Self-taught author and illustrator of six books, Trace Balla, walks me through her garden – virtually – and sets me (her computer) down in the studio tucked beside a grapevine at the back of her property in the Dja Dja Wurrung Country of central Victoria...
One thing that has become clear to me on this journey is that we have some amazing things here on Norfolk Island – species that are rare and perhaps even endangered. Some species that are endemic to this island, and some that may even be new to science...
I started waking up early to watch the sunrise and took note of the birds that frequented the TV antennae of neighbouring rooftops...
Each year on National Eucalypt Day (23 March), Eucalypt Australia announces the Eucalypt of the Year, as decided by the public...
Each year on National Eucalypt Day (23 March), Eucalypt Australia announces the Eucalypt of the Year, as decided by the public...
When I wake, I head to the forest, where all is damp and the air is fresh. As always, my senses are on full alert...
She and her mate are bush songsters. Their melodious whistling reverberates among the eucalypts each morning and reminds me, as I lie in bed, that I have come home....
Here in Australia we are so blessed to have an incredible range of colourful, interesting and unique birdlife. Each year, National Bird Week gets us all a-flutter at Remember The Wild...
I suggested we meet at a cafe; he instead suggested stag watching. Which, it turns out, is a nocturnal expedition into the forest to look for endangered animals.
In mid-March, the perimeter of my physical world shrank to the area from the back of our house to the nature strip outside...
