THE DWARF EMU OF KING ISLAND

THE DWARF EMU OF KING ISLAND

When I was growing up on the North West Coast of Tasmania we would drive through Emu Bay on the way to Burnie. There was also the Emu Bay Railway, but for some reason I never associated these names with the actual presence of the birds. Recently

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THE BUTTERFLY HEIST – PART TWO

THE BUTTERFLY HEIST - PART TWO

  CONTINUED FROM  COLIN WYATT’S BUTTERFLY HEIST English butterfly fancier Colin Wyatt had travelled all over Australia during the WWII, while serving with the R.A.A.F. It had allowed him to increase his already remarkable collection. However, there were gaps that he passionately wanted to fill, especially specimens

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COLIN WYATT’S GREAT BUTTERFLY HEIST

COLIN WYATT'S  GREAT BUTTERFLY HEIST

  The incredible story of Colin Wyatt – artist, author, adventurer, skier, musician, entomologist…THIEF Colin William Wyatt was born in 1909, son of British mountaineer and botanist James Fforde Wyatt. He was a graduate of Cambridge University. and later studied at the Slade School of Art. Two

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CRICKET….A STICKY WICKET

CRICKET....A STICKY WICKET

Miss Joan Stump of Blackheath has tickets to the third Ashes test at Headingly. She decided to use her hat to smuggle in an item of self protection, but her friend the yellow robin was horrified. ‘OMG, Joan, you will never get that blade past gate inspection.’

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