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…
Environment
Poop, it’s autumn :(
Today is the 1st of March…and that makes it the first day of autumn. We’ve had such a cool (and overcast) summer, that I am struggling with the idea we are now in autumn. I mean, I’m not a fan of the cold anyway (as regular readers of my blog would know), but usually we…
Summer is here!!
After a cold, gloomy spring that really felt like winter, summer is finally here! To welcome the start of December we have blue skies and temperatures in the mid-20’Cs (about 77’F). It’s not going to last, we’ll be wet and gloomy again tomorrow (more on that in another post), but for today I am enjoying…
Contain your cats
As an environmental scientist, I have always been of the belief cats should be contained. I know many would disagree, but we’ve had very happy cats in the past who had supervised outdoor time, and contained outdoor time. Happy cat, happy wildlife. I don’t think people realise the horrific affect their roaming cats have on…
Spring!
Today is the first day of Spring in Australia. If I could do cartwheels without killing myself I would. We don’t use the equinox in Australia to herald the change of seasons. Instead, the seasons change on the 1st day of September (spring), December (summer), March (autumn) and June (winter). The reason is twofold… the…