Category: Blog
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My school years
Author Koh Lin â—¦ I do not really have that many memories of all my childhood school years… just fragments from different periods. Some of what I am today was shaped by my school years. Whilst I do not remember… Continue reading
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Mouse or mice…
Author Koh Lin â—¦ The mouse has been in my head lately… although this may be because I have been seeing them qute often… either dead or alive… The following was only recently, as I walking east into town. The main road… Continue reading
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Memories of Flora at the Desert Park
Author Koh Lin â—¦ The Alice Springs Desert Park provides a great location to experience the many plants that are native to the region. If you are lucky like me, I also got to experience the different plant species through the year…… Continue reading
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Walking with insects…
Author Koh Lin â—¦ Over the years, I have seen many insects. Some were rescued from dog water bowls and swiming pools, some in shops and shopping malls, others from pedestrian walkways and roads. Sometimes just the slightest ovement would catch my… Continue reading
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Walk on the wild side…
Author Koh Lin â—¦ In the beginning… Koh Lin came from Sydney N.S.W.4 wheel-drived across AustraliaTrim my mo along the wayIn my shorts and legs unshaved…..taking a walk on the wild side A nostalgic recap… looking back at our diary entry for… Continue reading
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I heard the Owl call…
Author Koh Lin â—¦ There is a memory from my teenage years… of being friendly with my school libarian. I still remember her name… Mrs Foot. I was a bit of an avid reader back then, and I remember she recomended a… Continue reading
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Memories of Animals at the Desert Park
Author Koh Lin â—¦ The Alice Springs Desert Park was one of those places where I could get close to some of the animals that live in Central Australia. Among some of the photographs I have snapped during my numerous visits to… Continue reading
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Love of marsupials…
Author Koh Lin â—¦ There is something about our marupials that we love… Marsupials are members of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia. One of the marsupials distinctive characteristics (and common to most of the species of marsupials), is that the young are carried in… Continue reading
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Beanie Festival Wildlife… 2026
Author Koh Lin â—¦ There is nothing to fear from the wildlife at the Alice Springs Beanie Festival… and this 30th year celebrates the love we have for our wildlife… from birds, marsupials, mammals, repitles, ocean creatures, insects and spiders… enjoy! This… Continue reading
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Alice Springs Beanie Festival 2026 — 30th Anniversary
Author Koh Lin â—¦ The very popular Alice Springs Beanie Festival, started by Jo Nixon’s aunty Adi Dunlop (back in 1996), is culminating in the 30th Anniversary and at this point in time, will be the final beanie festival. We at Ausemade… Continue reading
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Memories of Birds at the Desert Park
Author Koh Lin â—¦ Since arriving in Alice Springs in 2006, one of the many places I frequented and continue to visit, is the Alice Springs Desert Park. As one of the key attractions in Alice Springs, it is worth visiting throughout… Continue reading
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More captured moments …
Author Koh Lin â—¦ As I look back through some of my photographs, I could see that I had snapped many photos of insects, and a phrase comes to mind “all creatures great and small”. For those that remember, the phrase became… Continue reading