Ring-tailed lemurs (pictured above, in Anja National Park) are its emblematic animal.
Parson’s chameleon (pictured below, near Ranomafana) is the world’s biggest chameleon.
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We are in France for our first time.
However, this bit of France is very much closer to Madagascar than to Paris!
Reunion is a spectacular volcanic island; its (and the entire Indian Ocean’s) highest peak soars more than 3,000 metres above the sea…and rather more than half of the whole mountain is below the sea’s surface.
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This is a sequel/prequel to previous “Autumn Morning…” post.
This post’s photos were all taken in the eastern end of Bathurst Harbour on 22 March 2018, between 6.29 pm and 8.04 pm.
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Three recent essays (one, delivered as a speech to The National Press Club) – each, very different – are provocative, but nuanced.
Richard Flanagan’s, Stan Grant’s and Don Watson’s words are worth reading, in full.
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This sequel to preceding post was made possible by yesterday’s long-awaited arrival of the lens that I ordered in January.
(Q: do mega corporate entities still treat Australia as a “distant colony, there to be exploited, rather than served or serviced promptly?” A: Yes, alas)
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Sometimes, for a vulnerable Australian species, an introduced species can prove an unexpected gift rather than yet another threat.
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All photos copyright Doug Spencer. Each is a close view of something wondrous, but easily ignored, reviled as “rubbish”, or dismissed as “dead”.
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All photos copyright Doug Spencer, taken on morning of March 23, 2018.
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Most of Tasmania’s Southwest National Park is wilderness – no roads, no internet, no selfie sticks…
One CommentWho was the most elegant and inspiring swimmer last Wednesday lunchtime at the waterhole in Aspley Gorge, near Bicheno?
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