So I’m off for a few days – with a notebook, camera, and other writers. I am heading into the rainforest. My family are staying behind, but will be busy enjoying catching up with some of the extended family and going to an AFL match in Brisbane. I was so happy this morning as IContinue reading “Gone Writing in the Rainforest”
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Bread Crumbs, Stars and Cassowaries
Sending out twitter stars, and social media bread crumbs to lead you here KICKSTARTER MAGIC FISH DREAMING. There is a super fun poem about cassowaries going into Magic Fish Dreaming; it was inspired by seeing them everywhere searching for food when the cyclones had been through. This young cassowary had headed into Tully after cycloneContinue reading “Bread Crumbs, Stars and Cassowaries”
So Tall Now
My eldest son is so tall now. Yet, in him I will always see the tiny tot, looking up at me, asking ‘Are we there yet?’ Yet, I look up at him now! He is surrounded by green lights of the rainforest. I can see all the music in him around him, just for aContinue reading “So Tall Now”
Walking in the Rainforest
Our first trip back to the Licuala Rainforest after Cyclone Yasi was full of greenery! We just did the short children’s walk, partly due to the heat and because youngest had left his shoes behind (so easy to do in Queensland) and we’d bought him thongs for the walk. It was encouraging to see soContinue reading “Walking in the Rainforest”
Finding out about Rainforests in Australia
pathways to peace Originally uploaded by gumbootspearlz. In my web wanderings today I found some wonderful educational work on Rainforests. The Wet Tropics Management Authority on their website have had permission to put PDF of fact sheets on many topics, such as bats, butterflies, foodchains, plants- and on top of this there is a teacherContinue reading “Finding out about Rainforests in Australia”
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