Somewhere Along the South Cape Bay Track

The South Cape Bay track is a day walk in Tasmania’s Southwest National Park, within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. It’s a two-hour drive south from Hobart to Cockle Creek, which is the end of the road. From here you can walk for a week or more along the South Coast Track to Melaleuca Inlet on the west coast, an even more remote place of astounding natural values and beauty. Walking to South Cape Bay is the first day of that epic bushwalk.

I recently had the privilege of enjoying this wonderland and want to share some reflections with you.

Helen Cushing 17/9/24 Helen Cushing 17/9/24

Corridors of Life

I can't get enough of Emma and her fantastic Melbourne Pollinator Corridor. Her mission to create 8km of street gardens for pollinators is a fabulously ambitious and important example of how to be a local activist for nature.

Helen Cushing 17/9/24 Helen Cushing 17/9/24

What’s the Buzz?

Stop killing insects! They are the most important pollinators, essential for life as we know it and for food production. Writing this article was a great opportunity to refresh my love of botany and the relationships between plants and critters.

It's all about plant sex, so read on.

Helen Cushing 13/6/24 Helen Cushing 13/6/24

The Pollinator Project that’s Transforming Melbourne’s Streets

Recently I met Emma Cutting, founder of the Heart Gardening Project and the Melbourne Pollinator Corridor. She’s a force of nature on a mission to feed the tiny winged things that keep nature reproducing in Australia’s famously urban city.