Danielle Clode
@dclode.bsky.social
Writer | Nature Science History
www.danielleclode.com.au Author of award-winning Australian nonfiction books for adults and children.
www.danielleclode.com.au Author of award-winning Australian nonfiction books for adults and children.
Newly hatched kookaburra chicks in the specially designed kookaburra nest box. Been waiting five years for this! What gorgeous little monsters. #australianbirds #australianwildlife #wildlife #birds
November 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Newly hatched kookaburra chicks in the specially designed kookaburra nest box. Been waiting five years for this! What gorgeous little monsters. #australianbirds #australianwildlife #wildlife #birds
Save the date #AusArts day is coming up! So many fabulous creative arts activities worthy of support - including the ASA backing book creators. Check them out on the wwe.creative.gov.au/ausartday (search for literature). And Save the Date - 23 October - for making your donations. #writers #arts
October 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Save the date #AusArts day is coming up! So many fabulous creative arts activities worthy of support - including the ASA backing book creators. Check them out on the wwe.creative.gov.au/ausartday (search for literature). And Save the Date - 23 October - for making your donations. #writers #arts
A lovely Adelaide launch for Grace Notes by Jennifer Liston. Bringing to life the famed Irish Pirate Queen Gráinne Mhaol, reconnecting oral and written histories with poetry, song, and resolute rigour. A master class in literary historical reconstruction.
September 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
A lovely Adelaide launch for Grace Notes by Jennifer Liston. Bringing to life the famed Irish Pirate Queen Gráinne Mhaol, reconnecting oral and written histories with poetry, song, and resolute rigour. A master class in literary historical reconstruction.
Such fabulous creatures!
September 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Such fabulous creatures!
So happy to see these epicormic shoots emerging from the trunks of some Mt Lofty cup gums. This tiny forest of gums form a tiny forest was badly impacted by the long dry spell last summer. These buds are a drought (and fire) adaptation. A relief to see them appear. #naturewriting #inspiration
August 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
So happy to see these epicormic shoots emerging from the trunks of some Mt Lofty cup gums. This tiny forest of gums form a tiny forest was badly impacted by the long dry spell last summer. These buds are a drought (and fire) adaptation. A relief to see them appear. #naturewriting #inspiration
Wonderful readings last night to celebrate the new issue of Coastlines literary magazine. Pretty happy to be included in this great line-up. coastlinesjournal.com/issue-10 #writing #writingcommunity #nonfiction #booksky
August 14, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Wonderful readings last night to celebrate the new issue of Coastlines literary magazine. Pretty happy to be included in this great line-up. coastlinesjournal.com/issue-10 #writing #writingcommunity #nonfiction #booksky
August 4, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Pretty delighted about how the writing hut has turned out. Pretty impressive upgrade from the open, leaky, dirt-floored shed by the dam.
July 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Pretty delighted about how the writing hut has turned out. Pretty impressive upgrade from the open, leaky, dirt-floored shed by the dam.
Enjoyed Dawkin's latest Book of the Dead. Reviewing a book well is not always easy so it's also nice to have that work appreciated.
July 18, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Enjoyed Dawkin's latest Book of the Dead. Reviewing a book well is not always easy so it's also nice to have that work appreciated.
Amazing encounter with a cassowary at Etty Bay. They've become more common here in recent years. Saw another two on the road out. Never saw them when I lived here. Incredible birds, if a bit intimidating. #auswildlife #ausbirds
July 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Amazing encounter with a cassowary at Etty Bay. They've become more common here in recent years. Saw another two on the road out. Never saw them when I lived here. Incredible birds, if a bit intimidating. #auswildlife #ausbirds
Great speed reads night at Bibliotheca Bar for the #StoryandtheSelf conference in Adelaide with #iaba and #asal. Great venue, fab readers and appreciative audience.
July 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Great speed reads night at Bibliotheca Bar for the #StoryandtheSelf conference in Adelaide with #iaba and #asal. Great venue, fab readers and appreciative audience.
