Yowie Man

Timeless Trees

Fri, 17 May 2013 05:56:25 GMT

The recent outpouring of emotion expressed in these pages for the now dead Urambi Hills kurrajong (

Rock of Ages

Thu, 16 May 2013 02:48:01 GMT

It was supposed to be a father-daughter bonding afternoon exploring Tidbinbilla's wetlands. Instead, it ended up with 83 slippery slides, 47 flying fox rides and countless scrambles to the top of ...

Acton Solution

Fri, 03 May 2013 07:13:30 GMT

The location of the mystery streetscape recently featured in this column (Focus on rich ...

Where all is aglow

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:16:37 GMT

Lightning illuminates a cloud-laden sky as thunder echoes ominously through the deep gorges, which reach out like fractures in a giant glass pane through the surrounding bush.

''This ...

It's only natural

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:29:31 GMT

Ahead, scattered all over the ground, are large twigs and small branches, many of which are intertwined. It's almost as if a Wedge-tailed Eagle's nest has fallen out of a tree. However, that's ...

Rugged Rooftop

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:18:03 GMT

Claps of thunder reverberate from down below. It’s quite an odd sensation. Usually storms close in from above, but because of our lofty altitude on Australia’s rooftop, this one is ...

Focus on rich past

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:21:24 GMT

"It's strangely addictive," says Zoe D'Arcy, who much to her family's chagrin spends an increasing proportion of her weekends traipsing around Canberra armed with her digital camera attempting ...

Break by the lake

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:40:11 GMT

For many years, I've viewed it as the poor cousin to Lake Burley Griffin (LBG). However, after recently moving into the Belconnen area, I decided I should at least explore Lake Ginninderra this ...

A trill in the dark

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:46:59 GMT

It's a peculiar glow of transparent orange and yellows punctuated by swirling dark cloud that descends on Tidbinbilla. It's not the sort of heavenly hues that I normally associate with this pretty ...

On ya bike

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:02:39 GMT

Like fireflies on a feeding frenzy, our bright headlights dance through the night air. Stands of ghostly gums whiz past and stones clatter into our spokes. Particles of dust, kicked up by our ...

Peak Footsteps

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:17:02 GMT

There are so many events this long weekend I'll be surprised if by Tuesday our whole city isn't exhausted from blowing out hundreds of candles, hoarse from singing Happy Birthday to ...

Mystery Predator

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:06:42 GMT

Heat haze shimmers off the bitumen as another car speeds south towards the Snowy Mountains. The grass underfoot is crispy dry, the air is laced with thick smoke and the humidity is low. From the ...

Perfect setting

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:54:56 GMT

Fairytales sometimes really do come true.

Last week's expose on the church ruin on the side of the Federal Highway just north of Collector (

Perfect setting

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:54:56 GMT

Fairytales sometimes really do come true.

Last week's expose on the church ruin on the side of the Federal Highway just north of Collector (Kirkdale Intrigue, pages 38-39) prompted a ...

Kirkdale intrigue

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:23:18 GMT

Put up your hand if you've driven past the ruins of the stone church on the side of Federal Highway just north of Collector and someone in your vehicle has commented ''oh, look at that quaint ...

Nature's wonders

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:38:23 GMT

We live in such a diverse region - from the surf to the snow and so much in between. To mark Canberra's Centenary Year, I'm devoting one column a month until the end of the year to revealing the ...

Nature's wonders

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:38:23 GMT

We live in such a diverse region - from the surf to the snow and so much in between. To mark Canberra's Centenary Year, I'm devoting one column a month until the end of the year to revealing the ...

Heaven on a Hill

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 06:19:07 GMT

A couple of decades ago, when my head was routinely buried in economic textbooks (at least that's what I told my parents they were) at the ANU, I'd often take my clapped-out Mitsubishi Sigma for a ...

Theory holed

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 06:56:32 GMT

It may not be a meteorite crater, but the origins of Wee Jasper's unusual depression remain a mystery. Since first discovered by fine wool producer Ian Cathles on the escarpment of Cooradigbee, ...

Back to life

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:45:53 GMT

The 2003 fires devastated 70 per cent of the ACT, including much of the hills and valleys to our city's west. However, 10 years on, and following a couple of wet seasons, the bush is bouncing ...

Cave of wanders

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:55:43 GMT

You don't need me to tell you that it's been a bit on the warm side lately. In fact, the mercury has risen to such an extent, the shy possum that normally doesn't emerge from his custom-made ...

Want to beat the heat? Head underground!

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:18:37 GMT

You don’t need me to tell you that it’s been a bit on the warm side lately. In fact, the mercury has risen to such an extent, the shy possum that normally doesn’t emerge from his ...

Happy trails

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 01:57:57 GMT

The new Gibraltar Peak Trail

Perfect rest spot

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:35:05 GMT

A hurtful blue sky reflects on the mill pond lagoon. Old gnarly gums reach out of the heat haze on the distant shore. Closer, poking up out of the water like giant spikes on an echidna, are ...

Truth is out there

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 03:18:45 GMT

Canberra's samurai-sword wielding Christmas tree ...