Undara Volcanic National Park: Kalkani Volcano and Undara Lava Tubes

After an early morning encore visit to Hundred Mile Swamp – the wetland alive with bird song and macropods, yet serene – we devoted the remainder of the day to Undara’s volcanic features. A ...

To Undara Volcanic National Park, Queensland

West of Townsville, South Pinnacle thrust its bald head of rock against blue sky as Vilis and I drove Herveys Range Road on the first leg of our road trip to Undara Volcanic National Park located appr...

Australian Pines and the Dinosaur Tree

At home in Nova Scotia, a windbreak of eastern white pines borders my yard, the trees having grown from sturdy saplings into robust giants during the nearly twenty years my family has lived on the pro...

Dingoes, Wild Dogs, and the Australian Dog Fence

When European settlers herded the first flocks of sheep onto Australian grasslands, they encountered a predator that quickly caught on to the fact that the woolly beasts made a good meal.1 That predat...