All that remains… ghosts of former times at Bonnie Vale

August 27, 2002 Nomadics

On the southern edge of Sydney, on the banks of the Hacking River, is the remnant of a once-popular holiday town of fibro shacks...

Just a minor incident

July 20, 2002 A Tasmanian journey

Tasmania, the late 1970s. UP AND UP. Through a dark, wet forest of towering trees. Along a rough track that never saw the work of a maintenance gang.…

Four ways of reading the land

August 26, 1998 Permaculture

The ability to discern pattern and characteristics in the landscape through the use of a variety of tools enables better planning, according to David Holmgren...

The man who brought ethics to investment

July 20, 1998 Permaculture

First published in Green Connections in 1998. AFTER MORE THAN 20 years in the world of money, Damien Lynch wants more of it. He wants it not for…

A new ecological restoration to feed people

August 26, 1997 Permaculture

This 1997 article describes a model of edible ecological restoration for the far north coastal region of NSW, as proposed by local bushfood and sustainable landscape designer, Peter…