
Paperbark Writer
Australian nature meets science and art
By Paula Peeters
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Beechmont Nature Journal Autumn 2020
A family of yellow-tailed black-cockatoos have been a steady presence over the last few weeks. Mum, dad and a baby, it seems. The baby is often whining - in its loud, creaky way - for something. Is it food, is it just attention, who knows? We see them sailing...

Free froggy colouring book to download
Follow the Southern Bell Frog’s journey, from tiny egg, to tadpole, to a young frog, in this beautiful colouring book. Yours to download for free!

Inspiration from chooks
Chooks are irrepressible, despite the uncertainty of their lives. They give me inspiration. Here's a nature journal spread of our backyard flock that I completed last night. In case you're interested in doing some nature journaling yourself, here are the steps I used...

Finding joy and calm
The earth seems to be shifting under our feet. Nothing seems certain, and it's easy to let our anxieties and fears grow. That is, if we focus on human affairs only. Because out there, in nature, the world is going on. Lives are born and lives end. Trees that are...

Rain returns to Beechmont – woohoo!
Rain has emphatically returned to Beechmont in the last few days. Overnight we received 167 mm! I don't like to complain about the lack of rain here, since we still tend to receive far more rain than many drought-ravaged places in Australia. But I guess it's all...

How we saved summer
A message of hope from the future. If you like this, please share!
The next ‘Tree hollows are animal homes’ design is here!
#3 Eucalypt Woodlands of south-eastern Australia
‘Tree hollows are animal homes’ is a series of designs inspired by the relationship between the many Australian animal species that use hollows and the trees that provide them.
This design is available on posters, art prints and other goodies from my Redbubble store.
Bulk orders of the detailed poster design can be arranged by emailing paula.peeters@paperbarkwriter.com Click here for wholesale prices.
A simplified version of this design is also available as a Organic Cotton Tea Towel.
Thanks to Prof Don Butler for providing the vegetation map and data.
Read more about this design here.
Previous designs in the series: ‘Tree hollows are animal homes’
#1 Eucalypt Open Forests, south-eastern Australia
#2 Eucalypt Tall Open Forests, south-eastern Australia
Click here for wholesale prices for educational poster ‘Tree hollows are animal homes #1 and #2’.
These designs are available on posters, prints and other goodies via my Redbubble store.
A walk in the mountain forests
My nature journal of Binna Burra, Beechmont and beyond
Discover the richness of the mountain forests through the playful, diverse and beautiful pages of Paula’s nature journal.
Paperback, 17 x 22.3 cm, 206 pages, full colour throughout with over 196 original illustrations. Printed in Australia on recycled paper.
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Organic cotton tea towels

Greeting cards

Magnets

Books
Redbubble store
Here you can purchase clothing, prints, posters and other goods with my designs. They’re printed on demand and shipped straight to you from Redbubble.
Buy selected garments through my Redbubble store and 25 % of the retail price will be donated to environmental and animal welfare charities
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Nature journaling workshop at Binna Burra; Photos by Renata Buziak
Escape…
Into the Wildworld, and discover The Kinship of All. Read Stories of the Wildworld.
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