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Wonders of Western Australia
28 Nov 2016

Wonders of Western Australia

by Paula Peeters | posted in: Wildlife illustration | 11

This morning, I’m feeling a bit sad that I’m not in Freemantle, Western Australia. The opening sessions have just started at the Ecological Society of Australia‘s annual conference, with a buzz of ecologists: old and young; enthusiastic and weathered; well-published … Continued

Art, Ecological Society of Australia, ecology, science, Western Australia

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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 I can’t go and lose myself in its leafy depths. But life continues, in all its beauty. When I take the time to look about, and look closely, I find many reasons to be cheerful. (See the full slideshow at https://www.paperbarkwriter.com/reasons-to-be-cheerful/ ) What are some of the things that brighten up your day? #naturejournal #cartoon #climateemergency #bushfire #bushfirerecovery #illustration #illustratorsoninstagram

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Flame trees, jacarandas and silky oaks, are flowering wildly, against the smoke. Two months since we nearly lost our house in the Binna Burra bushfire, and fires continue to burn all around us. Our lives are saturated with smoke. What has been incinerated to end up in the smoke I breathe? Forest and farm. Animal and plant. Dreams and fears. Homes and lives. Everyday, all day, we breathe it in. No wonder I feel nauseous. How long will this go on? How much longer will our leaders hide from the truth? How much longer will the science be denied, and the experts ignored? It’s easy for despair to creep in. But this is not the way. Instead: Keep talking about it, Keep writing about it, Be kind (especially to those you don’t agree with), Keep caring for each other, Keep your cool, Keep listening, Keep explaining, Keep trying. Perhaps the only way to stop a culture war is with kindness, wisdom and love. Irrepressibly, like those trees that flower Generously, fearlessly, against the smoke #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #bushfires #trees

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The spangled drongo is one of our summer visitors. They have a curious, mechanical-sounding song. Can also pipe like a sacred kingfisher (have fooled me more than once). #drongo #bird #spangleddrongo #ink #illustration #illustratorsoninstagram #birdart #naturalhistoryillustration #naturejournal

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This is what happens when you convert a swimming pool to a pond 😊. The songsters are an Eastern Sedge Frog, Peron’s tree frog, and some sort of rocket frog (I think). #frog #frogcall #frogchorus #frogs #pond #pooltopond #pondlife

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Getting lost in the woods today! #stranglerfig #rainforest #Ink and #colouredpencil , #watercolourpencils

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A great gift idea for those who love wildlife, and dream of a better future. 'Stories from the Wildworld', is a fantasy adventure set in the suburbs of Brisbane, featuring the extraordinary wildlife of south east Queensland. It may be fiction but it also contains many ecological facts. $14.99 plus postage Order now from my online store: https://www.paperbarkwriter.com/product/stories-from-the-wildworld-paperback/ #book #fantasy #wildlife #fiction #story #animals

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Just some critters you might meet in Tassie. Do you know their names? #illustration #ink #Ecology

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Something is taking shape.... #workinprogress for the Ecological Society of Australia conference bag design. This year’s conference is in Launceston, Tasmania.

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B side of #climatestrike #climatestrikebrisbane sign for tomorrow

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All set for tomorrow 😁 #climatestrike

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4.5 mm of beautiful rain fell just now in Beechmont. A great start to recovery after the fires 😊

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Part of Back Creek, before and after the fire. But please don’t despair. The part of the Back Creek headwaters that hasn’t been burnt is alive with birds right now, including rufous fantails, logrunners, whipbirds, scrubwrens, finches, and I even saw a triller yesterday. Spring has certainly sprung up here, and there are plenty of insects emerging (cicadas, fireflies, dragonflies, butterflies, moths...). Koalas are bellowing, wallabies are hopping through the undergrowth, many residents have put out dishes of water for the critters. So the fire has caused death and destruction, but life pushes on regardless. Gracefully, cheekily, with beauty and verve. #fire #bushfire


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