by Paula Peeters | May 17, 2021 | Tales of science
Meet the punk caterpillar who’s willing to take on some of Australia’s most fearsome plants (the Gympie Stinger and Shiny-leaved Stinging Tree), and spends part of its life masquerading as a bat. In recent years it’s also begun to devour the Giant...
by Paula Peeters | Jul 7, 2020 | Free downloads and printables
Bimblebox Nature Refuge protects a large tract of grassy woodland that provides habitat for many native animal species. Bimblebox, ironbarks, rusty jackets, brigalow and many other tree and shrub species provide food, shelter and breeding sites. This colour-in is free...
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 | Jul 20, 2019 | Beechmont Nature Journal, Nature journaling
Winter days in Beechmont have been cool, clear, still and sunny. Apart from a week of much needed rain, and the occasional windy day. I have been preoccupied with many other projects, but managed to squeeze a bit of nature journaling in too. Here’s a page I...
by Paula Peeters | Mar 3, 2019 | Beechmont Nature Journal, Nature journaling
Woo hoo! Here we go with issue two of the Beechmont Nature Journal, featuring baby (or moulting?) birds, bell birds popping up in a surprising place, and a giant of the forest. Everyone is happy here because we have RAIN at last. And I have a new sketchbook to play...