In early August I was invited as a “Distinguished Lecturer” at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. This involved a 2 week…
New Caledonia, le troisieme partie (le fin)
Taking the family back to Riviere Bleue, Thursday 6th July When we planned the trip and realized that we would not…
New Caledonia, part 2 (the juicy bits)
Parc Provincial de la Riviere Bleue, Wednesday 5th July Wednesday morning I set out from Noumea at 5.15am and followed the…
New Caledonia, 2-10 July (Installment 1)
It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea. Nelson Mandela…
A blogworthy day near Adelaide
It’s not often that I get a full day out birding, but first day of the long weekend Nikki and…
Singapore conference birding
My original plan to tack a few days onto the end of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation was…
Pelagic
You wait forever for a blog post, then two come along at once, right? To get to the continental shelf…
To Sydney and back
I have been meaning to start a blog for a long time. A bunch of things have held me back:…