Many of us, especially those living in the city, don’t know or understand enough about our wonderful native flora. First Nation’s peoples have a long tradition of recognising and using native plants for medicine, tucker and ceremonies but, for those of us who can just about tell a grevillea from a bottlebrush, there’s a whole… Read more »
Winter, the coldest season of the year is here. Some of us can’t bear the mercury dropping below 20°C while the rest of us (including me) embrace winter with all the hot chocolates, cosy fires, snuggly blankets and warm winter fashion there is to have. One of the best parts about outback Queensland is the cool… Read more »
What does being a botanist mean? If you check the dictionary the broad definition it gives is a person who studies all plant life – from grasses to tall trees. However there’s more to it for me. Being a botanist is not just learning the names of plants, it’s also about being passionate for plants,… Read more »
1. What do wildflowers look like? Wildflowers can be any native flowering plant, including trees, shrubs and herbage. They are usually associated with carpets of colour, such as those famous in Western Australia. Gum trees can turn snowy white and drip with nectar; bluebells create a blue blur along roadsides; wattles produce a golden blaze;… Read more »
Guests on one of Boobook Explore’s day tours have been treated to views of one of the Roma region’s most spectacular wildflowers – Sturt’s Desert Rose, known scientifically as Gossypium sturtianum. It was a surprise for many guests to see this plant which is more often spotted within drier and more remote regions of Australia. BOOBOOK’s… Read more »
