A vase holds branchlet of dull green gum leaves, smooth buds and flowers. some of the buds are just opening to reveal white stamens having lost their cap while others remain closed. The long, pointed leaves have a prominent mid-vein that are arranged opposite each other on the stem.

Pink Bloodwood

It was the raucous Rainbow Lorikeets that alerted me. Their feeding frenzy around a flowering tree canopy 30m above had littered the forest floor with fallen buds, flowers and leaves.

February 4, 2023 · 2 min
Wivenhoe Dam Water Storage (ideal)

The Rain Bomb and the Dam

The main water reservoir for Brisbane, Wivenhoe Dam, can hold approximately 3 trillion litres of water…

February 28, 2022 · 2 min
A restored chair sits in the corner of a room. It has a shallow base to sit on. The timber appears newly finished although it is quite old.

Towards a Personal Ethic of Built Things

Although the chair is just an object, and the people who made it special are now all gone, I feel I have a duty to care for such things.

September 4, 2021 · 2 min
Juvenile Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis)

Juvenile Butcherbird

I had thought that it might have been a Grey Butcherbird, but the buff-coloured breast patch marks it out as a juvenile of the Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis)…

July 6, 2021 · 1 min
Kangaroo Vine (Cissus antarctica)

Rogue Native

Kangaroo Vine (Cissus antarctica) is a native vine well adapted to conditions along the East Coast of Australia…

April 17, 2021 · 1 min