2023-08-29 03:33
I just want to acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands through which I travel and pay my respects to elders past and present. I also acknowledge the painful history of dispossession… Read More
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2023-08-03 02:36
And it’s something quite peculiar,Something that’s shimmering and white.Leads you here despite your destination,Under the milky way tonight
Wish I knew what you were looking f… Read More
2023-03-19 11:44
Okay, so I have been really slack lately, the start of the semester is always a busy time work-wise and I have rashly decided to add to my workload by enrolling in two units in environmental… Read More
2023-02-03 07:39
Just want to share some of the latest links to Nature reads for the Gaia challenge. Margaret @ From Pyrenees to Pennines reviewed The Lost Rainforests of Britain by Guy Shrubsole a fascinat… Read More
2023-01-30 08:12
Truthfully, without over-egging it, as I often do, the library and journalism, those things made me who I am. – Terry Pratchett
Will update the Gaia challenge and share some li… Read More
2023-01-20 08:45
“It has been decided by our leaders that economic growth is more important. That the extinction crisis is an acceptable trade for their greed.”― Charlotte McConaghy,&n&hell…Read More
2023-01-08 23:43
Saw this piece on the ABC site last week: Poor taxidermy making ‘fattypuses’ and ‘platysausages’ out of Australian animals Essentially the article talks about Jack As… Read More
2022-12-30 10:32
This is the last post of 2022 for me. It has felt like a hectic year and the pandemic pressure did not really ease up, even with open borders, for one reason and another I did not seem to e… Read More
2022-12-14 04:45
And a Christmas read
When did we stop seeing the sacred in trees? When did they become nothing more than a commodity, or worse sometimes just an inconvenience? Woke up this morning think… Read More
2022-11-28 11:30
Gaia/nature reading challenge update, with the end of the year rapidly approaching this will be one of the last 2022 updates, but will continue into 2023 with the new Gaia/nature challenge… Read More
2022-11-23 10:15
I still have posts to update on this years Gaia/nature reading challenge but since the challenge is continuing into 2023 and rather than leaving everything to the last minute, I thought I wo… Read More
2022-10-29 11:13
“Reading is like thinking, like praying, like talking to a friend, like expressing your ideas, like listening to other people’s ideas, like listening to music, like looking at th… Read More
2022-10-27 07:22
Upon that night, when fairies lightOn Cassilis Downans dance,Or owre the lays, in splendid blaze,On sprightly coursers prance;Or for Colean the route is ta’en,Beneath the moon’s… Read More
2022-09-25 02:47
First up I want to share a link to Karen’s excellent post on Pearl S Buck’s classic The Good Earth it is one of those classics I have always meant to read. And Curlygeek has wri… Read More
2022-09-20 01:50
Northern Woodgate BeachEver since covid our escape routine has been disrupted and we have had very few getaways but last week I took a much-needed week off and we retreated to the peace and… Read More
2022-08-16 01:47
We live in an age faced with monumental challenge; climate change, environmental degradation, mass extinction, all change largely driven by human activity on this small blue planet. Clearl… Read More
2022-08-14 03:49
I have been really, really slack, need to be much better organised. Just wanted to catch up on sharing links to challenge posts I may have missed lately.
Way back in April Karen at Livin… Read More
2022-07-17 08:17
There is something magical about sunflowers – it seems impossible not to experience delight at the sight of a field of tall, bold, radiant blooms. Beloved subject of artists and Insta… Read More
2022-06-01 00:05
I have been slack of late, need to get myself organised. To be honest I have been reading a lot of Ukrainian history and have been a bit bogged down by the horror of the past and the prese… Read More
2022-05-01 03:49
It is hard to ignore the horror that is the Ukraine, at the moment and on that unhappy subject, I thought I would share Brona’s reading and blogging event: Understanding Ukraine.
h… Read More
2022-04-22 04:54
2022 has become my year of community. I am by nature an introvert who thrives on solitude, so becoming more involved in my local community is a bit of a challenge for me. One thing I have… Read More
2022-04-07 11:50
I have been a bit missing in action again but just doing a quick catch up post on March reading and the Gaia challenge.
Firstly May at Brizzy May’s Books and Bruschetta post on anot… Read More
2022-03-24 10:45
Do you ever wonder what the future will think of us and our actions today?
