Tomorrow, Tuesday Nov 12, 2019 is looking very bad for south-east Australia (especially New South Wales, but also parts of Queensland, Victoria …
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Autobiography & Travel
A Short Walk in the Lamington Kush – The Stintson plane wreck, Australia
by Mike Poleby Mike Pole“If I had a camera I could take a photo and show guests what my uncle’s legs looked like after he found …
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Could the Bunya Mountains be the one place to turn your preconceptions of human nature on its head? *** I recently finished …
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Autobiography & Travel
Tracking in the Ancient Dunes of Kings Canyon, central Australia
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleA camp-fire, such a simple pleasure, second-nature to a lot of us, and yet a whole new experience for some people. Our …
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Autobiography & Travel
Caterpillar Dreaming – Hiking Australia’s Larapinta Trail
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleThe 220 km Larapinta Trail is a bit of a con…. ________________ It’s a funny thing, despite the Larapinta Trail being regarded …
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“Has any one seen the guy in bare feet and a track-suit? He’s mad” ++++++++++ Kate and I were reasonably experienced back-country …
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Over ten years ago I taught visiting American classes at the University of Queensland. The itinerary of one lucky class was to …
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Archaeology, History & Culture
Tim Flannery and Megafaunal Extinction Shuffle-puck
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleAre Australian lives and property being burnt as a result of something that happened tends of thousands of years ago? In 1994 …
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Biogeography & Vegetation
Australian Grasstrees – ancient registrars of fire
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleIn 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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The first time I came to Brisbane in the hot part of the year – I couldn’t believe how anyone could survive …
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