THE SHED… Sheds… what you don't see when you open the door and walk in are the hidden human stories they contain. What were the stories this old shed atop the ridge contained ? READ here: medium.com/pacificedge/... #sheds #shacks #Tasmania

A new cookbook for healthy, balanced meals in the Solomon Islands has been released by the Kastom Gaden association. Lyndellar Sanau compiled the recipes. The book was designed by Fiona Campbell of development consultancy TerraCircle. Download: kastomgaden.org/projects/hel...

It’s another edible gift of South American farmers of times long gone. In the loam beneath our feet, its orange heart thickens in silence, storing sunlight and memory and carrying whispers of ancient terraces in distant mountains… russgrayson-au.medium.com/from-distant...

The last two months have been busy for search and rescue in Tasmania. What is behind this upsurge? Is it unprepared adventure tourists going into places and into conditions they should not? Are there deeper causes? That’s what we look at in this story. russgrayson-au.medium.com/search-and-r...

COMBINING ENERGY & AGRICULTURE… Agrivoltaics integrates farming with solar energy production, producing a double yield from the same field for farmers. photovoltaic panels. Research suggests panels improve livestock welfare, wool quality and some crop yields. #farmingy #photovoltaics

LIFE'S COMINGS AND GOINGS… People are like characters on a stage. They appear, play their role, then step off. And what are we left with? Something else that might be familiar. That hollow feeling… questions unanswered… a longing to know what became of them. READ it here: medium.com/pacificedge/...

BUS AS HOME A couple want to live by the sea. They haven't the money to build. They do the nest-best thing. They buy a used bus and set up home in it. READ it here: open.substack.com/pub/russgray...

A REWILDING MOMENT… Jagged branches twist skyward, stubbornly defying the passage of the years, of the decades. Morning sun glints off of a trunk hardened and smoothed by summer sun and the winds of the Roaring 40s. #photography #blackandwhitephotography #trees #Tasmania

FRANSTRALIE: a nation that could have been… What if the French maritime explorers who charted the Australian southeast coast had been followed by voyages of colonisation? Here’s an alternative history of our continent. READ IT HERE: russgrayson-au.medium.com/franstralie-...

OUR LAND, OUR FOOD… You come to settle a new land you know nothing about. You carry seed to start agriculture. But will it be enough to sustain your colony? READ IT HERE: medium.com/pacificedge/...

Video of fascist blackshirts violence at yesterday's march for Australia rally in Melbourne. Just one of the violent incidents in Melbourne, Brisbane and elsewhere. www.facebook.com/share/p/19mK...

An anti-tourism car sticker in Tasmania discloses unease over the number of tourists, most from the Australian mainland, coming into the island state in summer.

Signs of spring: first flowers on apricot tree.

VOYAGES OF EXPLORATION… Had the English not established a colony at Port Jackson, would we be eating croissants for breakfast instead of porridge? Perhaps, because the French were exploring the south east Australian coast before and after the English arrived. medium.com/pacificedge/...

The first flowers of the season bloom on the apricot. The plum, too. Nearby, the golden spheres are Cape gooseberries (Physalis peruviana). Out front, the wattle trees are in bloom. The first sign of spring. #Gardening #Flowers #FruitTrees #permaculture #Tasmania

A REWILDING MOMENT… From the sun A journey of eight minutes and twenty seconds Then, sunrise Golden light spreads across the land. #photons#Sunrise #Morning#Tasmania

TALES OF THE NOT-QUITE-TRUE… Sometimes, fiction is based on fact. The characters, their actions and dialog might be made up, but the core of the story that forms the plot really did happen. So it is with this story… READ IT HERE: F: russgrayson-au.medium.com/the-pack-208...

A REWILDING MOMENT… Eucalyptus, Lewisham foreshore track, SE Tasmania. #trees #eucalypyus #tasmania #bushwalking #hiking #photography #landscapephotography

THE WILD… Crossing Tasmania's Franklin River is easier these days. An old photo reawakens memories on journeys past, and on the present state of wilderness walking. READ HERE: medium.com/pacificedge/.... #tasmania #franklinriver #rivers #bushwalking #bushwalkingaustralia #Backpacking #memoir

THE OUTDOOR MUSEUM… Here, near the southeastern Tasmanian town of Cygnet, a rusting traction engine decays through the decades next to an early gasoline powered road roller. #Tasmania #Cygnet #Technology #machines #IndustrialRevolution

STORIES OF THE COAST… The beach shacks at Bulgo on the Illawarra coast in NSW are typical of the informal vernacular architecture of Australian shack building… #shacks #beachshacks #huts #coastalliving #NSWAustralia #Bulgo #Bulgoshacks russgrayson-au.medium.com/shacks-on-th...

THINGS IN THE WORLD… What does the TV series Alone have to teach us about the psychology and physical skills of survival in hostile cold and wet environments? READ THE STORY: medium.com/pacificedge/... #Alone #survival #survivalpsychology #survivalskills #survivalequipment #Tasmania #TV

THE MOUNTAINS… When was it? some time ago now. I was looking through old photos when I came across some I took decades ago on walks into the Walls Of Jerusalem, the cluster of peaks near Tasmania's Central Plateau. READ THE STORY HERE: medium.com/pacificedge/...

THINKING ABOUT PERMACULTURE… How do permaculture practitioners deal with the deteriorating geopolitical scene forcing itself upon us today? Some are already taking action. Let's take a look at them. READ THE STORY HERE: medium.com/permaculture...

