Lotus Lily and Australian Water Lilies

Early light swept sound and colour into Anderson Park Botanical Gardens, where insects rasped out rough songs in clumps of bamboo that stood like gigantic sheaves of grain, and where lotus lilies and ...

Battling Invasive Species: Red Foxes, Rabbits, and Prickly Pear

Ground mist hung over the Townsville Golf Club and riverside meadows as I cycled to the Ross River Bush Gardens after dawn to join members of the Townsville Region Bird Observers Club for their monthl...

Mount Stuart Views and an Oak Valley Burn-off

In mid-morning, Vilis and I drove to Mount Stuart, that rearing rampart of pink, north-facing cliffs and steep slopes bristling with savannah woodland that forms an impressive backdrop for James Cook ...

Black River Rodeo, North Queensland

After breakfast, I briefly walked alongside the golf course, where the silver velour of dew lay draped over the greens. The morning chorus of rainbow lorikeets, laughing kookaburras, masked lapwings, ...