My husband had a rare week off, so we decided to head somewhere we’d wanted to go for years – Kangaroo Island...
Category: People in Nature
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Perimetre walk
We swing off our distancing tack and head for Mud Islands, over water less than one metre deep. It’s strange to feel all at sea, but know you could jump overboard and still stand with your head above water...
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We’re going on a bug hunt
With the sun gently embracing us, my daughter and I head out for a minibeast adventure in the suburbs. We walk to our local park. There are no traditional plastic or metal playgrounds here; rather, it has natural vegetation, open grassy areas, large boulders to clamber on and lots of bugs...
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Discovering Strathbogie to invigorate the imagination
Once there was a time when more of us knew the language of wild places, when we could hear the songs of the wind, the language of birds, when we could follow the braille of tiny marsupials wending their paths, when our vision was wider, when we were immersed within the great conversation of the wild...
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Magic amidst a multitude of stems
Victoria’s box-ironbark forests are magic. Whatever time of year you visit, their beauty is evident. The rugged, gnarled trunks of the ironbarks stand black as if they’ve clung to their night-time colour scheme despite the breaking of day...
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The seat
To me, the walk, and especially the seat, is a magical place, peaceful and full of life, with a wonderful view of hills and valleys, becoming paler in the distance...
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Visiting Goongerah
I can see now why appreciating and protecting rainforests is so necessary. If Victorian rainforests aren’t valued as they are now, intact and beautiful and full of life, then they’re even more vulnerable to the wide range of threats that currently exist, such as overexploitation and climate change...
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The farmer’s friend: a friend in need
The paddocks near my place in Porcupine Ridge are busy with visitors. Almost a hundred Straw-necked Ibis may be seen there each day, first on one paddock then in the other; busy probing the soil with long bills and stalking through the grass tussocks...
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Forging community connections: the benefits of Landcare for people and nature
The positive impact Landcare groups have on the environment is well known (and can be easily measured by things like total number of trees planted). But Landcare’s contribution to a community’s social fabric has remarkably less awareness...
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Birding in the backyard counts
I lift the cup to my lips, breathing in the earl grey bouquet as it mixes with the scents of my garden in spring. My laptop sits open with unread emails to attend to but I relish the moment. It is quiet, peaceful. I know that it won't be quiet for long.