G has been reading, American author K.B Wagers, action, sci-fi NeoG series, and was a bit surprised to read a r… Read More
2022-03-12 02:48
Those of us who have barnacled ourselves to inhospitable places may be trying to avoid people not because we do not like people, but because we love the things that people destroyed. Wild t… Read More
2022-03-06 07:37
The first two months of 2022 are gone, one-sixth of the year, history already. Time for an update on the Gaia/nature reading challenge and to properly introduce The Lighthouse a new literac… Read More
2022-02-24 08:34
Firstly just want to share a link to Brizzy May’s Gaia/nature read post on Black Summer the ABC book about the 2019-2020 fire season, another great post from May and a great book, one… Read More
2022-02-08 01:28
S and I originally had planned to go camping last weekend, unfortunately, due to all our favourite campsites being booked out, this did not happen. Instead, we took a Sunday drive to visit… Read More
2022-01-23 06:14
“The first was that if one did not master one’s circumstances, one was bound to be mastered by them; and the second was Montaigne’s maxim that the surest sign of wisdom is… Read More
2022-01-16 02:51
I thought this year I might try and do a regular post on nature writing for younger readers and celebrate younger authors as well, as part of the Gaia/nature challenge. I have long been a… Read More
2021-12-31 07:29
The last day of 2021, this will be a brief post. I promise myself I will not fall so far behind next year! In brief, my best read of 2021 was David Quammen’s Spillover: Emerging Dise… Read More
2021-12-28 10:49
Getting the 2022 Gaia/nature reading challenge off to a flying start. Like last year, there is a short fun book bingo for anyone who would like to use it as a guide. You do not have… Read More
2021-12-23 02:35
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Decided to continue the Gum trees and Galaxies tradition of hosting the Gaia/Nature reading challenge. Afraid I have been a bit slack over the last few m… Read More
2021-12-21 08:26
Ok really got to catch up on reading posts! The end of the year has been surprisingly busy. I am just hanging out for the brief reprieve of Christmas and a chance to catch up, do a re… Read More
2021-12-15 04:33
Managed to escape for a couple of quiet days in Giraween national park a couple of weeks ago. The most amazing granite country, sentinel boulders and eucalypt forest. It was lovely to see… Read More
2021-11-16 00:06
I’m losing the precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to… Read More
2021-11-14 05:35
“Democracy is not a spectator sport, it’s a participatory event. If we don’t participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy.” – Michael Moore
Have you heard… Read More
2021-10-03 04:18
I should have included my 5 reads for the 5 in 50 readathon in my post yesterday, oh well, it gives me something for a quick post today.
I started with the Liane Moriarty novel What… Read More
2021-10-02 05:33
BrothersNBooks and the World’s Coolest Readathon
public domain pixabayReading is a life saver, a life enricher, as essential as oxygen to some of us, which is why I thought I would… Read More
2021-10-01 02:19
Spring in Toowoomba is always a bit of a magical time, our parks simply glow with colour and the green haven that is Toowoomba is alive with outdoor activity. This year the parks seemed… Read More
2021-09-23 02:02
https://pixabay.com/photos/koala-marsupial-animal-cute-2010177/ Missing in action yet again. Do you ever need to just hibernate from humanity?
We have been living through interesting t… Read More
2021-08-03 11:04
I have been a bit slow with updating the blog of late, but slowly catching up. To be honest, life has been busy and I caught some bug which has left me feeling exhausted, thankfully not the… Read More
2021-07-21 01:24
Travelling the QLD dinosaur trail with dogs
As I write this my canine best friend is curled up beside me. That is the thing about dogs they love to be with you and they give a really… Read More
2021-07-16 21:36
Dinosaurs, what is it about these creatures from the past that they exert such fascination? Children are enthralled with them and not just children, some of us never really lose that se… Read More
2021-07-15 03:26
We arrived in Winton as the first town on our “Dinosaur Trail“. We stayed in the Tattersall’s Hotel Van Park and though it is highly rated, is not much more that a car… Read More
2021-07-10 03:22
Slowly catching up on posts. After Charleville we started the trek north, stopping briefly in Augathella. The two things Augathella is famous for are meat ants and the Smiley stories. To… Read More
2021-06-11 12:57
Finally the much needed escape is here! Free from work and screens and problems, at least for a little while. Cold nights, big skies, red dirt, open spaces, I am a happy camper. Might get… Read More
2021-05-03 05:31
“Water is the soul of the earth” – W H Auden
The Great Artesian Basin (GAB) is one of the miraculous contradictions of Australia, we are the driest inhabited continent o… Read More
2021-04-27 07:10
Renowned artist John Murray calls Lightning Ridge home and you can’t escape his impact on the town. Depending on which way you approach the ridge you might be greeted by a giant emu, S… Read More
2021-04-04 08:06
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sharon Geitz (@sharon.geitz)
Just a quick Easter Sunday BookSnap. I have never really totally outgrown children’s boo… Read More
2021-04-02 12:04
I only finished two books in March but I did dip in and out of a few. The big one was Charles Massey’s tome on regenerative agriculture; Call of the Reed Warbler: A new Agriculture A… Read More
2021-03-31 10:41
Milne Bay pool Toowoomba
March has been a bit of a slow month blog wise I am afraid. Circumstances have limited our weekend escapes, work has been busy and there just never seems to be e… Read More
2021-03-27 07:47
This is just a very quick Saturday post. Podcasts seem to be the thing at the moment. Do you keep seeing this when you log into WordPress?
