by Mitchell Harley | Oct 29, 2026 | Blog, Miscellaneous
300 Coastal Reflections and Stories Ten years ago the opportunity arose to blog on the ACS website. Naomi Edwards was most persuasive and kindly agreed to post my blogs. Thus began a journey that just keeps rolling along. I must specifically thank Naomi and later John...
by kapow | Feb 8, 2022 | Blog, Miscellaneous
Resourceful ‘lucky’ country Blessed by natural resources (Meroo Lake, south coast NSW) There are at last two reasons we can claim to be a “lucky” country – a shared and rich cultural heritage and a unique natural resource inheritance. This endowment from...
by kapow | Jan 10, 2022 | Blog, Miscellaneous
Sunflowers and hope Sunflowers on the street verge (Photo courtesy of Irene Thom). Late each spring I open a packet of sunflower seeds, place them into egg cartons and nurture them ready for transplanting. Watching them grow and bloom is a joy. They are now in flower...
by kapow | Jun 24, 2021 | Blog, Legal, Miscellaneous
Property rights and boundaries In recent weeks I have been reading a book that highlights the evils of excessive use of the powers of property ownership while also ploughing through a trove of papers that defined a man’s commitment to securing those rights. The book...
by kapow | Jun 14, 2021 | Blog, Miscellaneous
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH—PERSONAL SADNESS I have benefited from a vocation that has offered opportunities to indulge in research. It has been such a privilege. The excitement of being able to go into the field, to observe, to test ideas of others and develop one’s own...
by kapow | May 29, 2021 | Blog, Miscellaneous
SEAHORSE MONITORING BY WOOLLAHRA COUNCIL, NSW Sydney Harbour is one of those estuaries along the NSW coast blessed with the occurrence of seahorses. One in particular is Hippocampus whitei Bleeker 1855. It was named after John White, the Surgeon General of the First...