Glenda Larke
@glendalarke.bsky.social
SFF Novelist (14 trad published books, latest THE TANGLED LANDS), West Australian, environmentalist, birder, have lived in Vienna, Tunisia, Malaysia as well as W.Australia. Also found on Facebook as Glenda Noramly. Aussie writer.
When you have too many old surfboards and you run an outdoor restaurant... Prevelly, W.A.
December 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
When you have too many old surfboards and you run an outdoor restaurant... Prevelly, W.A.
The biggest wildflower collection on earth calls Western Australia home. More than 12,000 species of flora ... and they include the Christmas Tree of every December...
December 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The biggest wildflower collection on earth calls Western Australia home. More than 12,000 species of flora ... and they include the Christmas Tree of every December...
I have always loved the unique forests of SW Australia, unlike anywhere else on earth. Magestic, muddled, untidy, untamed and utterly gorgeous. Driving through this tiny corner of the world seems to say (probably unjustified) that all is well with the world...
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 AM
I have always loved the unique forests of SW Australia, unlike anywhere else on earth. Magestic, muddled, untidy, untamed and utterly gorgeous. Driving through this tiny corner of the world seems to say (probably unjustified) that all is well with the world...
Not far from our house, a short walk away...Mandurah Estuary. Also saw a snake. The warm weather has woken them up, along with the goannas. Everywhere now.
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Not far from our house, a short walk away...Mandurah Estuary. Also saw a snake. The warm weather has woken them up, along with the goannas. Everywhere now.
Went for a walk near where we live in Mandurah and came across this old guy... didn't quite look the same as he did last time I passed him... :)
November 7, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Went for a walk near where we live in Mandurah and came across this old guy... didn't quite look the same as he did last time I passed him... :)
Today's photo... Mandurah Estuary.
November 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Today's photo... Mandurah Estuary.
This morning's walk photos...
It rained.
It rained.
November 4, 2025 at 5:03 AM
This morning's walk photos...
It rained.
It rained.
Gotta love Australian trees... Much more interesting than European species!
October 27, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Gotta love Australian trees... Much more interesting than European species!
Today's photo: Sunshine, clouds, birds and boats... Mandurah, Western Australia.
October 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Today's photo: Sunshine, clouds, birds and boats... Mandurah, Western Australia.
Interviewer: "Working fulltime in the field, how did you find time to write?"
Me: "Plugging my computer in at airports or coffee shops, or hooked up to generators-- from research camps, to fishing boats in mangroves. I wrote by candlelight, lamplight, moonlight, torchlight, street lights...
Me: "Plugging my computer in at airports or coffee shops, or hooked up to generators-- from research camps, to fishing boats in mangroves. I wrote by candlelight, lamplight, moonlight, torchlight, street lights...
October 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Interviewer: "Working fulltime in the field, how did you find time to write?"
Me: "Plugging my computer in at airports or coffee shops, or hooked up to generators-- from research camps, to fishing boats in mangroves. I wrote by candlelight, lamplight, moonlight, torchlight, street lights...
Me: "Plugging my computer in at airports or coffee shops, or hooked up to generators-- from research camps, to fishing boats in mangroves. I wrote by candlelight, lamplight, moonlight, torchlight, street lights...
A short 3 minute stroll out the back gate and this is the scenery... Feeling lucky.
October 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
A short 3 minute stroll out the back gate and this is the scenery... Feeling lucky.
Some true stories:
Queen Noor of Jordan once admired my T-shirt.
I've killed a cobra with a broomstick.
I survived 30-40 wasp stings.
I took daughter’s in-laws to a Balinese brothel thinking it was a karaoke bar...
I've swum with wild penguins.
I cooked a home meal for a Vice-President of Iran...
Queen Noor of Jordan once admired my T-shirt.
I've killed a cobra with a broomstick.
I survived 30-40 wasp stings.
I took daughter’s in-laws to a Balinese brothel thinking it was a karaoke bar...
I've swum with wild penguins.
I cooked a home meal for a Vice-President of Iran...
October 18, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Some true stories:
Queen Noor of Jordan once admired my T-shirt.
I've killed a cobra with a broomstick.
I survived 30-40 wasp stings.
I took daughter’s in-laws to a Balinese brothel thinking it was a karaoke bar...
I've swum with wild penguins.
I cooked a home meal for a Vice-President of Iran...
Queen Noor of Jordan once admired my T-shirt.
I've killed a cobra with a broomstick.