Grow your audience with a podcast
Easil… Read More
2021-03-21 01:28
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sharon Geitz (@sharon.geitz)
Just a quick book snap post, I am participating in the Wyndham read along on insta hence this w… Read More
2021-03-20 03:14
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
– Jane Goodall
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This is just a quick post to sh… Read More
2021-03-17 10:42
Pexels: Suzy Hazelwood Since I have decided to dive into the subscription pool I am pondering the benefits of subscription services, and yes this is a little self interested, sorry.
From… Read More
2021-03-16 07:32
Just a few pictures of birds on the lake at Country Style Caravan Park.
Not a bird but this was from one and a half meters and was the size of my thumb Read More
2021-03-15 11:57
We are lucky in this country to have the luxury of space and rich coastal and country environments, all within close proximity. While I live and work in a large town, I am never more than a… Read More
2021-03-14 08:40
I am hopefully emerging from a bit of down cycle at the moment, starting to feel motivated/inspired to post more, in the mean time #BookSnapSunday gives me something to post for the week no… Read More
2021-02-28 07:23
“when 1500 scientists, including 100 Nobel Laureates, petitioned the world in 1995 that serious remedies were required to halt the destruction of the living fabric of the Earth, their… Read More
2021-02-27 04:51
Medieval tapestry
Ok I think that look sums up the past week. I have been a bit snowed under of late trying to get things done and work has been a bit on the hectic side but thankfully t… Read More
2021-02-19 06:55
image source: pixabay public domainAs a child I swam with an almost religious dedication. I hated swimming club, (competition and people were not my thing), but I loved the zen of doing la… Read More
2021-02-14 04:53
This week’s book snap is Charles Massey’s impressive agricultural call to arms; Call of the Reed Warbler: A New Agriculture a new Earth. Currently learning more about sustainabl… Read More
2021-02-07 05:42
#BookSnapSunday
Just the quick weekly BookSnap, I seem to have lots to read at the moment, friends keep lending me books and I always feel I have a duty to read and get them back as soon… Read More
2021-01-29 00:00
Continuing Year of Kayaking challenge; 10 wildlife photos for 10 days:
Anyone who might be interested is free to join in so feel free and lets go for it Read More
2021-01-26 00:00
Continuing Year of Kayaking challenge; 10 wildlife photos for 10 days:
Anyone who might be interested is free to join in so feel free and lets go for it Read More
2021-01-17 21:22
Helping the environment, fighting climate change, supporting your local community and eating green and healthy can be as simple as shopping at your local farmer’s market and Toowoomba… Read More
2021-01-17 02:02
“Isn’t that a kind of prayer? The care and maintenance of the web of our noticing, the paying heed?” – Kathleen Jamie Findings
View this post on Instagra… Read More
2021-01-16 10:52
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There was time when I did regularly join in reading challenges, afraid I was not always as dedicated as I aspired to be. These days I tend to keep my commitments simple; my own G… Read More
2021-01-12 07:24
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I love the moment of discovery, the moment of pleasant surprise when you find something new. There is much to be said for going through life with a perennially curious outlook… Read More
2021-01-10 08:05
Just a quick #BookSnapSunday. I joined in on the #wyndhamreadalong2021 on Instagram last week and just bolted through Day of the Triffids. Wyndham has a timeless, polished quality to his w… Read More
2021-01-08 11:12
Final day of the travel challenge.
Jackie at World Wide Walkies blog, one of my favourite travel blogs, nominated me to participate in the Travel picture challenge.
The… Read More
2021-01-07 11:08
Just continuing on with the travel challenge.
Jackie at World Wide Walkies blog, one of my favourite travel blogs, nominated me to participate in the Travel picture challenge… Read More
2021-01-06 09:38
Just continuing on with the travel challenge.
Jackie at the the awesome World Wide Walkies blog, one of my favourite travel blogs, nominated me to participate in the Travel… Read More
2021-01-05 10:29
A bit late posting today, long, long day. Just continuing on with the travel challenge.
Jackie at the the awesome World Wide Walkies blog, one of my favourite travel blogs, nomi… Read More
2021-01-04 06:12
Just continuing on with the travel challenge.
