A Confusion of Seasons

At 6 a.m., my bicycle lights flashed white and red into the Queensland twilight as I rode to the fitness track. There, I sat up and chinned up, and swung and rotated hips while dawn swept in with clea...

Toad Day Out in Townsville

Green frogs really do occur in toilets, as I discovered this morning upon finding one in our toilet at dawn. I saw a dark, moving blob in the water and flicked on the light switch. There it was, looki...

Tassie Bushwalk Awards

Today, I seemed to be caught in some netherworld between Tasmania and Queensland, a world of yawning, of washing load after load of camping laundry, of restocking the kitchen with food, of sifting thr...

Tasmanian Devil Conservation Park

After days of dragging ourselves out of bed before dawn, we finally slept in, cozy in our sleeping bags. Once again, Fortescue Bay had granted us a mild night, and on rising we felt rested, rather tha...