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10th Jul 202112th Jul 2021 Sharon Street Art, Travel, Uncategorized

Augathella = meat ants and Smiley

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 be honest I was unaware of the Smiley connection although I certainly remember seeing the old movies; Smiley and Smiley gets a gun. The … Continue reading Augathella = meat ants and Smiley

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When for some it is Invasion Day how can we celebrate Australia? I love my country, I also treasure truth and justice, if we must celebrate our country on today's date let's do it with honesty and respect for our first nation people! Pictured are two of my favorite books by Aboriginal Australian authors, books I think every Australian should read: Talking to my Country Stan Grant's powerful, personal reflection on Australia, racism, identity and history and Tyson Yunkaporta's brilliant firecracker of a book Sand Talk how Indigenous thinking can save the world. Sand Talk is such a brilliant mind expanding read I cannot recommend it highly enough.
Sometimes there is small magic and beauty even when stopping to pick up dog poop. Not the best images but oh well. Love the tiny pea type wildflowers you find in Horn park. So tiny and easy to just walk past or on but I love their fragile, tiny beauty. #HornPark #Toowoomba #wildflowers #Nature
Lovely relaxed breakfast at the new cafe 63 in Wilsonton, wonderful service, actually think the girls got the best service our delightful waiter was most keen to make sure the girls were comfortable bringing them a water bowl each. They are not small unobtrusive dogs so I am always sensitive to the needs of others when we take them with us. They were beautifully behaved but take up a lot space and there is no escaping the fact they look like they would be more at home on a pig hunt than lounging around a cafe.
Cassie ever the elegant book rest. As part of the Gaia/Nature challenge I am doing a regular feature on nature writing for kids. This month The wonderful @jackie_french_ and her wombat books including The Fire Wombat a beautiful story about how wombats and their borrows provided shelter to other species during the fires. If you are participating in the challenge I am donating a book for every post during the months of January and February to a new children's literacy project here, so make sure you let me know if you post on a nature read for the challenge, all details on the blog. The Fire Wombat is a truly beautiful children's book but all of the wombat books are wonderful, every child should have the privilege of growing up with Jackie French.
Another hectic week but Sat morning chilling with a coffee and the girls at #HornPark. Currently reading the charming A Gentleman in Moscow by #AmorTowles A friend gave me this one and Count Rostov makes for delightful literary company. #DogsAndBooks #BooksAndCoffee #RescueDogs #RescueDogsofInstagram #Books #Bookstagram
It has been a full on week, short staffing, covid chaos but the weekend is here! Finally a chance to post. Jay Griffiths excellent short collection of essays Why Rebel was my second read for 2022, inspiring reading especially the essay about Extinction Rebellion and the protests, sometimes you just have to say enough is enough. Also grabbed Jackie Frenchs The Secret World of Wombats, for a blog post on nature writing for kids but find myself rereading it, a great read no matter what your age if you want to know about wombats. Check out @jackie_french_ on Instagram for lots of Wombats stories and pics.
Fruitcake coffee and quolls, my first read for 2022 and what a read; an intersectionional examination of the environmental crisis we are living through. The environment is not separate from society just as we are not separate from nature. Philosophical and empowering this is a great short read. And there are quolls, fruitcake stealing quolls. #HarrySaddler #QuestionsRaisedByQuolls #NatureWriting #NatureReading #NatureBooks #BooksAndCoffee #Bookstagram #Quolls #AustralianBooks #australianbookstagram
Last post of 2021 just some of my favorite nature reads for the year. Best read of the year was David Quammen's Spillover over 500 pages on zoonosis and I raced through it, a really extraordinary book, first published in 2014 but even more compelling in light of what we are living through with covid.
Thought it was time to announce the soon to start Nature reading challenge for 2022. Visit the blog if you would like more info or want to sign up, link is in profile or @https://gumtreesandgalaxies.com/ . Come and share a love of nature books. Had heaps of fun creating the sugar glider badge for the challenge on Canva. What are your reading goals for 2022. #NatureWriting #NatureReading #NatureBooks #ReadingChallenge #GaiaNatureReadingChallenge #Books #Bookstagram #Canva #sugarglider

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