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Kosciuszko: A Great National Park

Posted by NPA NSWon May 28, 2020in Winter 2020Leave a comment

Authors: Deidre Slattery and Graeme L. Worboys
Publisher: Envirobooks
Reviewed by Esther Gallant (President, NPA ACT) and Dianne Thompson OAM (NPA ACT and NPA NSW)

This is THE BOOK on Kosciuszko National Park (KNP) for all those who know and love it and would like to understand it better in order to promote its protection. Graeme Worboys has spent his professional career working in and around KNP and both authors have extensive personal knowledge of the park. Graeme Worboys AM started as a NSW NPWS Kosciuszko ranger and now is a protected area management specialist. Deirdre Slattery is a historian and has written extensively about the Alpine Parks and contributed widely to community education about them. Together they have produced a book which is both authoritative and an inspiration to read.

If you are interested in purchasing the book do not delay as it was a limited printing run and is being sold at cost.

Envirobook: www.envirobook.com.au

Australia’s National Parks by Public Transport

Posted by NPA NSWon February 27, 2020February 28, 2020in Autumn 2020Leave a comment

Book Review. Author: Mick Ogrizek, 2019

At last, a guide for the keen bushwalker who doesn’t have access to a car.

Mick Ogrizek explains the impetus for this book was his post-retirement goal to visit all the national parks of Australia. It was a goal hampered by the lack of a driver’s licence. The book is a result of research on how to visit those National Parks that are accessible by public transport. It is a work in progress, with the book covering 38 national parks across all eight states and territories.

Book Review: Surviving the 21st Century

Posted by NPA NSWon November 28, 2019in Summer 2019Leave a comment

Surviving the 21st Century is an important, must read book for all who hope and strive for a better future for our species, Homo sapiens.

Book Review: Underwater Sydney

Posted by NPA NSWon November 28, 2019in Summer 2019Leave a comment

Underwater Sydney is a celebration of the underwater environment of Sydney’s spectacular harbour and beaches.

Book Review: Sunburnt Country by Joëlle Gergis

Posted by NPA NSWon August 28, 2019August 30, 2019in Spring 2019Leave a comment

Our July Environmental Book Club reading was Sunburnt Country; the History and Future of Climate Change in Australia by Joëlle Gergis. In this history of Australia’s climate and the meteorology that recorded and analysed that climate, Gergis brings understanding to climate fluctuation through natural forces and demonstrates how human action is intensifying climate variability and exposing us to new climate extremes.

Book Review – Reptiles of Victoria: a guide to identification and ecology

Posted by NPA NSWon May 27, 2019May 14, 2019in Winter 2019Leave a comment

Author: Peter Robertson and A. John Coventry
Review by Deryk Engel, Director, Lesryk Environmental Pty Ltd
Reptiles of Victoria has been produced by authors Peter Robertson and A. John Coventry as a means to provide both novices and professionals with a logical approach to Keying out that State’s species. The guide documents the 117 recognised reptiles that occur within Victoria, and an additional six that are ‘vagrant’ or introduced.