Love the charactersitic knobbly #gumnuts on Southern Bluegums. Don't often see the #blossoms high up on these tall straight trees, but some helpful cockies had been pruning this one. #plants #australiannatives #eucalypts
June 22, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Love the charactersitic knobbly #gumnuts on Southern Bluegums. Don't often see the #blossoms high up on these tall straight trees, but some helpful cockies had been pruning this one. #plants #australiannatives #eucalypts
A visit from the Green Man. #foundobject #mistetoe
June 2, 2025 at 2:13 AM
A visit from the Green Man. #foundobject #mistetoe
Crafty activity for a session on echidnas at the Junior Naturalist's tonight. What are the 10 coolest things you know about echidnas? There are just so many to chose from!
May 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Crafty activity for a session on echidnas at the Junior Naturalist's tonight. What are the 10 coolest things you know about echidnas? There are just so many to chose from!
Day 1 - Kylie Tennant
May 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Day 1 - Kylie Tennant
The great wedgetailed eagle release. Perhaps not the most dignified but a relief for all of us. #Australianwildlife #nature #eagle #rurallife
May 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The great wedgetailed eagle release. Perhaps not the most dignified but a relief for all of us. #Australianwildlife #nature #eagle #rurallife
Celebrating the Adelaide launch of James Bradley's new #crime novel Landfall. In conversation via jenga with the esteemed Lisa Bennett at the Howling Owl. #booksinbars supported by Dymocks Adelaide. "A thrilling read".
May 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Celebrating the Adelaide launch of James Bradley's new #crime novel Landfall. In conversation via jenga with the esteemed Lisa Bennett at the Howling Owl. #booksinbars supported by Dymocks Adelaide. "A thrilling read".
Distracted during an online meeting by eagles flying low over the house. Completely inadequate photos but wedgies are such speccy birds!
April 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Distracted during an online meeting by eagles flying low over the house. Completely inadequate photos but wedgies are such speccy birds!
Just back from a wonderful week at a writing workshop with @charlottewood.bsky.social. With a lovely group of amazing writers exploring some really inspiring techniques and approaches. Learnt so much! #writing #creativity #lifelonglearning
March 30, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Just back from a wonderful week at a writing workshop with @charlottewood.bsky.social. With a lovely group of amazing writers exploring some really inspiring techniques and approaches. Learnt so much! #writing #creativity #lifelonglearning
Nothing like going somewhere completely different for opening up new paths in your writing. Plus some inspired/ing workshops from Charlotte Wood and my wonderful fellow participants.
March 20, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Nothing like going somewhere completely different for opening up new paths in your writing. Plus some inspired/ing workshops from Charlotte Wood and my wonderful fellow participants.
Complete change of pace this morning. Arrived in Bali late last night. Sunrise on Sanur Beach then off to Ubud for a week of writing.
March 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Complete change of pace this morning. Arrived in Bali late last night. Sunrise on Sanur Beach then off to Ubud for a week of writing.
Another dry day for the driest year on record in the driest state on the driest inhabited continent. Trees dying, tanks empty, dams dried to dust (not ours tho). Waiting for summer to break, the fire season to end and to breathe a sigh of relief. Chance of a spot of rain today apparently🤞.
March 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Another dry day for the driest year on record in the driest state on the driest inhabited continent. Trees dying, tanks empty, dams dried to dust (not ours tho). Waiting for summer to break, the fire season to end and to breathe a sigh of relief. Chance of a spot of rain today apparently🤞.
Beautiful light this morning. Hard to drag myself away but Writers Week beckons.
March 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Beautiful light this morning. Hard to drag myself away but Writers Week beckons.
Watching trees die in the forest due to summer drought. We haven't had any significant rain (more than 10mm) since November and only 6 days of any rain at all in the last three months. Less than half our summer average. And nothing in sight yet. Not good.
February 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Watching trees die in the forest due to summer drought. We haven't had any significant rain (more than 10mm) since November and only 6 days of any rain at all in the last three months. Less than half our summer average. And nothing in sight yet. Not good.
Wonderful encounter with some very inquisitive and enthusiatic echidnas (Cleland Wildlife Park). Love meeting animals that feel safe around humans and seeing how normally solitary animals engage socially. Echidna care has come a long way in the last 30 years! #newbook #naturewriting #ozwildlife
February 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Wonderful encounter with some very inquisitive and enthusiatic echidnas (Cleland Wildlife Park). Love meeting animals that feel safe around humans and seeing how normally solitary animals engage socially. Echidna care has come a long way in the last 30 years! #newbook #naturewriting #ozwildlife