In which I rant about the carnage caused by dog owners at Manly

July 7, 2009

YOU’D HAVE TO BE out of town to not be aware that there has now been two events at the Manly Little Penguin rookery this week where dogs have attacked and killed penguins. The death toll is now seven.
This is seven Little Penguins too many. These events highlight a convergence of problems that we have [...]

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Book review: Invisible Connections

July 7, 2009

THERE’S STACKS of bird books on the market these days. Some highly technical, some basically informative and some are just good old fashioned coffee table celebrations. Every now and again one shows up which combines all of these elements and when it is full of images taken by one of the world’s great avian photographers [...]

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What not to do on Long Reef (poaching fail)

January 31, 2009

It is said that a person of goodness does good on the basis of personal policy, a person who is passionate does good to earn respect and a person of ignorance does good only to avoid punishment for doing wrong. 

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Life on the rocks

January 24, 2009

THE SKY REFLECTED a brilliant blue in the wet sand as the wavelets slid back toward the sea with a drawn out sigh and collided with the next wavelet as it pushed up the beach. Patches of multi-colored Banded Kelp Shells added a festive flavor to my stroll and tinkled gently as I ran my [...]

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