by Paula Peeters | Sep 6, 2020 | Beechmont Nature Journal, Nature journaling, Tales of science
Recently, a friend told me that she was going to transition. From being a she to becoming a he. It’s something she’d wanted since puberty. I could hear the relief in her voice, and a happy anticipation of a new, precious and exciting life ahead. But many people find...
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 | Dec 24, 2019 | Beechmont Nature Journal, Nature journaling
The Queensland Lacebark Tree Brachychiton discolor Along a path strewn with brown fire-killed leaves; dried, drought-killed leaves, and scattered with charcoal and ash – I find this: Opulent pink flowers, freshly tumbled, two hundred or more. While above me springs...
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 | 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.