Monthly Archives: May 2009

Eye of the Storm – Alice Springs Writers’ Festival – 3 & 4 May 2009

No words – only fotos!

Roadkill of the week – Kangaroos & Wallabies of the NT

Maybe instead of blaming the animals we should be saying “I committed a murder of a kangaroo today”, “I was driving too fast to let the Wedge-tailed Eagle get enough height to get off the roadway” or “I didn’t slow down to let that Goanna cross the road safely”.

Eye of the Storm – Alice Springs Writers’ Festival – first two days – 1 & 2 May 2009

Bird of the week – Kanpanparlala – Crested Bellbird, Oreoica gutturalis

The Crested Bellbird has a very distinctive call, from which its Warlpiri name of Kanpanparlala is an onomatopoeic derivation.