You will find this superb example of an Art Norveau doorway at the Saint Marys Hotel on Main Street, St Marys, Tasmania. The flowing line of the window frame that makes an almost-complete circle that is repeated in the surrounding brickwork. #ArtNorveau #architecture #StMarysTasmania #Tasmania

THINGS IN THE WORLD… Nearly every morning a large, black bird with a pointed head lands on the railing, and looking inside through the window makes the same three note call. What is it after? #Birds #Wildlife #Tasmania #Tasmanian wildlife #ForestRaven

PLANT NOTES… Maybe you have eaten chia, but have you tried growing it? We experimented with a few bushes here in our cool temperate climate and the plant did well. #chia #food #seeds #gardening #permaculture medium.com/permaculture...

A LITTLE FICTION… Sometimes, fiction collides with fact to collapse into a hybrid. medium.com/pacificedge/...

THE WILD… We were near Beatties Tarm, following the Mt Field East Track in Tasmania’s Mt Field National Park. This challenging alpine circuit reaches 1261m, it takes around 4-5 hours to walk 10.5km for a total ascent of 566m. #Tasmania #bushwalking #MtFieldTasmania #hiking

THAT SINKING FEELING… Taking on water along Lewisham foreshore trail in Tasmania. #boats #Tasmania

DANCING WITH HISTORIC FICTION… It is historic fiction but at the same time it's a tale of what could have been. READ IT HERE: medium.com/pacificedge/... #fiction #historicfiction #whitlam #politicalchange

THE OUTDOOR MUSEUM… The bandstand in City Park in Launceston, Tasmania, is a historic structure that has been a central feature of the park for over a century. Built in the late 19th century, the bandstand was designed as a performance space for bands. #launceston#Tasmania #photography

Just another sunrise here on the Tasmanian coast. After a display of warm morning colour, it disappeared to replaced by the grey clouds we now have. A cloudy sky means no chance seeing an Aurora tonight, if there is one thanks to the solar geomagnetic storm. #Tasmania

ALONG THE TRAIL… Join us for Tasmania's annual Turning of the Fagus pilgrimage. READ THE STORY HERE: medium.com/pacificedge/.... #tasmania #mtfieldnationalpark #bushwalking #hiking #hikingadventures #camping #tyennariver #hobartandbeyond

THINGS IN THE WORLD… From traditional culture to modern culture, the tipi became a symbol of simple living close to nature. medium.com/pacificedge/... / medium.com/pacificedge/...

THE WILD… They are out at this time of year, hanging on the branches of tough wiry shrubs, little dots of white that blend into the snowy terrain of the past couple days. They are another gift of edible nature to humanity. READ THE STORY HERE: Mountain snowberry medium.com/per.../mount....

WILD FOODS OF TASMANIA… Mountain pinkberry is one of the edible berries that make their home in the chilly heights of Tasmania's mountains. You can grow out where you live by finding a Tasmanian plants nursery that stocks the shrub. READ THE PLANT NOTE HERE: medium.com/permac.../mo...?

HERE ON THE COAST… It’s the first day of winter here in Tasmania, 6.5°C and still, as and the sun rises into a sky wispy with a thin layer of cirrus. #sunrise #photography #sunrisephotography #winter #Tasmania

THE WILD… We read the story of the land in its rock, vegetation and terrain. That was apparent as I stood atop the high cliff above Lake Seal in Mt Field National Park in Tasmania. READ THE STORY HERE: medium.com/pacificedge/...

Have you ever thought about how permaculture can help us tackle the big challenges facing our world? That’s what this blog link is all about: finding the positive in the tough times. #permaculture #ThomasHomer-Dixon #environmemntalissues #socialchange medium.com/permaculture...

THINKING ABOUT PERMACULTURE… A story about the thinkers who influenced the early permaculture design system in Australia. READ THE STORY HERE… medium.com/permaculture... #permaculture #permaculturedesign #permaculturehistory #socialhistory #books

ALL THAT IS EDIBLE… Large and dark, the Black Russian tomato offers a sizeable feast. medium.com/permaculture...

TODAY IN PHOTOGRAPHY… Pink, red and a touch of yellow. #photography #Tasmania #colours

A REVIEW… Surely, we have all heard of Leonard Cohen. and, if so, we’ll all be familiar with his song, So Long Marianne. But who was Maryanne? And why did he write a song about her? That’s the theme of a TV series broadcast on SBS. Here’s a review of it. READ THE STORY: medium.com/pacificedge/...

Tasmanian non-hybrid seeds ready for planting. The seeds of non-hybrid plants can be collected to be planted in the next growing season. They are also swapped between gardeners. Tasmania has several small scale non-hybrid vegetable and herb seed companies. #Gardening #Permaculture #Tasmania #seeds

A woodworking demonstration at the recent sustainable living Tasmania festival. #Woodworking #Tasmania #Hobart 

Fishing boats cast reflections on the calm waters of Constitution Dock, Hobart, Tasmania.  #Boats #Hobart #Tasmania #ConstitutionDock#Photography 

Wooden dinghies at the Wooden Boat Centre, Franklin, Tasmania, where boat building skills are still taught and practiced. The centre collects, restores and builds boats. Franklin is an old boat building town on the Hume River. #Tasmania #FranklinTasmania #WoodenBoatCentre #WoodenBoats 

THE OUTDOOR MUSEUM… An early brick building passes the decades beside the road in South Hobart, Tasmania. The old dwelling is typical of the design of the period. The roof is galvanised iron, extensively used because of its cheapness, versatility and long life. #Buildings #Hobart #Tasmania

A wooden dinghy at the Wooden Boat Centre in the old boat building town of Franklin, on Tasmania’s Huon River. #Boats #WoodenBoats #WoodenBoatCentre #Tasmania #HumanRiverTasmania #FranklinTasmania