Predator
This was my cat “Panther”. I had her from when I was 12 years old until she was 21 years old (and I 33). She used to walk down to the shops with me. She was a delightful domestic cat. However, after working in the bush I now see the terrible toll cats take on our native species. Domestic cats should never be allowed to leave a controlled and enclosed space to roam free.
Stealthy predator of…
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Alter
Does it alter every morning when the light strikes the landwhen sunlight ever bright or through grey skies hits the stranddo the shapes and forms moveunder photon pressure waveronly photographer or artist heeds every little quaverwhen dark crevices are lit by yellow shimmer or dull purple patcheswhen mountains high or plains below are patched with coloured swatcheswhen treed slopes or waving…
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Tableland Talk April 2024
The local community newsletter I publish each month is back once again.
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Tableland Talk March 2024
A small newsletter I edit for our community.
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Tales of calm and beauty #1
Beauty is in the moment Sitting by a window Sun streaming in From directly across the way Low in the pale blue winter sky But strong enough to warm the room Through tall floor to ceiling glass Strong black lines The shadows of the woodwork Stretch long, deep and straight Across shiny slate Framing the scene Defining the space Giving shape to enveloping comfort Warming the calm Enclosing…
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Tableland Talk, February 2024
Welcome to Tableland Talk for 2024, a local newsletter I edit for our small community.
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Watkins walk
Watkins Road
Watkins walk is a Strathbogie Tableland roadside walk through grazing farmland and native forest. One of its other attractive features is the high conservation value roadside vegetation including various towering species of eucalypt.
Such roadsides are critical local biolinks for flora and fauna. There is plenty to see and wildlife sightings are common.
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Tableland Talk December 2023
Here is the last issue of TT for 2023. TT returns in February 2024.
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Tableland Talk November 2023
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Tableland Talk October 2023
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Walking in the evening
You never know who you might meet.
I'm walking in the evening
smelling all the sounds
I'm strolling through the gloaming
Doing my enchantment rounds
I'm catching all the moonbeams
and putting them in my pocket
Remembering fondly daydreams
Preparing days last docket
The path is lit so brightly
in silver and dappled grey
The water sprites dance lightly
on moonlit water spray
And where the…
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Save our Strathbogie Forest (SOSF)
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Strathbogie has SPOKEN
Our cute little St Andrew’s Church is a great venue.
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Tableland Talk September 2023
Despite my best intentions I have failed to deliver the small monthly newsletter I edit for our community to my blog since May. In fact, I have failed to deliver anything to my blog since May! Let’s just say there has been a lot of other stuff happening. I am happy to say I have continued delivering Tableland Talk to our community nonetheless. Now it is time to re-establish myself here in this…
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Tableland Talk April 2023
The April edition of our small local newsletter.
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