Feature Journalism
Feature Journalism
Outdoors news round-up April 1 2020 – Wilderness magazine
A round up of news from the wild
Toilet paper shortage sparks chaos in bush
The national shortage of toilet paper has led to chaotic scenes...
“Escape from Reality” – The Australian T&I
Cut adrift from the corona-crisis on a tour of East Gippsland
It feels like I’m floating on the border of two worlds: of what once...
“It should never have come to this…” – The Weekend Australian newspaper
Photo credit: Sean Davey
As many as 17,000 wild horses are destined for the knackery or to be shot in trap yards as the feral...
Rapid descent into rafting – The Weekend Australian T&I
I’m sitting in an eight-person inflatable raft in the middle of the Nile River in Uganda, near the town of Jinja, two hours east...
“The reel deal at Kimberley Coastal Camp” – The Australian T&I
Tub remembers the date of the last rain as clearly as he remembers the size and shape of every snag in the Lawley River,...
Bright prospects – The Australian newspaper T&I
Photo credit: Greg Scott
John Pooley could be a walking, talking advertisement for the virtues of taking on a project to stave off retirement. The...
Samaritans lost in mission to help wildlife – The Australian newspaper
Photo credit: Ricky French
The last heroic act of the crew of the C-130 Hercules water-bombing aircraft that crashed near Cooma on Thursday, killing three...
Take a bow – The Australian newspaper T&I
A barrage of bewildering but urgent-sounding nautical commands is flying across the deck. Slack away forward. Trail a long line aft. Fenders up. Slack...
Vintage Pearl – The Australian newspaper T&I
Football commentators are fond of the expression “lowering the eyes”. It describes an astute decision by a player to forgo trying to kick a...
“Horses for Causes” – feature article for Inquirer, The Australian newspaper
Photo credit: Ricky French
Richard Swain stands near a small mountain spring that is the source of the Murray River, and has two words to...