melodies in the rainforest, a...

To Lake Paluma, North Queensland

In mid-morning, grey cloud hung over Herveys Range as Vilis and I traveled west from Townsville toward Star River and the turn-off for mysteriously-titled Hidden Valley and, farther to the north, Lake...

Climate Change and Australian Beer

After dawn, I ran a dozen kilometres beneath an overcast sky, wishing for the cool freshness of days gone by. Urged on by the Ross River Knights and the shrill squawks of rainbow lorikeets, which toda...