I am a writer and photographer, passionate about art and the natural world, and deeply concerned about the future. Wyn and I live beside Jagun Nature Reserve in Gumbaynggirr Jagun [Gumbaynggirr country]. Jagun means home/dwelling/country.
1 Oct, Urunga Wetlands; 5 Oct, King Parrot by deck; 10 Oct, Helios from deck; 14 Oct, nest, Azure Kingfisher with…
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7 Sep, Guerilla signage; 7 Sep, Jagun backburnt; 2 Sep, Strangler Fig, Bellingen; 18 Sep, Uncle Micklo, Gumbaynggirr elder teaching…
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My daily journal of writings and photographs, Virus 2020 started in January, before I knew it was going to become an ongoing project, From March documenting the day became a daily activity, to document the pandemic from a regional and global perspective. I look at both personal and wider social/economic ramifications, but primarily focus on this crisis as an opportunity to appreciate and (as usual) celebrate the natural environment. This focus is from a position of good fortune. This region has not (yet) been affected by the virus, merely slightly inconvenienced.
We need (when we can) to use these strange, uncertain times to re-evaluate what is really important, and in a time of lockdown, appreciate what is in our immediacy – the natural world. Natural Aesthetics is a way to cope with the anxiety of lockdown, disease, depression, unemployment and the uncertainty of what lies ahead, a way of enjoying being alive, and also a spur to resetting how we live and recognising the damage we are (all) doing to the natural environment and all life forms.
This site has been a long time in renovation stage. I will be slowly adding pages from the last few months.
Uncle Micklo teaching the crowd a Gumbaynggirr song, with elders present, Sandy Jarrett Greenwood, the Gumbaynggirr camp spokesperson, and guest David Shoebridge Greens MP (far right). 8 June
Bumagin, Gumbaynggirr man arguing. Logging started in Nambucca State Forest. This council supports logging even after the devastation to habitat caused by November’s bushfires. 15 May.
White-faced Heron, Miilba, Valla Beach, 15 May
An elegant turn as if on a runway, unblinking eyes, perpetually wide, the sleek head delicately textured, Tang brush-strokes white and blue, Persian cobalt from the Silk Road built into a powerful weapon.
Eos, Miilba, Valla Beach, 11 April
In this time of lockdown and physical distancing getting up for Eos is a joy. Let’s get some perspectives on this pandemic that has reached every country, and which the news doesn’t cover. See COVID-19 and the Cadigal peoples of Sydney and COVID-19 and Lucretius
Sunrise, Valla. In these times of physical distancing Eos has become an even more healthy opportunity. 19 March
Little Corellas are/were an inland species that have started to appear in large flocks on the coast. March 17 2020
2019 8 Nov. New bushfires in our region (70 today, many out of control).New analysis confirms the relationship between climate drivers such as El Niño, climate change and the Australian bushfire season.
Bushfire sunset
Young Grey-headed Flying Fox in the garden