In Australia we have 14 families and over 2,800 species of crickets and grasshoppers – here are some pictures and stories of grasshoppers found in central Australia.
By Bob Gosford
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Posted in Aboriginal & Islander Art, Birds, Yuendumu
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Tagged Crickets, Field Guide to the Insects of Australia, grasshoppers, instar nymph, Jintilyka, Jukurrpa, Kirr-kirr, Ngalia Warlpiri, Ngapatjimbi, Nymphs, Old and New Australian Aboriginal Art, Orthoptera, Paul Zborowski, Roman Black, Ross Storey, sand grasshopper, Urnisiella, Wantangara, Warlpiri dictionary
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So here we are a few years down the track.. the global economy has crashed, gloom and doom all around and we are spending a bloody fortune going half way around the world to try to flog a few pics…
By Bob Gosford
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Posted in Aboriginal & Islander Art, The Arts, Yuendumu
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Tagged Aboriginal art, Anmatyerre, Cecilia Alfonso, Desart, Desert Dreamings, Durga Vishwanthan, Gloria Morales, Mr John McCarthy, New Delhi, Nyirripi, Ormay Nangala Gallagher, Otto Jungarrayi Sims, Taj Mahal, The Indian Habitat Centre, the Open Palm Court Gallery, Warlpiri, Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu
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For a country blessed with immense environmental and cultural diversity we drastically undershoot the mark with adventurous and insightful writing about nature and life on this continent. Two recent collections of nature writing, both from other places, got me thinking about this.
By Bob Gosford
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Posted in Art, Fun stuff, The Arts, Uncategorized, Writing and writers
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Tagged Book of Nature, Chris Rose, Desert Solitaire, Edward Abbey, Jason Crowley, John Steinbeck, Lapham's Quarterly Granta, Lewis H. Lapham, Matsuo Basho, nature writing, Niall Griffiths, Paul Farley, The New Nature Writing
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A female Peregrine Falcon – powerful legs, cere and eye-ring all a bright yellow, the back a dark and shining slate grey in the bright sun and the black executioner’s hood that encases the head from which black eyes gleam. Below, the chest a glowing bleached white, the belly barred brown over cream.
