Bird of the Week – Lucy the piebald, leucistic Crow
This bird – I’m sorry but I can’t even identify it to species level – it is either a Torresian Crow (Corvus orru) or a Little Crow (Corvus bennetti) which are the only [...]
Real jobs at Yuendumu – blown away with the Yunparlarla
There are few enough success stories here in the desert, but surely the Kurdu-Kurdu Kurlangu Childcare Centre at Yuendumu must qualify as one of the best. It provides real jobs, and real, accredited national-standard, training, [...]
A birder in the gilded cage of politics
Greg Combet, member for Charlton in the Federal Parliament, the hard man of the Patrick’s wharf dispute…and of course much more, is apparently a big softy at heart – he breeds, and has special places [...]
Birdwatching as a death hazard…
The drive that gripped Alan that stormy night in the Himalayas can carry us into all sorts of situations. Most of the time the stories engendered add to the great canon of harmless eccentricities. But in some instances the birder's drive can lead to dreadful tragedy.
Gig of the summer! The Bad Seeds, and more, on Sydney Harbour!!
OK, I have a confession to make – years ago…too many years ago – Nick Cave was my boss. (That’s Nick with the pimples on the right) I’d first run into Nick in…oh, the late [...]
Antony & The Johnsons – new EP released
Ouch! I haven't heard this yet. The new Antony & the Johnsons EP Another World, has just been released- today!! I'm downloading it as I write - happy birthday for tomorrow to me!! Antony Hegarty's [...]
Free music!! – the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
I stumbled across this fantastic set on Itunes somewhere and spent a large part of my recent overseas trip plugged into this magnificent set of twenty four, 1-hour programs produced by the Canadian broadcaster CKUA [...]
The NT goes to the polls (again) on 25 October
Local Government elections will be held in the NT on 25 October 2008 for the ten new Councils incorporated following the implementation of the recent Local Government Reforms in the NT. Further information [...]
Dog of the week – Valiente
This is Valiente. He lost one of his front legs when he was fairly young – from memory he was the victim of a hit-and-run by a car sometime in September 2006 – [...]
Same-sex marriage – Laysan Albatross style
I first came across this story a few weeks ago at the 12th Pan-African Ornithological Congress outside of Cape Town in South Africa where Professor Peter Ryan of the University of Cape Town [...]