Terrific things from Tassie
This year’s conference bag design for the Ecological Society of Australia is revealed.
Reasons to be cheerful
I’m finding it a bit hard to be cheerful these days. Heat, smoke, prolonged drought and more fires. Frustration at the lack of action on climate change, while its effects are becoming more and more obvious. My beloved Lamington National Park is still closed, so I can’t go and lose myself in its leafy depths. But life continues, in all its beauty. When I take the time to look about, and look closely, I find many reasons to be cheerful.
Flame tree, Jacaranda and Silky Oak, are flowering wildly, against the smoke
Flame trees, jacarandas and silky oaks, are flowering wildly, against the smoke. Two months since we nearly lost our house in the Binna Burra bushfire, and fires continue to burn all around us. Our lives are saturated with smoke.
Impressions of Barambah
I visited the Barambah Environmental Education Centre (about 50 km west of Gympie, Queensland) back in August. I ran a nature journaling workshop for the staff, and did some field work for a series of illustrations for a little book … Continued
Christmas gift ideas inspired by Australian nature
It’s that time of year again, and many of us are shopping for gifts. So here’s a reminder of some great gifts you can order from my online store, and Redbubble store. Stories from the Wildworld is a fantasy adventure … Continued