Tag Archives: nature
Millipede menace
I’ve seen a lot of millipedes lately. Initially they were only outside, mainly in semi-rural areas on the fringe of town. I virtually tripped over them while out walking. Then they started creeping into town and we began seeing them … Continue reading
Wannon Falls
We drove 550km from Mount Gambier to Moe today to spend the weekend before Christmas with my mother. We stopped just over an hour from Mount Gambier between Coleraine and Hamilton in Western Victoria to see the Wannon Falls. According … Continue reading
Marsupial lion
Listening to ABC regional radio in the car today I heard about the discovery of marsupial lion bones near Burra in South Australia earlier this year. The marsupial lion is regarded as part of Australia’s “megafauna” which became extinct about … Continue reading
Python eats family pet
Overseas readers will be interested to know the story reported in the Cairns Post of a monster python stalking and devouring a family’s pet dog. Daniel Peric said he now would not leave his two children, aged five and seven, … Continue reading
Kalgoorlie dawn
We’ve had some mild weather lately and I’ve taken to going for longer walks in the morning. I discovered a little-used track (pictured) at the back of Hannans Golf Course which I follow and then cut back through the fairways. … Continue reading
Kalgoorlie sunset
Kalgoorlie had a spectacular sunset on Thursday. Kalgoorlie Miner journalist Georgia Loney captured the scene.
