by Linda Sang
Here we are in September and all those back-yard chooks are revelling in the increased day length (even if those days not yet reliably warm) and are pumping out large numbers of fabulous fresh eggs. If your poultry has access to fresh green grass, insects and a few worms plus your delectable kitchen scraps, those eggs will have a deep orange-gold yolks and dense egg whites. So here are a … Read more »
by Angela Marshall
Here we are in September and all those back-yard chooks are revelling in the increased day length (even if those days not yet reliably warm) and are pumping out large numbers of fabulous fresh eggs. If your poultry has access to fresh green grass, insects and a few worms plus your delectable kitchen scraps, those eggs will have a deep orange-gold yolks and dense egg whites. So here … Read more »
by Mark Evans
Whether you subscribe to the meteorological view that spring begins on the first day of September or to the astronomical view that it starts with the equinox on 2 September, this month marks the season that many consider the beginning of the gardening year.
The word ‘spring’ has a rich etymological history. In English, it comes from the Old English springan, meaning ‘to leap, burst … Read more »
Ghost Cities
Siang Lu
University of Queensland Press
Reviewed by Wendy Tucker
Lu’s Ghost Cities just won the Miles Franklin award, certainly the most lucrative and probably the most prestigious literary prize in Australia. This was a bold, risky and brave choice because there is nothing safe about this novel. It is savage in its satire, hilarious in its observance of absurdity and, yet, surprisingly moving. It is also impossible to slot it … Read more »
Wild weather in early July washed away 200 metres of the track along Long Swamp at Haywards Beach. The storm event resulted in cliffs where vegetation fell away, taking the track with it. The 1.2-kilometre Long Swamp track is on Crown Land and is managed by a volunteer group, the Bermagui Flora and Fauna Reserve Land Manager (BFFRLM), on behalf of Crown Lands.
Crown Lands told BFFRLM that the full length of the track will … Read more »
Bermagui residents want an explanation for how ‘mud sludge’ was allowed to run off from the Sapphire Cove Development site into the harbour. The answer it seems was inadequate sediment control and monitoring at the site.
When the coastal low hit Bermagui, mud, dirt and silt from the site washed across the golf course, into the ecologically sensitive mangroves, the usually pristine harbour, out to sea and into the Bermagui River, close to oyster … Read more »