Good stuff. Just about everything in my garden is edible. I’m particularly fond of the midjim berries and Lilli pillis. Still waiting for my Macadamia to flower.
Soy/curry kangaroo wrapped in big blanched Warrigal greens leaves (new Zealand spinach), when you can find them, are also a favourite. Sadly, I don’t live where samphire grows any more; it’s a good side dish if you can get young shoots.
Lizards are starting to come out in the late winter sunshine.
#teamCurlew ;)
It’s… not fun.
I’ve spent a little time around the Keppels. I remember kayaking out to Humpy island in August 2010, and being astounded by the vivid blue staghorn coral at the reef edge.
I’ve been back many times since, and though the coral health surges and wanes, the general trend is definitely negative. There are still small hints of colour in the reef around Humpy, but white, and white with hints of brown, predominates. In the last year or so I’ve started to see a few deeper water corals start to regenerate a little, and some of the more distant bays seem to be surging a little - but they’re fighting a losing battle.
We’re seeing less of this.
… and more of this.
… and fair enough, that second shot shows indications of damage unrelated to heat (maybe a boat anchor perhaps?) - but it’s indicative. For better or worse, heat means that coral resilience drops through the floor. Anchor damage, tsunami, cyclone, crown-of-thorns. Things that it used to be able to shrug off in a reasonable timeframe, now cause long term issues.
Around 14 surrounded the boat - didn’t seem too worried by us. Kinda wished I had a drone available; with the winter water clarity, it would have been interesting!
Generally, everything else I need is there by default depending on the distro.
Home workstation-wise… maybe:
Yeah, they’re pretty good!
Particularly if you can get them young enough before the internal ‘stringy’ bit gets too hard.
South coast of nsw is a pretty good option. Great as an accompaniment to snapper or flathead.
Native cherries aren’t too bad either… but it’s a tough ask to get them after they lose their astringency and before the birds get them. The broad leaf variety are even harder.