A new book, The Biggest Estate on Earth, by historian Bill Gammage explodes the myth that pre-settlement Australia was an untamed wilderness revealing the complex, country-wide systems of land management used by Aboriginal people. According to the … [Read more...] about How Aborigines Made Australia: Bill Gammage
National Parks
A Note from the Daintree
Hello Jennifer, Tourism in the Daintree Rainforest is continuing to decline, partly because of the relative value of the Australian dollar. Recent upturns in the global economy have been met with a proportionate recovery in other parts of … [Read more...] about A Note from the Daintree
Exotic Disease Threatens Australian Eucalyptus
Exotic diseases represent a significant threat to Australia’s unique fauna and flora. Dramatic declines in frog numbers in the 1970s were initially blamed on habitat destruction associated with logging. It was not until twenty years later that … [Read more...] about Exotic Disease Threatens Australian Eucalyptus
Britain’s Forests for Sale
In Australia the general trend is for governments to lock-up more and more forest often through the conversion of land managed as forest reserve into national park. The conversion of land into national park is often accompanied by a reduction in … [Read more...] about Britain’s Forests for Sale
The National Parks: America’s Best Idea
ONE of the best Christmas presents I received this year is a film by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan entitled ‘The National Parks: America’s Best Idea’ – as twelve episodes contained in a case of five DVDs. So far I’ve watched episodes one to four … [Read more...] about The National Parks: America’s Best Idea
Dawn, North Keppel Island, Central Queensland
APOLOGIES for not posting so much over the last week: I have been driving north along the east coast of Australia and this morning I woke up to this magnificent view across to North Keppel Island. It's a National Park Island within the Great … [Read more...] about Dawn, North Keppel Island, Central Queensland
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD has worked in industry and government. She is currently researching a novel technique for long-range weather forecasting funded by the B. Macfie Family Foundation.