RIP Tim Ealey
Tim was my supervisor for my honours year, and then again as I started my MSc in Zoology in 1971. His death last week at 93 has prompted my mind […]
Author Archives: digbygotts
The farewell that might have been.
Here is a story written by Siena, a year 11 student, who knew and loved Alison as would a grand-niece. While not exactly true to life, there is a lovely […]
Exploring the Simpson Desert by the Hay River and Madigan Line.
Serious four wheel driving in some of the most remote desert in Australia. I left Mossman with Clare on Friday Nov 1st, taking three days of driving to reach Batten […]
Canning Stock Route August 2019
The 1820 km Canning Stock Route was initially established in 1910, with water wells being dug in a more or less straight line from Wiluna in central WA heading […]
Three weeks on Tonga
So I was off to Tonga for at least a year as an Agriculture Advisor volunteer with Australian Volunteers International. It didn’t quite work out that way. With a lift […]
Corsica and the GR20
Corsica May 2001 We actually went to Corsica pretty much by accident, as we had been planning to walk in the UK but all their footpaths were closed after a […]
Carnarvon Gorge Great Walk September 2019
So it was time for my first walk as a solo Grey Wolf. I booked my camps on-line for a 5 night, 6 day walk looping through and around Carnarvon […]
Outback Matador
Outback Matador – Bull catching Australian Style Alison Gotts 1988. Kurundi is a large cattle station in Central Australia, where the back paddock is 140 km and a four hour […]
The return to Epenarra
The Return to Epenarra – 20 years on. By Alison Gotts, November 2006 Digby and I were teachers in a 2 teacher Aboriginal school at Epenarra between 1986 and 1988. […]
East Timor 2005
A working holiday running workshops as volunteers for Caritas in East Timor, hoping to help improve the quality and availability of various fruit species. After several successful missions working with […]
