Roos and their Rellies

Of all Australia’s iconic animals, kangaroos are arguably the best-known around the world, their popularity perhaps enhanced by that white, stylized depiction of a roo painted on the red tails o...

Ross River Parkway, and a Taste of Aussie Basketball

In the new light of sunrise, I cycled leisurely in Townsville’s Ross River Parkway, the sky above me nearly clear, only wisps of white-grey cloud marring its blue expanse. A light breeze rustled...

Cyclone Preparations, the Decade-long Drought, and Mosquito Manipulations

This morning, while I walked in Townsville’s Bicentennial Park, the sun rose above city and Ross River as an eye-searing ball of molten gold. Before noon, I rushed outdoors to snatch laundry off...

Koala

In the dim light of 5:10 a.m., a golfer hit practice balls on the Townsville Golf Club, his face so screened by the receeding darkness that I was unable to ascertain if he was young or old. Beneath th...