Surreal – an audio compilation
The most poignant and dramatic moments of the flood story interviews have been collated into Surreal and set to a soundtrack that aims to capture the action and the emotions […]
Tag Archives: Northern Australia
Showcase of Wearable Art
These videos show artwork created in The 2019 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Project: People, Culture & Country: an initiative of the Department of Education, North Queensland Region, supported by the […]
Open Day – People, Culture & Country 2019
Artwork created in The 2019 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Project: People, Culture & Country will be displayed in the Townsville’s Queensland Country Bank Stadium on the Open Day […]
Wearable Art – People, Culture & Country 2019
Students from north Queensland State Schools developed pieces of wearable art based on their cultural backgrounds. The wearable art pieces will be displayed at Townsville’s Queensland Country Bank Stadium on […]
Housing in northern Australia
Housing Design across Australia needs to take account of the local climate and be based on sustainable features for that climate. Cairns Architect Roger Mainwood and Lisa Law from […]
![By dronepicr (Koala bear with a child) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](https://writenq.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/koala_bear_with_a_child.jpg?w=470&h=140&crop=1)
The Koala and the Eucalyptus
Listen to an interview with Murray Logan who spent many nights on Magnetic Island in north Queensland finding koalas to help with research on their habitat use and home ranges. […]
A New Approach to Tourism
8th November, 2017 Gianna Moscardo, Laurie Murphy and myself presented a workshop on co-creating tourism experiences. Storytelling and facilitating visitor stories is one way to create great memorable experiences for […]
The Pub That Sells More Books Than Beer
A short documentary set in the backroads near Ingham, north Queensland
Farming and river runoff to the Great Barrier Reef
Fertiliser runoff from agriculture can adversely affect waterways as well as the beleaguered Great Barrier Reef. Soil scientist Dr Paul Nelson talks with Baromter’s Kate Osborne on how to optimise […]
Megafauna – northern Australia threats
Professor Helene Marsh from James Cook University has been studying marine megafauna like dugongs and turtles in northern Australia for decades. She says our ability to conserve mobile animals relies […]
