The dry ended with lots of rain, finally filling streams and wetlands.

Bats can be divided into two main groups, micro bats and mega bats. Mega bats, like flying foxes, are the bats we often see flying off to...

Winter at Istari with the scrub wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus) and other locals

Ducklings hatch and grow up while we isolate in the bush.

The summer is almost over and it has rained. The fires have stopped. The days are almost constantly hot but unlike the later part of 2019,

The dry continues in the Clarence. Although there has been some rain on the coast much of the valley is seeing little rain.

The creek water refuge has now disappeared so we put a container of fresh water in the bush and set a camera.

This is some more detailed information on lithium batteries that we have been able to glean in our journey to buying new batteries. We are

We woke up one day to find our power system completely failed. The inverter, which converts DC to 240V AC, has a low voltage light blinking

A few light frosts arrived in June and the grass died off. Then came the real frosts. It dropped below zero several days in a row,...

Have you ever seen these signs - "Land for Wildlife". You'll see them beside country roads, usually in bush areas. We had seen them...

One of the many magic things about living in the bush is the wildlife. It is a privilege to have them so close and living their life in fron

One of our most common trees found growing around the house and surrounds is the narrow-leaved apple (angophora paludosa). It has had a huge

The journey of regeneration from cleared to a young forest.

The yellow-tailed black cockatoo, calyptorhynchus funereus, are regular visitors in this area. These majestic birds, growing to around...

Winters on the north coast of NSW are usually beautiful blue sky days and we have already had quite a few of them already. There is usually

Black She-oak (allocasuarina littoralis) As the autumn moves into winter, along the roadsides and scattered throughout the bush, splashes...

Plumed Whistling Duck the Glamour Duck (Dendrocygna eytoni) These beautiful ducks are named after their lovely plumes. The distinctive...

We had a visit from a Wedge-tailed eagle. It came unannounced bearing down on a chook as it, along with every bird ...

A little further information on Lace Monitors (Varanus varius)