Jackie at the the awesome World Wide Walkies blog, one of my favourite travel blogs, nominated me to participate in the Travel… Read More
2021-01-03 03:56
#BookSnapSunday
I will resume the travel challenge tomorrow for today I am just sticking to #BookSnapSunday, which this week is the Craig Reucassel book Fight for Planet A, an accessi… Read More
2021-01-02 09:31
Jackie at the the awesome World Wide Walkies blog, one of my favourite travel blogs, nominated me to participate in the Travel picture challenge. World Wide Walkies is a blogging g… Read More
2020-12-31 03:26
I started the Gaia/nature reading challenge in a fairly informal and off hand way in 2020 but for 2021 I thought I would be a bit more organised and focused, making the reading challenge… Read More
2020-12-30 23:22
Jackie at the the awesome World Wide Walkies blog, one of my favourite travel blogs, nominated me to participate in the Travel picture challenge. World Wide Walkies is a bloggi… Read More
2020-12-30 13:38
My first attempt at running a subscription box has been a rather small endeavour, I started out with 10 boxes, just to test the market, I guess. All boxes have now gone and and feedback has… Read More
2020-12-28 23:00
Thank you to Jackie at the the awesome World Wide Walkies blog, one of my favourite travel blogs, for nominating me to participate in the Travel picture challenge. World Wide Walkies i… Read More
2020-12-28 09:55
A bit of end of year blogging tidy up. So how did my reading plans for 2020 go? I joined in Turtle Recall the discworld reading challenge hosted by Annemieke at A Dance with Boo… Read More
2020-12-27 02:33
I love these guardians of adventure at the entrance to the Helsinki train station.
How is everyone feeling now the year is slowly coming to a close? These last few weeks have felt even m… Read More
2020-12-25 03:05
Just a quick wish for peace, joy and contentment for everyone this Christmas no matter where you are and what you are doing! Read More
2020-12-16 00:53
I have been fascinated by Christmas Lights with music videos on YouTube for a long time. I thought it may be a good hobby for me. Of course I am very late in starting this hobby as the rec… Read More
2020-12-06 01:43
“… the more complex they made their world, the less capable they were of dealing with it. They had no means of consensus. They learnt to co-operate constructively in small units… Read More
2020-12-02 21:21
Just thought I would write about one of the best tips for making camping bathroom life easier and for reducing plastic use. It is the simplest thing to do and that is to switch to using… Read More
2020-11-29 05:49
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sharon Geitz (@sharon.geitz)
Just a quick booksnap, a pretty easy one this week; Bill Bailey’s new book Bill Bailey&rs… Read More
2020-11-13 11:44
Want to walk in the footsteps of bushrangers? Looking for a Granite belt nature experience to which you can take a dog? Or want to just check out some really big rocks. Then the Donnelly… Read More
2020-11-11 12:07
S and I went to Stanthorpe (QLD) last weekend, which we will post on in more detail later, and saw a lot of insects, birds and other creatures during our walks. Here are a few of their phot… Read More
2020-11-09 10:53
I have been thinking about giving the subscription box idea a go. This is a bit of an experiment and may be a bit of a disaster but nothing ventured nothing gained. I am really excited… Read More
2020-11-08 07:59
Just posting my usual book image post. #BookSnapSunday is a weekly bookish Instagram meme hosted here at Gum trees and Galaxies.com, if you would like to join in please feel free to… Read More
2020-11-04 09:34
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Recent enquiries from work mates and family about the possibility of our doing a camping trip and a bit of a shopping trip to the granite belt has got me thinking a… Read More
2020-10-30 08:38
I doubt whether Hitler, even in his saner moments, could ever have had the delightful eccentricity of mind to ask for a duckbilled platypus in the middle of a war! (Fleay, 1980. p56.)
pub… Read More
2020-10-25 04:24
The animals are dying. Soon we will be alone here. – Charlotte McConaghy The Last Migration
View this post on Instagram This week's #BookSnapSunday is Charlotte… Read More
2020-10-23 06:03
“Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people that they don’t like.”― Will Rogers
I find myse… Read More
2020-10-08 13:25
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I am thinking of making the Gaia/ Environment reading challenge a permanent feature on Gum trees and Galaxies, holding the reading challenge each year and adding an o… Read More
2020-09-27 06:26
So this weekend didn’t go quite as planned. Did an overnight camp at Flanagan Reserve, fair to say not one of our better camping weekends, but more of that to come, for now just the q… Read More
2020-09-18 04:14
It is that time of year again and the flowers are inspiring Read More
2020-09-13 04:16
View this post on Instagram This week's #BookSnapSunday is my current read, a book I have had on the shelf for awhile, Richard Mabey's Cabaret of plants: botany and the… Read More
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