Eco-Fiesta 2017
This year’s Eco-Fiesta, a few days ago, was much like those of previous years: a lovely day in the park with all sorts of loosely ‘greenie’ and ‘alternative’ people and organisations. I wrote enough...
View ArticleDragonfruit in North Queensland
This post is little more than a footnote to my post about dragonfruit in Bali but I thought I would keep it separate. We saw dragonfruit growing in a plot among mangoes down near Giru yesterday, the...
View ArticleAnderson Park Botanical Gardens and Conservatory
Anderson Park is the largest of the three botanical gardens managed by Townsville City Council. We have been conveniently close to it in Mundingburra for so long that we take it for granted but a...
View ArticleFinger Limes – what are they?
This little investigation began on social media. Someone posted a little chart of the genetic origins of all our familiar citrus fruit, someone else asked, “But what about Finger Limes?” and I thought,...
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