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Posted in Andrew & Sarah's news, Australia, In Nature:, Travel on Jul 26th, 2010
Late Winter Birdsong in the Australian Bush by Listening Earth
Ah, it is so good to be home!
After our four month field trip in Turkey, Sweden and the UK, Sarah and I arrived back to our bush home last Wednesday evening. We were tired, but happy to be back in familiar surroundings. [...]
Posted in Andrew & Sarah's news, In Nature:, Travel, Turkey on Mar 27th, 2010
It has been said that an adventure is a journey undertaken with insufficient planning.
If that is so, then our field trip to Turkey will indeed be an adventure! With last minute distractions preventing us from researching our trip in detail, we shall just to have to let Turkey reveal itself to us.
The delights began as [...]
Posted in Andrew & Sarah's news on Dec 11th, 2009
I have just celebrated my 50th birthday with a lovely gathering of friends and family at our home.
What I want to share with you here are two delightful drawings gifted to me by dear friends.
The first is a work by Prue McAdam inspired by a recent trip to Mutawintji National Park – a characterful portrait [...]
Posted in Andrew & Sarah's news on Dec 1st, 2009
Firstly, many thanks to those of you who wrote after our recent blog and newsletter, expressing condolences on the passing of my mother. It was comforting for both Sarah and myself to read your kind and reflective thoughts.
We have now returned from several weeks in Western Australia, specifically to scatter mum’s ashes on Rottnest Island, [...]
Posted in Andrew & Sarah's news on Oct 11th, 2009
Some of our customers have written to us in the last 6 months, curious that there does not appear to have been anything new added to our Listening Earth site; no blogs, no new albums.
There is a reason.
In May, Sarah and I left home to do some field work in NSW. On the way we [...]
Posted in Andrew & Sarah's news on Feb 9th, 2009
As many of you are aware, Victoria is enduring one of its worst national disasters ever. As I write, 131 people are confirmed dead in horrendous bushfires, and there is an expectation that as emergency personnel go through the devastated areas, that number may climb to nearer 200. (update: now nearly 200, expected to approach [...]
Posted in Andrew & Sarah's news on Jan 9th, 2009
Last spring, Sarah and I undertook a cycling journey through the outback of NSW. We conceived the trip as an opportunity to see whether we could do our recording field trips by bicycle.
Posted in Andrew & Sarah's news, Philosophy on Jan 9th, 2009
2009 is here, and we would like to wish all our friends and customers a personally rewarding and fulfilling year.
This may seem a little gratuitous considering the economic uncertainty in the world right now, but we are actually quite positive. Not just in the sense of ‘wait and see, things will gradually improve’, but because [...]
Posted in Andrew & Sarah's news, In Nature:, Thailand, Travel on Apr 23rd, 2008
I have to mention the Thai Longtail. Not because it is some exotic tropical bird, and sadly not because it is rare or nice to listen to. No. Longtails are both ubiquitous and very, very unpleasantly noisy.
Posted in Andrew & Sarah's news, In Nature:, Thailand, Travel on Mar 25th, 2008
Thailand’s border with Myanmar (Burma) is a curious area. The last hills of the great Himalayan range separate two Buddhist nations with a long history of conflict.