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...
Category: People in Nature
Birds on the antenna: lessons from a year of lockdown in Sri Lanka
I started waking up early to watch the sunrise and took note of the birds that frequented the TV antennae of neighbouring rooftops...
Need help picking your Eucalypt of the Year? Maybe our Eucalypt Champions can help!
Each year on National Eucalypt Day (23 March), Eucalypt Australia announces the Eucalypt of the Year, as decided by the public...
Euc beaut! Who will win Eucalypt of the Year in 2021?
Each year on National Eucalypt Day (23 March), Eucalypt Australia announces the Eucalypt of the Year, as decided by the public...
Emergence
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...
Of bird nests and bench grinders
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....
Bird week round-up: our team’s favourite Aussie birds
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...
‘Stag watching’ for Fairy Possums is a special kind of magic
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.
How nature kept me sane in lockdown
In mid-March, the perimeter of my physical world shrank to the area from the back of our house to the nature strip outside...
Ice, wind and sea: a voyage through the Southern Ocean
From 60 degrees south there is the Southern Ocean. Its presence is mighty – notorious for driving winds, humongous swells and vast expanses of sea ice...