I survived 30-40 wasp stings.
I took daughter’s in-laws to a Balinese brothel thinking it was a karaoke bar...
I've swum with wild penguins.
I cooked a home meal for a Vice-President of Iran...
Some of the flowering plants we came across yesterday on a stroll outside our village...
October 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Some of the flowering plants we came across yesterday on a stroll outside our village...
From today's walk: a look at wood: in the 'woods'...fallen, slaughtered, and living ...
October 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
From today's walk: a look at wood: in the 'woods'...fallen, slaughtered, and living ...
A bird on the wing, a man in a boat...Mandurah, Indian Ocean.
October 17, 2025 at 3:21 AM
A bird on the wing, a man in a boat...Mandurah, Indian Ocean.
This morning, Mandurah beach and a lone fisherman...
October 16, 2025 at 3:31 AM
This morning, Mandurah beach and a lone fisherman...
From the past: husband and Rafflesia cantleyi. The flowers are parasitic and leafless and have to find the right kind of . host in a rainforest...Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
October 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM
From the past: husband and Rafflesia cantleyi. The flowers are parasitic and leafless and have to find the right kind of . host in a rainforest...Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
The Kalimantan Fisheries Company, Sabah, Malaysia - with some washing drying on a saw-horse, and on the end of the jetty, the tails of stingrays, and the swim bladders of fish.
Expensive delicacies back in 2007 when the photo was taken.
(I wonder ... do people even know what a sawhorse is now?)
Expensive delicacies back in 2007 when the photo was taken.
(I wonder ... do people even know what a sawhorse is now?)
October 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The Kalimantan Fisheries Company, Sabah, Malaysia - with some washing drying on a saw-horse, and on the end of the jetty, the tails of stingrays, and the swim bladders of fish.
Expensive delicacies back in 2007 when the photo was taken.
(I wonder ... do people even know what a sawhorse is now?)
Expensive delicacies back in 2007 when the photo was taken.
(I wonder ... do people even know what a sawhorse is now?)
Today's Mandurah photo, right in the centre of town.
October 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Today's Mandurah photo, right in the centre of town.
A photo my husband took of me 10 years ago, along the Murchison River. I think he was more interested in the tree than me...
It's a quangdong. My mum used to make a great quandong jam...I even remember her producing it over a campsite fire.
It's a quangdong. My mum used to make a great quandong jam...I even remember her producing it over a campsite fire.
September 28, 2025 at 6:34 AM
A photo my husband took of me 10 years ago, along the Murchison River. I think he was more interested in the tree than me...
It's a quangdong. My mum used to make a great quandong jam...I even remember her producing it over a campsite fire.
It's a quangdong. My mum used to make a great quandong jam...I even remember her producing it over a campsite fire.
The most recent Australian school shooting, in 2012, fortunately injured no-one. There have been 11 school shootings in Australia since 1950. 4 resulted in a death. That's the total deaths that have occurred.
Yep, 4.
USA might learn a thing or two from thinking about what Australia does right...
Yep, 4.
USA might learn a thing or two from thinking about what Australia does right...
September 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The most recent Australian school shooting, in 2012, fortunately injured no-one. There have been 11 school shootings in Australia since 1950. 4 resulted in a death. That's the total deaths that have occurred.
Yep, 4.
USA might learn a thing or two from thinking about what Australia does right...
Yep, 4.
USA might learn a thing or two from thinking about what Australia does right...
Where we walked this morning in Mandurah. Perfect weather, perfect scenery, good friends to walk with...what more does one need?
Well, maybe birds? That island is packed with them.
Well, maybe birds? That island is packed with them.
September 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Where we walked this morning in Mandurah. Perfect weather, perfect scenery, good friends to walk with...what more does one need?
Well, maybe birds? That island is packed with them.
Well, maybe birds? That island is packed with them.
In the garden this morning...a ladybug, but I don't know the name.
September 13, 2025 at 6:18 AM
In the garden this morning...a ladybug, but I don't know the name.
Husband just dug up photo of mixed tourists, taken long ago; 1990(?) Most of our photos taken on this trip have been lost. That's me on the right wearing a cheap straw hat. Clue: we were very close to the equator and it was one of the most wondrous few days of my life...
September 10, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Husband just dug up photo of mixed tourists, taken long ago; 1990(?) Most of our photos taken on this trip have been lost. That's me on the right wearing a cheap straw hat. Clue: we were very close to the equator and it was one of the most wondrous few days of my life...