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Yesterday morning Mum, Dad and I went down to the Town Common to check out the birds. We saw 25-ish species and I nabbed these photos. Not bad, considering I was still half-asleep.

Part II - The Early Riser
When the hermit-eske/esque approach fails, I like to adopt what I call the Early Riser. It’s a move I’ve pulled before. It’s pretty straighforward, you just get up early and start working before your mind works out what is going on.
There are two basic elements;
1. Get up really early. [...]

So the Eco Fiesta went well yesterday. The run of superb weather continued and plenty of Townsvillians came out to make the most of it. I shot about 300 photos of the event, but this was my favourite. Sean Coolburra, an indigenous comedian and entertainer, dancing up a storm:

He said he, “doesn’t judge people by [...]

Today was a classic Townsville ‘winter’ day–blue skies (literally not a cloud in the whole sky all day!), max temp of about 25 deg. C., and a slight offshore breeze. The dry season appears to be upon us.
Here’s a shot of maggie at sunset, to go with the new ‘dry season’ header. Kiki, you’re not [...]

Yesterday I discovered a new band–Bright Eyes. They’ve probably been struggling for the last 30 years, but I’d never heard of them before. Their new single, “At the Bottom of Everything”, is like the Dharma Bums of music. If you haven’t read that book, or heard Bright Eyes, do yourself a favour–duality abounds.
Today I took [...]