Spring blooms are well and truly out and with them has come an influx of bees. I’m sure our native bees are around but they are mostly tiny (and quiet) so it’s the European bees mostly see and hear. I love bees. Not only because of the essential role they play in our ecosystem, but…
Animals
Spring is here
I’ve done it; survived another winter (the 1st of September was our first day of spring). I understand why the birds are preening and chirping like crazy… I feel a little bit that way myself. I remember when I was a kid, we used to say this silly little poem at the start of spring…
The $1 million dollar barramundi – update!
Just a quick update on a post I wrote in 2020 about a fishing contest with a Barramundi worth a million dollars. You can read about the contest here. A few days ago, Katherine local, 19-year-old Keegan Payne, caught the fish in the Katherine River. He caught it just in the nick of time, the…
Bell birds and more
Over the weekend, The Hub and I were driving through some bush and the birds were enjoying the weather as much as we were. Here’s a 15 second recording I made. The bell birds are obvious (they sound like little bells – lovely to hear, but if you are camping near a flock you soon…
Dog’s point-of-view
When I was walking our fur-child, Ludo, the other day I started to wonder…what do dogs think of our fascination with their droppings? I mean, no sooner have they done their business and their owners are down there, bag in hand, collecting it. Not only that, we then carry that little bag with us all…