Scribbly gums recently appeared unexpectedly. I went to the Australian Chamber Orchestra concert featuring guest soprano Danielle De Niese. This Australian tour for the ACO featured the World Premier of Carl Vine’s ‘The Tree of Man’, with text from Patrick White’s novel of the same name, sung by De Niese. Toward the end of the … Continue reading
Reaching the canopy
I’m just back from a couple of weeks of field work in Girringun National Park, SW of Cairns, working with the Comparative Ecology Lab. I haven’t visited much of Queensland, so I really enjoyed seeing some rainforest on the drive up through the hills, and then exploring the savanna at our field sites. We used … Continue reading
Scribbly research (and My Little World) in Meanjin
Deciphering Nature’s Message Stick, by Max Whitten, appears in the latest issue of Meanjin (Vol. 71, No. 2). The article recounts the history of our interest and research on scribbly gum moths and the marks their larvae leave on some smooth barked gums. It spans May Gibbs’ use of scribbles in illustrations and a poem … Continue reading
My Little World has been shortlisted!
I am so excited that My Little World was shortlisted for the Environment Award for Children’s Literature by the Wilderness society. This Award “celebrates quality Australian children’s books and promotes responsibility for wilderness in tomorrow’s leaders”. See more, including the winners, here.
Julia Cooke 
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