Australian Skinks

When I left the house at 6 a.m., I spotted honeyeaters congregated on overhead wires, silent, awaiting the sun. And today, like yesterday, we did have sun, the sky mostly clear, the air still and warm...

After the Monsoon Low

The sunshine that greeted us this morning was unexpected, as though no storm harbouring such a furious deluge of moisture as that we experienced yesterday would give way to anything, even the sun. Yet...

Oak Valley, Queensland

Sun and  cloud vied for airspace over Townsville as Vilis and I drove south out of the city to the rural suburb of Oak Valley and the Oak Valley Nature Reserve next to Sachs Creek. Located about 15 k...

Serious Rain in Townsville

After a night of steady rain that sometimes thickened into tropical fury, I ran and walked in the Ross River Parkway in early morning. Solitary ibises and flocks of geese accompanied me, winging throu...