October 26, 2009 – 7:23 am
This is a disaster of not only local, but regional and international proportions. The impending arrival of the seasonal monsoonal cycle in the coming months will substantially change the nature and location of the impact of this massive spill.
By Bob Gosford
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Also posted in Animals, Birds, Northern development
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Tagged Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), Fairfax Press, Jakarta Post, Kolbano, Pasir Island, PTTEP Australasia, Rote Island, Rote Ndao regency, Senator Bob Brown, South Central Timor, Timor Sea, Toni O'Loughlin, West Atlas, West Timor Care Foundation, World Wildlife Fund Australia, WWF
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October 25, 2009 – 10:55 am
Armadillos make common roadkill due to their habit of jumping to about fender height when startled – such as by an oncoming car.
By Bob Gosford
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Also posted in Ethnoornithology, Photography, Roadkill, Some places I've been, Writing and writers
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Tagged African Elephant Shrew, Arabuko Sokoke Forest, Armadillo, Backwoods Bound, Broad-winged Hawks, HawkWatch International, Kenya, Mercy Njeri, Mississippi Kites, River of Raptors, Solitary Hawk, Swainson's Hawks, Turkey Vultures, Veracruz
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October 22, 2009 – 9:22 am
It is not right that these horrible things were done when the Church was supposed to be protecting children. I think it should be investigated, we shouldn’t just let it go. There was, and still is, a real fear of the church at times.
October 15, 2009 – 8:21 pm
I’m sitting on a verandah at Yirrkala in the north-east of the Northern Territory looking out at one of those smoky-red sunsets that only the Top End can throw up on a hot day in the middle of the build-up to the wet.
August 15, 2009 – 7:52 am
Below the fold are two pieces from Crikey yesterday. It is trite indeed to say that it was an “extraordinary day” in Territory politics…over at Club Troppo Ken Parish has written about this matter and makes this comment:
Gerry Wood’s price was more extensive than you suggest. Not only must Henderson remain CM (an extraordinary provision [...]
I was trawling through an old notebook today and came across some spider-scrawled notes from my 400 mile road-trip from Cleveland in central Mississippi to Baton Rouge in Louisiana on Easter Sunday this year.
Roadkill – armadillo, cats, dogs, birds (various), opossums, squirrels, snakes, skunk, toads, raccoon, deer, Turkey Vulture…
I have a vicious occasional thought that when the get to Darwin they will all run out of road and over a cliff into the Arafura Sea.
There are over 1,500 species of “true blue” Australian native bees. Australian native bees can be black, yellow, red, metallic green or even black with blue polka dots!: Australian Native Bee Research Centre
Someone suggested that we could call this leatherback camp dog “Jenny” as a tribute to Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin – but “Fluffy” is more suited to her undoubted charm and character.
On 5 June 2009 Crikey published an article by Bob Gosford titled “Roll up, roll up and watch NT Labour it itself alive”. In that article we suggested Ms Anderson had acted parochially and in self interest by determining that her home community of Papunya should be on the list of 20 “growth towns” and [...]
