Monthly Archives: December 2011

The year my blog broke

Posted on 11/12/2011 by

I’ve now lasted 12 months in blogland, which is pretty amazing. Especially as I didn’t really know what a blog was a year ago. To celebrate the festive season and my first year of blogging, I’ve abstained from writing another … Continue reading →

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Fire and rain: what makes a woodland?

Posted on 01/12/2011 by

One of the most famous historical quotes on vegetation dynamics in Australia is Thomas Mitchell’s passage on fire, grass and trees. “Fire, grass, kangaroos, and human inhabitants, seem all dependent on each other for existence in Australia; for any one … Continue reading →

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