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A Long Way from the Fatherland
A Long Way from the Fatherland Author: Robert Price Published: Online Only April 2024 The name Ferdinand von Mueller is one that crops up frequently, whether reading on science, Australian geography, history or exploration, but particularly in the context of botany...
Bush Foods – An Aussie Culinary Experiance
Bush Foods - An Aussie Culinary Experiance Author: Lawrie Smith AM Published: Online Only March 2023 Image above: Tantalising and luscious ‘Plums’ with a ‘frosty’ texture, from the Australian rainforest understory. When you enjoy a slice of Pizza you immediately think...
Mother Nature’s Revelations
Author: Glenn Leiper Published: Journal September 2019 Image above: Hairy Boonaree Alectryon pubescens with opening ripe fruit Sometimes revelations just hit you, and you wonder why you hadn’t absorbed this information or concept before as it seems so obvious. This...
Lysiphyllum hookeri — A Tale from Outback Queensland
Author: Donald Lawie, Cairns Branch Published: Journal December 2022 On the 29th of March 1904, 24 year old Nellie Ryan died of a lung disease, in a tiny Gulf Outback town named Almaden. Nellie suffered from phthisis and was returning to her Georgetown home after...
Australian Native Ground Covers with a Weedy Nature
Author & Photos: Lawrie Smith AM, landscape architect Published: Journal December 2022 Since moving from acreage to a small residential garden five years ago, I have been researching and trialling a range of low growing plants and ground covers suitable for small...
Mt Mee: A Botanical Wonderland on Brisbane’s Doorstep
Author: Glenn Leiper Published: Journal December 2022 Image Above: One of myriad dirt roads criss-crossing Mount Mee through Scribbly Gum forests My first introduction to Mount Mee was back in the early 1980s when I was a keen young enthusiastic member of ANGFA...
Ballon Forest Road, Barakula State Forest
Author: Glenn Leiper Published: Journal December 2022 Image Above: Some of the seemingly sculpted Mouse Plants Homoranthus melanostictus If you’re visiting the Miles and Chinchilla districts, Barakula State Forest and Gurulmundi State Forests are well known for their...
A Tough Little Cookie!
Author: Jan Sked Published: Journal December 2022 Wikstroemia indica, Bootlace Bark or Tie Bush This small twiggy little shrub is one of my favourite plants. There seem to be two different forms – one is coastal and the other grows on rainforest margins and moist...
New home for a Tea Tree Orchid
Author & Photo: Ishara Udawela, Townsville Branch Published: Journal December 2022 I take no credit in growing fickle fussy orchids that die when you look at them sideways. So, when I was gifted a Dendrobium canaliculatum, I was careful not to get too attached as...
Isla Gorge National Park
Author: Glenn Leiper Published: Journal December 2022 On a recent trip with a mate heading along the Leichhardt Highway, we stopped off at Isla Gorge National Park for a few hours of exploring. Isla Gorge NP, an area of 80 square km, is 515km by road north west of...
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