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Mar 13, 20235 min read

Letter from Istari - Summer 2022-23

The wetland dried up leaving lots of food for the snakes, goannas, water rats and birds.

Dec 4, 20225 min read

Spring is gone. The days are heating up, the goannas are out and about. Bells phase Goannas We have noticed two Bells Phase lace...

May 20, 20227 min read

The record floods dominate everything for us and in the bush. Cane toads have arrived. Weeding and pest management and a lot more.

Jan 2, 20225 min read

We saw the dingo (Canis familiaris) from our wildlife camera. He sauntered along the path we had made through the bush. He turned left...

Apr 11, 20214 min read

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

Sep 17, 20205 min read

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

May 21, 20204 min read

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

Feb 14, 20205 min read

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,

Oct 1, 20194 min read

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

Jul 11, 20192 min read

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