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.
Comments closed…the same song, twice, nearly 44 years apart. Each version is equally acute, but very different. Neither involves an electric guitar!
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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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Its kelp/granite/sand shores are still sublime, and Bicheno the town remains nicely-unassuming.
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