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RAPTOR REFUGE A NET SUCCESS |
Craig Webb is passionate about helping wildlife
in need. As a certified Wildlife Carer, he pursues
a particular love of raptors — those magnificent
birds of prey that now include one of Tasmania’s
most endangered natural inhabitants, the Tasmanian
Wedge-tailed Eagle. Read more here
A DEVIL IN DISGUISE | For all their blustering,
open-jawed aggression, Tasmanian Devils are
basically wimps according to those who
handle them day by day. Patsy Hollis investigates
their undeserved profile and their sad decimation
by a vigorous facial cancer that evades solution. More
here.
MEMORIES OF THE FURNEAUX GROUP |
A sea kayaking trip to Flinders Island in the
Furneaux group was Jeff Jennings' first serious
sea kayaking trip in 1983. Since then, he says: "I have lost count of how many times I have returned
to this gaggle of islands as a member of the Maatsuyker
Canoe Club". Share the adventure here.
DESTINATION: FLINDERS ISLAND | Kim Rumbold, winner
of the 2004 Premier's Dombrovskis Wilderness Award
for her evocative photography, recently visited
the 'grand old granite island' of Flinders for the portfolio we feature
here
BUTTERFLIES OF TASMANIA | Less
than 40 species of butterflies are native to
Tasmania — and
skippers, swallowtails, browns and blues are the romantic names
for the four major groups to which they belong.
Dr Phil Bell reveals more here.
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