Gathering Ross River Parkway Memories

This morning, I cycled Townsville’s Ross River Parkway as though gathering memories to last a lifetime.  The paved path was damp from overnight rain, its green verges irregularly peppered with ...

Images from Railway Estate, Townsville

There is, I have decided, no one term to describe Railway Estate that immediately paints a clear picture of the Townsville suburb in which Vilis and I lived for our first three weeks in Townsville. I ...

Fever Mosquitoes and Dusk on Castle Hill

In the lifting darkness of 5:30 a.m., my bicycle light cast a white beam onto the paved path beside the golf course as I rode south in the Ross River Parkway. Sprinklers on the golf course pushed long...

Oak Valley Reprise

Chased from the slopes above Oak Valley by drenching sheets of rain on January 30, Vilis and I returned to the nature reserve this morning and spent nearly 3 hours hiking its hills.  When we arrived ...