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Around Australia 2026 Part 11 – Eyre Peninsula (South Australia)
White-bellied (Western) WhipbirdAfter farewelling the Nullarborwe continued east to Eyre Peninsula for a 3-day stay in Streaky Bay, one of our favourite places with its wonderful coastal scenery and...
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Around Australia 2026 Part 10 – Nullarbor Plain, South Australia
Naretha BluebonnetAfter leaving Cape Arid on the WA South Coast we overnighted again in Esperance before tackling the long drive across the Nullarbor. We camped overnight at Ten Mile Rocks, 80 km east...
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Around Australia 2026 Part 9 – Esperance & Cape Arid
Southern Right Whale - female & calf (foreground) Following our visit to Cheynes Beach, we continued eastward for a three-day stay in the delightful South Coast town of Esperance. Near our van in...
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Around Australia 2026 Part 8: Albany and Cheynes Beach in WA
Western WhipbirdAfter leaving the WA south coast town of Denmark, we continued eastward to Albany for 3 nights in an Emu Park van park, a few kms from the town centre in a lovely setting that we've...
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Kangaroos killed, maimed by shooters at Cheynes Beach - Western Australia’s...
Wedge-tailed Eagle with shot Western Grey KangarooI was out at night on a track this week behind Cheynes Beach caravan park when I heard a series of gunshots from the farm property abutting the...
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Around Australia 2026 Part 7: WA – Dryandra to Denmark
Red-eared FiretailFollowing our visit to the Goldfields of WA, we headed west for an overnight stay in Southern Cross, before continuing on to the Dryandra Woodland National Park, one of my favourite...
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Around Australia 2026 Part 6: WA's Mulga Lands and Goldfields
Splendid FairywrenFollowing our visit to Geraldton, we headed east to the Yalgoo area, which I knew from past visits boasted some of Australia's finest displays of wildflowers in season. So it was...
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Around Australia 2026 Part 5: Shark Bay to Geraldton & Black-headed Gull in WA
Black-headed GullFollowing our visit to the Pilbara we continued southward, overnighting at the Minilya Bridge Roadhouse and then 2 nights in a Canarvon caravan park. The loss of gas to the fridge...
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Around Australia 2026 Part 4: The Pilbara of Western Australia
Black-tailed Treecreeper (wellsi)Following our departure from the Kimberley, we headed south for an overnight stop in the Goldfire Rest Camp, a free camp that was a pleasant break from the busy...
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Around Australia 2026 Part 3 – Western Australia; The Kimberley
Gouldian FinchAfter crossing the Northern Territory, we had 3 nights at the Lily Lagoon Resort caravan park in Kununurra. While nicely positioned on the shore of Lily Lagoon, this indigenous-owned...
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Around Australia 2026 Part 2 – Northern Territory
Northern ShriketitAfter traversing Queensland (previous post) we spent our final night in that state on our around-Oz sojourn near the NT border outside Camooweal by the Georgina River (Lake Francis)....
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Around Australia 2026 Part 1 – Queensland
Squatter PigeonOn June 10, 2026, Glenn and I departed from home on the Sunshine Coast for a planned 4-month road trip around Australia with the caravan. We did a similar trip in 2014, that time with...
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Lord Howe Island 2026
Lord Howe WoodhenGlenn and I enjoyed a pleasant visit to Lord Howe Island from May 23 to June 3, 2026. The charismatic Lord Howe Woodhen was very much centre-stage. I was last on the island at the...
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Visit to the beautiful Bellthorpe Stays, Sunshine Coast hinterland
Sooty OwlI had intended for a long time to visit Bellthorpe Stays in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, an hour's drive from home in Nambour and not much further from Brisbane. Just never got around to it...
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New man-made Sunshine Coast wetland
Great EgretA newly created wetland on the southern outskirts of the Sunshine Coast is a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy landscape as the region's population continues to boom. The wetland on the...
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Foreign cash trail driving net-zero pressure: Charity's "secret net-zero...
The following is the transcript of my Page One story in today's edition of The Australian newspaper. Habitat pics by Steven Nowakowski of wet sclerophyll forest that would have been lost if the...
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Fast-tracked Swan firm signs China silica export deal
Cape Flattery sand-dunesWhat follows is a transcript of my story in today's (23 March, 2026) edition of The Australian newspaper. Pics of Cape Flattery by Diatreme Resources.A company headed by Labor...
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Biodiversity thrown under the bus
Blasting ridge-top forests, Mt Emerald wind farm - pic Steven NowakowskiThe following is the transcript of my feature in the current edition of The Weekend Australian newspaper (28/02-01/03/2026)...
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Battle to save nature from Net Zero
World Heritage-listed Wallaman Falls - Image & enhancement by Richard NowakowskiThe following is a transcript of my news story in the February 28- March 1 edition of The Weekend Australian...
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The environmental nightmare that is the Sunshine Coast's Coochin Creek
Shining FlycatcherA developmental nightmare is emerging on the southern fringe of Queensland's Sunshine Coast that demolishes the environmental reputation of Premier David Crisafulli's Liberal...
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