Western Australia, Day 20 Townsville: Cold wind buffeted my bare limbs as I walked quickly into Idalia via the Bowen Road bridge and Ross River Parkway. From the bridge, the sun painted stark images o...
Western Australia, Day 19 Townsville: Many times I’ve walked alongside the Ross River and been disappointed at its dearth of water birds on the river section that runs through Bicentennial Park. Not...
Western Australia, Day 18 The crazed laughter of kookaburras soared into the dawn air, the particular group in my neighbourhood singing a maniacal song of territorial defence.1 Kookaburras maintain pe...
Western Australia, Day 17 Townsville: In early morning, the water of Rowe’s Bay washed gently in among mangroves growing adjacent to the Esplanade in north Townsville. Brilliant sun lit the long, pa...