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This week a buzzing crowd of ecologists will descend on Launceston, Tasmania, for the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of Australia. These meetings always have a great vibe. And how can they not? Terrific things happen when you bring together a vibrant bunch of folks who are all united by their fascination of plants, animals, fungi and how they interact.

I was thrilled to be once again asked by ESA to create a conference bag design – and here it is! Tasmanian-themed, of course. Thank you to everyone who provided suggestions about which species to include. How many can you identify?

If you’re at ESA 19, please note that these conference bags are not given to all registrants, but are optional to buy (from the ESA desk). This is part of ESA’s strategy to reduce waste (because not everyone wants a conference bag - hard to imagine, I know 😆) and keep registration costs down.

#ink #wildlifeillustration #illustration #naturalhistoryillustration #Tasmania #tasmaniandevil #tasmaniantiger #wildlife #swiftparrot #parrot #handfish

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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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#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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