GET TO KNOW ME
I’m Don, I have a passion for Mother Nature and connecting people to her.
Enjoy my slide show of watery reflections from around Australia, from Kakadu and Kimberley in the north to southeast Oz as a flood passes down the Goulburn River headed toward the iconic Barmah Forest, tannin stained waters of Gariwerd and lastly to Naracoorte in South Australia's mysterious limestone country.
Don acknowledges the people of the First Nations, on whose unceeded land he lives and works upon and pays respect to elders past, present and emerging.
Don has worked in most Australian states as an outdoor educator, bushwalking guide, and National Parks interpretation ranger and fallen in love with many landscapes. Passionate about connecting people to the natural world by facilitating nature observation and the use of storytelling. Australian landscapes are thick with stories, along with his own observation he uses stories from numerous sources, at times grounded in academic research while many flow from the cultural landscapes of indigenous and 'settler' Australia.
A second project of Don's is Home of the Yarra, Education, aimed at providing educational insights for the mountains to Melbourne's east. The Yarra Ranges and more broadly Victoria's Central Highlands contain high rainfall forests with protected catchments, the source of water for Melbourne's millions (1.7 million homes are supplied by the State Government corporation Melbourne Water). Without these wet forested mountains it is highly unlikely Melbourne would exist. #RespectforCountry
Don has worked in most Australian states as an outdoor educator, bushwalking guide, and National Parks interpretation ranger and fallen in love with many landscapes. Passionate about connecting people to the natural world by facilitating nature observation and the use of storytelling. Australian landscapes are thick with stories, along with his own observation he uses stories from numerous sources, at times grounded in academic research while many flow from the cultural landscapes of indigenous and 'settler' Australia.
A second project of Don's is Home of the Yarra, Education, aimed at providing educational insights for the mountains to Melbourne's east. The Yarra Ranges and more broadly Victoria's Central Highlands contain high rainfall forests with protected catchments, the source of water for Melbourne's millions (1.7 million homes are supplied by the State Government corporation Melbourne Water). Without these wet forested mountains it is highly unlikely Melbourne would exist. #RespectforCountry