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Dragons and Seahorses, Coffs Harbour
Soft animal toys may help children get a feel for nature, but there is increasing evidence that having experiences of natural…
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The Joey
The joey is much more independent, still frisky, racing up and down at time and startling mother, but this morning…
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Planting a bulb, strange gardens
I planted a bulb today, though it was not spring. I thrust the Edison screw into clay in a small…
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From Ospreys in the sun to terns in wind and rain
From Ospreys in the sun to terns in wind and rain How uncertain the present is. One day beautiful, the…
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Trees I’ve Loved – In Their Branches
I recorded a piece in ABC Coffs studios 'Forests were here first'. The book of the radio program is now out,…
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The Nambucca River, Feb 18
This is a beautiful river full of fish, but upstream has to be carefully managed to balance between wetland biodiversity…
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Night Spotting, Valla Nature Reserve
‘Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty." Junichiro Tanizaki,
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Don’t Put Shit on Nature, Valla
Wyn was so annoyed one dawn at Valla Beach with all the dog excrement that she just put pen to…
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The leech
This habitat is the most ancient in Australia, once covering ancient Gondwana. . . . Blood trickled from a leech bite a…
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The Tawny Frogmouth
Unlike owls they mainly catch insects and with their beaks not talons, and rather than flying about in search of…
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