by Paula Peeters | Feb 26, 2019 | Beechmont Nature Journal, Nature journaling
Welcome to the Beechmont Nature Journal. Here you’ll find real news, collected from around where I live (the northern end of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area). The content is ever-changing, and I’m learning as I go. You never know...
by Paula Peeters | May 17, 2016 | Colouring books, Projects, Tales of science, Wildlife illustration
Go for a wander in the grasslands of the Riverina and you might notice an abundance of holes in the ground. If you see critters scurrying in and out of the holes (like the meat ants in the picture above) at least you know what type of beast lives in them. But often...
by Paula Peeters | Jun 13, 2015 | Tales of science, Wildlife illustration, Writing
“There’s far too much wildlife in the suburbs” I heard a woman say the other day. She shuddered, and her face wrinkled up as if there was cat poo under her nose. I didn’t want to start an argument, so I said nothing at the time. But this same urban wildlife is...
by Paula Peeters | Apr 8, 2015 | Tales of science, Wildlife illustration, Writing
The rainforest holds many secrets in its high vaulted green ceilings, swooping loops of vines, a million soft mossy pockets and damp rotting piles of leaves. So many tales to tell. Of tree and leaf, beast and bug, season and storm. This one is about the black booyong,...