An EGG-sighting Adventure! Full Movie Free Download
Toni Jarels
This event is for all ages. Come to the library and create a simple bird feeder out of recycled materials and start your birding adventure! To register for the Super Simple Bird Feeder Event at Patrick Beaver Memorial Library, please call 828-304-0500 or visit
Another wildlife lover who likes to get out and stretch his legs in the wilderness is Tim Flannery. He's an Australian wildlife biologist who spends a lot of time traipsing through New Guinea -- on both hilly halves of the island, Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea -- netting all manner of mammal. Among his claims to fame as a naturalist: identifying "what is arguably the world's largest rat" and naming four types of tree-kangaroo. Throwim Way Leg: Tree-Kangaroos, Possums, and Penis Gourds -- On the Track of Unknown Mammals in Wildest New Guinea (Grove, $14), an account of some of Flannery's expeditions, reads like a boy's adventure story told alternately by a comic, an anthropologist and an activist.
In The Spice Islands Voyage: The Quest for Alfred Wallace, the Man Who Shared Darwin's Discovery of Evolution (Carroll & Graf, $14.95), adventure writer Tim Severin sails off in search of the super-modest and likeable Wallace. Voyaging in a native boat, as Wallace did, Severin and his crew search for what's left -- and what's not -- of the Indonesia Wallace knew. The modern team seems intrepid enough, but Wallace is the real star: Penetrating jungles and the mysteries of evolution, this gentle, decent, too-humble man let Darwin have most of the credit for the theory they developed more or less simultaneously. (Darwin was already famous and on the scientific scene in England, so the more obscure Wallace, half a world away, was easy to neglect.)
This wasn't a typical cruise; it was more like a personalized journey with 16 other like-minded souls. We got the luxury of fine dining and plush accommodations, sure, but what made this trip truly special were those unique experiences. Whether it was the adrenaline rush from our Zodiac adventures, the serene moments on Silica Beach, or the educational tidbits from the lectures, this trip had it all.
The afternoon was for the adrenaline junkies among us. Ten of us braved the waters to Ruby Falls, climbing up the rocks for a croc-free freshwater swim that felt like heaven. The ride back? Well, let's just say it was a wet and wild adventure. Just when we thought we were done for the day, the captain called us up for a Champagne sunset sail, and boy, did Le Ponant show off, hitting a brisk 12 knots with sails fully unfurled. Tomorrow? We're tackling the mythical Horizontal Falls at Talbot Bay. And trust me, we're all here for it.
Oh wow!! That last series of photos is stunning! A few years back we endured the 14hr flight to Sydney, and back, and pretty much agreed we'd probably never to that again. Your incredible pics almost make me want to rethink that decision! This world is just so big with so much to discover and be in awe over! Thank you for sharing your adventure and making us feel like we've almost been there ?! I'm so looking forward to tomorrow's report!
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