As a birder, shorebirds are my nemesis. My discomfort with them is exceeded only by my even greater discomfort with seabirds. When it comes to the latter, I generally cringe or run in terror, although...
Vilis and I departed Mount Isa in fresh early morning, embarking on our second day of determined driving toward Townsville from Alice Springs and the Red Centre beneath absolutely clear, cloudless sky...
At 5:50 a.m., ABC Alice Springs reported the refreshing temperature of 8°C. Tree silhouettes formed black lace against the deep blue of clear, desert sky as Vilis and I drove away from The Alice, beg...
Taking photographs from the back of a camel is no easy task, as Vilis discovered this morning when he and I toured the desert south of Alice Springs by camel. I discovered that focusing binoculars fro...