Red Dust Entry Four: Kicking Up Dust
“This is how we do it,” Aunty Nandy would tell me, teaching me to make island scones or cook enough rice and yam for a horde of hungry dancers.
Red Dust Entry Three: Sticky Fingers
It’s amazing, the confidence of these children to physically communicate with absolute strangers.
Red Dust Entry Two- Bright Skin and Sky Eyes
In the communities, you will hear people refer to themselves as black or white skinned. It’s generally not meant in a derogatory way, but simply as a straight-to-the-point way of speaking, common to the region.
Red Dust Entry One: Wet Season
In Queensland, it seems the further north you go, the slower things become. The people run on what we call ‘island time’.
Ode to the Paramedics at BDO
I couldn’t help but think that these paramedics, doctors and nurses might just have been the best act of the day.
Making Science Accessible: ASC14 The Storytelling of Science
By conveying scientific concepts and findings into language that will engage and captivate audiences, scientific communicators can effectively bridge the divide between the scientific community and wider public.