North to Daintree Village, North Queensland

At 6:15 a.m., beneath a blue sky touched with cloud clinging to the peaks of North Queensland coastal ranges, Vilis and I headed north from Townsville on the Bruce Highway, our destination Daintree Vi...

Australia’s Banana Industry

In the freshness of early morning, I cycled through the Ross River Parkway past Gleeson’s Weir and found the connection with the more westerly section of the parkway that in Thuringowa is named ...

Queensland’s Wet Tropics

In brilliant morning sunshine, I cycled into Annandale and crossed the pedestrian bridge at Aplin’s Weir to loop back to our home. The parkway lawns and the landscape of savannah woodland surrou...

To Atherton Tablelands, North Queensland

Morning light lured me beyond the house walls, as though inviting me to dance with the dawn. I strode quickly to Bicentennial Park, spotting a sacred kingfisher sunning on a wire. Within the park, a m...