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Festival season in Townsville
Winter in Townsville is the season of festivals and outdoor events, since the weather is (pretty reliably) clear and sunny. In the next few weeks there are at least three festivals which will attract a particular demographic, one which I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Community, Conservation, Writing
Tagged eco-fiesta, festival, folk music, greenie, literary
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The environmental cost of meat
This is the remainder – and perhaps the more important part – of the article by Diane Alford which I quoted from in my previous post. (Please return to that post for a description of ‘Rainsby’ and her family’s life … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Conservation
Tagged beef production, carbon tax, diet, farming, food production, grazing, meat, Rainsby, Western Queensland
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Visiting White Mountains National Park
White Mountains National Park straddles the high point of the highway between Hughenden and Charters Towers. There is a lookout on the crest of the range – the Burra Range, part of the Great Dividing Range. It presents great views … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Insects and spiders, Nature photography
Tagged ants, Easter, National Park, plants, termites, White Mountains
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Self-sufficiency: bananas
When we came to this house twenty years ago we came to a somewhat neglected but well established garden. The house was already more than forty years old, a product of the post-war building boom that necessarily accompanied the post-war baby boom, … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Conservation, Gardening
Tagged banana, banana varieties, Ducasse, Lady Finger Banana, sugar banana
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