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.
READ MOREMarch, 2009
Warlukurlangu – taking the desert to (New) Delhi
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…
READ MOREAustralian nature writing – missing inaction?
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.
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A chat with Graham Watson
My favourite stage race is obviously the Tour de France – it really pushes you to extremes to get the work done. And there was one particular Paris-Roubaix, probably the 2001 race, where it was extremely muddy, really treacherous…and there are pictures that you know you will live with forever.
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Bird of the week – Peregrine Falcon
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.
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