by Paula Peeters | Dec 30, 2019 | Cartoons, Help the Wildworld
I spent 13 years of my life working as a scientist, in wildlife conservation, for the government. I resigned 4 years ago, and now work for myself. But I have discovered that once a public servant, always a public servant. By this I don’t mean that I crave the...
by Paula Peeters | Nov 22, 2019 | Beechmont Nature Journal, Cartoons
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...
by Paula Peeters | Nov 5, 2019 | Cartoons, Nature journaling, Wildlife illustration
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 about the centre. Here are some...
by Paula Peeters | Sep 22, 2019 | Beechmont Nature Journal, Cartoons, Nature journaling
In this cartoon, spring has come to Beechmont, while Binna Burra has become like Shangri-la: mysterious and inaccessible.
by Paula Peeters | Sep 14, 2019 | Beechmont Nature Journal, Cartoons
A cartoon about last weekend’s unprecedented fire at Binna Burra. It’s wobbly because that’s how I feel right now. But all around our house the birds are singing and I heard a koala bellow just before I posted this. So life goes on, and I’m...
by Paula Peeters | May 5, 2019 | Cartoons, Nature journaling, Tales of science, Wildlife illustration
Bellbirds were once a part of Binna Burra, but not in my memory. It seems that the bird species that gave its name to Bellbird Clearing, Bellbird Lookout and Bellbird Track was long gone before I first visited the park. But that has all changed now, because a pair of...
