Parkway Fun and the Future of This Nation

With a cloudy sky offering a reprieve from Townsville’s glaring sun, Vilis and I hopped on our bikes (called push bikes here) at 8:15 a.m. and spent two leisurely hours enjoying the Ross River Parkw...

Anderson Park Botanical Garden & Ross River Parkway

This morning, driven by some inner need to walk, I devoted two hours to an excursion to the Anderson Park Botanical Gardens, followed by another two hours in the Ross River Parkway. After yesterday af...

Palmetum Park, Townsville

While darkness still lingered beneath trees, I cycled away from the house and into the open twilight of streets and the river park. The river was quiet, withdrawn from shores it had flooded so deeply ...

Aussie Window on America

This morning, a rising tide of corella voices lifted against the dawn as a I cycled past the golf club, my garage-sale bicycle granting me greater freedom to explore the river park. Cockatoos, corella...