a ecosystemic soundscape project!
A symposium hosted by ICLL and Createc on the twin subjects of water and plant life in Western Australia. For its end-of-year symposium, the International Centre for Landscape and Language (ICLL) at ECU’s Mount Lawley Campus is pleased to present a distinguished array of biologists, geographers, writers, artists, and other creative and scientific people. The symposium will …
I took this photo on Sunday at Lake Pollard and showed the photo as part of my presentation at the Hydrobotanics Symposium yesterday.
This was a fantastic talk by Vic Semeniuk covering the old beach and dune surfaces visible at Cottesloe. I had not heard of the importance of freshwater seepage in the formation of what I have always assumed were purely wave cut platforms. Pictured below is a trowel with bubbles formed at the upper end …
This is in relation to the Broome situation and also the forthcoming project, The Sixth Shore at Lake Clifton near Manduarah in the second half of 2009 http://www.worldmigratorybirdday.org/2009/
Make sure you get up early to hear the dawn chorus. For Perth that’s about 0556 (around about or just shortly after nautical twilight). For anywhere else in the world you can calculate your twilight here http://www.ga.gov.au/geodesy/astro/ (but you need to know your lat and long)