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Tasmanian tiger … snake
I saw only stuffed museum specimens of the extinct Tasmanian tiger on my trip around Tasmania last December, but was fortunate to see the very unextinct Tasmanian tiger snake (Notechis scutatus) – in the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park on … Continue reading
Talking about pop, pop, pop culture
And that’s enough referencing of ’80′s music, thank you. The weekend saw another Gold Coast SupaNova pop culture event. I talked about last’s year’s event here. It’s always fun to see the enthusiasms of so many people, singles, couples and … Continue reading
Posted in Travels
Tagged comics, cosplay, Doctor Who, science fiction, SupaNova 2013, SupaNova Gold Coast
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The laughing frog
Fleeing the dismal continual rain in Lismore for a few days, we visited Warwick in south-east Queensland, a two-hour drive from home. As soon as we crossed the border, the rain stopped. What was that old advertising slogan? “Queensland – … Continue reading
Two weeks in Tassie (part 2)
Part 1 is here. Friday 14/12/12 Time to leave Lonny and go back to Hobart. Instead of just taking the usual three hours to zoom down the Midland Highway, we decided to spend the whole day investigating places that took … Continue reading
Launceston architecture
I love walking among old beautiful buildings. That’s one of the reasons I loved many towns and cities in England, and Charleston and Savannah in the USA, so much. And now there’s a place in Australia I can do the … Continue reading
The plainsong of seals
I’m presently reading Robert MacFarlane’s wonderful The Wild Places, about the search for wildness and its meaning. He describes something I’d love to hear. He’s sailing to an island off Wales in England: As we drew close to the shore, … Continue reading
Wattle goat moth
I saw this mating pair of wattle goat moths (Endoxyla lituratus?) in the Tasmanian Bushland Garden near Buckland, north of Hobart, in late December.
Posted in Art, Insects, Travels
Tagged art, dinosaur sculpture, Nature, sculpture, Tasmania, Tasmanian Bushland Garden, wattle goat moth
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On the fifth day before Christmas, Mother Nature showed to me …
… one trundling wombat … … six live echidnas …
