Random thoughts and observations
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 45,000 years ago. These were giant versions of wombats and kangaroos, and in this case [...]
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, alone in any part of the house, after the “enormous” python ate his silky terrier-cross [...]
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. I’ve actually seen more wildlife on these walks than in the Karlkurla nature reserve. There [...]
Kalgoorlie had a spectacular sunset on Thursday. Kalgoorlie Miner journalist Georgia Loney captured the scene.
