Flights of fancy

Dr Holly Parsons, an Ornithologist and Birds in Backyards Program Co-Manager at the BirdLIfe Discovery Centre at Sydney Olympic Park One of the many great reasons for...

Waiting for wildlife

When I first started looking for birds and animals I assumed you just wandered around hopefully. Then I was given some sound advice: sit...

India - a soul-stirring experience

Nick Hodges There wasn't much wildlife in Delhi - unless you count the cows dicing with death in the traffic-choked streets. Or the domestic pigs...

Frogmouths

It had been a long, bonejarring drive over the corrugations and through the dust of the gravel highway leading up the Cape York Peninsula....

Hornsby Blue Gum Circuit (aka Joe’s Mountain Circuit)

Matt McClelland Length: 4.2km circuit Time: 1.5 to 2 hours This is one of my favourite walks in the Hornsby area. About five minutes in, you will...

Exploring NSW

If you are looking for new adventures and weekend trips to discover places, you could begin searching the coastline to the north of Sydney...

In the garden with Linda Ross

Summer gardens are relaxing and vibrant places to soak up the beauty of nature, rest up and recharge. Filling your garden with dry tolerant...

In the garden with Linda Ross

Late summer gardens are ready for change – it’s time to start thinking about the autumn planting season to come. No time to let...

Roseville to Macquarie Park

3 hrs 30 mins, 8.8 km. A one way, hard track This walk starts at Roseville Station and explores the streets and alleyways before joining...

Frogs you’ll find on the North Shore

*Striped Marsh Frog (Limnodynastes peronii), a common ground frog, it lives in leaf litter and makes a distinctive “tok tok” sound. *Peron’s Tree Frog...