Stories


Jacquie Bird
Below all the Chatswood apartment towers is a small, perfectly manicured French rose garden. Flocks of cockatoos shred the tips of its magnolias looking for treats.

Tiago Miranda
These ants are skilled in rubbish collecting, earthmoving and fauna disposal.

Wade Kelly
Each day brought subtle changes. I watched bushes explode with flowers. Green became obscured, replaced temporarily by magenta, fuchsia, orange, and a multitude of shades any painter would struggle to replicate.

Dasni De Silva
I learnt to look beyond outer appeal, and to find beauty in imperfection.

John Martin
And then we saw it, the highlight of the swim, an exhilarating sight despite it’s diminutive size - a juvenile dusky whaler shark.

Nathan Turner
It’s the Brush-turkey that makes my day, in their own unique way, they make me smile and have done so for a while.

Danielle Corrie
The only brightly coloured beetle I have previously seen is a Christmas beetle. However, this beetle isn't one of those.

