Posts Tagged with australia

Fire Update

We’ve had some rain!! Not a lot (about 60mL – a little over 2 inches), but with a fire still burning just up the road it was definitely needed. Other areas have had a *lot* more rain than us. After 74 days of continuous burning one of the biggest fires is now out! And the…

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The place I call home

In 2020 I’m answering a list of 52 journal questions. Read about it here. Write about the place I call home.I did think of talking about my house and street, which is the obvious answer, but as I thought about it, the words of a Peter Allen song came to mind: But no matter how…

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Burning

Australia has been burning for the last month. We’ve had hundreds of fires and an immense area of the country has burnt (when you consider 85% of the population live within 50km / 31 miles of the coast). To give you an idea, the map below is the status as of today in just one…

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Field guides to Australia

Australia is lucky enough to have a fauna field guide for each state and territory (the image below is of the app I use for the Australian Capital Territory). Museums Victoria developed them and they are practical, user friendly and much easier to carry around then a text book! They are also free which I…

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Swooping Season

Spring is officially here on Sunday (1st September). And with it (well, from late August) comes swooping season. Magpies have already been spotted dive bombing unsuspecting cyclists and pedestrians in my local area. We have a new one this year, which means in the last 12 months some horrid human has been cruel to the…

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