by Paula Peeters | Jan 18, 2020 | Beechmont Nature Journal, Nature journaling
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...
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.
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...
