Peter Grant
@auntyscuttle.bsky.social
Tasmanian nature writer, photographer, walker and pilgrim.
#naturewriting
3 nights camped in an ancient Tasmanian forest was like living in a fairytale. www.naturescribe.com/2025/04/?m=0
3 nights camped in an ancient Tasmanian forest was like living in a fairytale. www.naturescribe.com/2025/04/?m=0
April 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
#naturewriting
3 nights camped in an ancient Tasmanian forest was like living in a fairytale. www.naturescribe.com/2025/04/?m=0
3 nights camped in an ancient Tasmanian forest was like living in a fairytale. www.naturescribe.com/2025/04/?m=0
A sad squeak from a
small island. Summer bushfires have burned nearly 100,000 hectares of Tasmania’s wilderness, including ancient, irreplaceable rainforest. I wrote this piece pre-summer, hoping history wouldn’t repeat itself. It has. #naturewriting #Tasmania
www.naturescribe.com/2025/02/retu...
small island. Summer bushfires have burned nearly 100,000 hectares of Tasmania’s wilderness, including ancient, irreplaceable rainforest. I wrote this piece pre-summer, hoping history wouldn’t repeat itself. It has. #naturewriting #Tasmania
www.naturescribe.com/2025/02/retu...
Return December?
[ This post was originally published in Forty South Tasmania , Issue 115, Summer 2025. I wrote it before the summer of 2024/25, but reprodu...
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February 26, 2025 at 6:58 AM
A sad squeak from a
small island. Summer bushfires have burned nearly 100,000 hectares of Tasmania’s wilderness, including ancient, irreplaceable rainforest. I wrote this piece pre-summer, hoping history wouldn’t repeat itself. It has. #naturewriting #Tasmania
www.naturescribe.com/2025/02/retu...
small island. Summer bushfires have burned nearly 100,000 hectares of Tasmania’s wilderness, including ancient, irreplaceable rainforest. I wrote this piece pre-summer, hoping history wouldn’t repeat itself. It has. #naturewriting #Tasmania
www.naturescribe.com/2025/02/retu...
Is there a more wondrous creature than a platypus? An egg-laying, duck-billed, beaver-tailed mammal must surely be a hoax. In my 40 South Tasmania column, I write about one in our local Hobart Rivulet. #naturewriting
www.fortysouth.com.au/the-patch/th...
www.fortysouth.com.au/the-patch/th...
November 28, 2024 at 4:17 AM
Is there a more wondrous creature than a platypus? An egg-laying, duck-billed, beaver-tailed mammal must surely be a hoax. In my 40 South Tasmania column, I write about one in our local Hobart Rivulet. #naturewriting
www.fortysouth.com.au/the-patch/th...
www.fortysouth.com.au/the-patch/th...
When Charles Darwin visited Hobart in 1836, he was impressed by the view from our mountain, kunanyi/Mt Wellington.
He was less impressed by our eucalyptus trees. In my essay in 40 South Tasmania, I dare to take the great man to task!
#naturewriting #tasmania
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He was less impressed by our eucalyptus trees. In my essay in 40 South Tasmania, I dare to take the great man to task!
#naturewriting #tasmania
www.fortysouth.com.au/the-patch/cl...
Climb that tree, Mr Darwin - Forty South
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November 22, 2024 at 1:22 AM
When Charles Darwin visited Hobart in 1836, he was impressed by the view from our mountain, kunanyi/Mt Wellington.
He was less impressed by our eucalyptus trees. In my essay in 40 South Tasmania, I dare to take the great man to task!
#naturewriting #tasmania
www.fortysouth.com.au/the-patch/cl...
He was less impressed by our eucalyptus trees. In my essay in 40 South Tasmania, I dare to take the great man to task!
#naturewriting #tasmania
www.fortysouth.com.au/the-patch/cl...
Surely the world needs more echidna photos. Here’s one from the patch of bush behind our home in Tasmania. Plus some of my #naturewriting in 40 South Tasmania
www.fortysouth.com.au/the-patch/i-...
www.fortysouth.com.au/the-patch/i-...
November 16, 2024 at 2:56 AM
Surely the world needs more echidna photos. Here’s one from the patch of bush behind our home in Tasmania. Plus some of my #naturewriting in 40 South Tasmania
www.fortysouth.com.au/the-patch/i-...
www.fortysouth.com.au/the-patch/i-...
Anyone out there looking at the intersection of faith and the environment?
November 15, 2024 at 4:49 AM
Anyone out there looking at the intersection of faith and the environment?