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  • Australian EcologyClimateFireForests

    Did Queensland Rainforest Spread when Cultural Burning Stopped?

    by Mike Pole January 18, 2020
    by Mike Pole January 18, 2020

    “This is the Giant Stinger tree – avoid it”. Work place health and safety now out of the way, I could then …

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    When New Zealand was a Burning Land

    by Mike Pole January 16, 2020
    by Mike Pole January 16, 2020

    Broken River is a Hell of a place to get to. From Christchurch you need to head inland, driving along the road …

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    New Zealand’s Doggerland

    by Mike Pole December 27, 2019
    by Mike Pole December 27, 2019

    Do we have a submerged ‘Doggerland‘ in New Zealand? In 1950 a boat, the HMNZS ‘Lachlan’ dredged a sample of “lignite” from …

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    The antifragile (?) tree-ferns of Omatepe, Nicaragua

    by Mike Pole January 27, 2019
    by Mike Pole January 27, 2019

    “We’ll follow these guys – they’re three local hoodlums”, This from my local guide on Omatepe Island, Nicaragua. I was sitting behind …

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    Geologising in the Rainforests of Aceh, Indonesia

    by Mike Pole November 30, 2017
    by Mike Pole November 30, 2017

    Our Indonesian guide, with a parang (machete) in hand, dropped vertically in front of me, just brushing my face, while out of …

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  • Forestsre-wilding/walking

    The Lost Forests of Southland, New Zealand

    by Mike Pole April 8, 2017
    by Mike Pole April 8, 2017

    Forests that have disappeared so completely that you would hardly believe they really existed, have long fascinated me.  When I left my …

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    Once a Vast Forest – Motatapu Track, New Zealand

    by Mike Pole November 12, 2016
    by Mike Pole November 12, 2016

    Early on a cool Sunday morning I sipped my latte outside Relishes Cafe, Wanaka, and thought the immediate view could be better. …

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    The Honey Trees of Kalimantan

    by Mike Pole February 12, 2016
    by Mike Pole February 12, 2016

    I was sitting in a ger in Mongolia when I put up my hand to go to Indonesia. My ulterior motive was …

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    Lebanon – Last Gasp of the Cedar Forests

    by Mike Pole January 23, 2016
    by Mike Pole January 23, 2016

    Europe to Australasia is long-haul, and if you are not into heroics, it’s nice to break the journey somewhere. I wonder how …

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  • Australian EcologyFireForests

    Australian Grasstrees – ancient registrars of fire

    by Mike Pole December 4, 2015
    by Mike Pole December 4, 2015

    In Australia there are trees that look like inside-out chimneys. Strong but sensitive – a fungal attack can leave them as a …

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    • Curio Bay – New Zealand’s Jurassic Fossil Forest
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