Archives for January 2015

A solitary pied oystercatcher walked across the flat, layered rocks at Resolution Creek on South Bruny Island, as if on tip-toe, trying not to disturb marine creatures hiding in narrow rockpools of splintered and eroded sandstone. The oystercatcher probed delicately in the fingers of water, suddenly throwing back its head to reveal a wriggling worm or struggling crustacean, snared by knitting-needle beak. A timeless moment on the shoreline of Adventure Bay, the oceans … [Read more...] about Bay of adventure

MOUNT Wellington throws up surprises, in all directions, in all weathers. One misty summer morning I set out on a quest for mountain birds in a direction I had not traveled before, heading south-west along the Pipeline Track high above the hamlet of Neika. I was not to be disappointed. I had in the past walked the lower part of the track below Fern Tree from where it hits the city in South Hobart. Looking at the map, the higher section held even more promise but I was not … [Read more...] about Thrillers in the mist