Jottings from the Tropics

The Rainforest, the Pademelons, and Me

The trust of a wild animal is a precious thing

Bronwen Scott
Tea with Mother Nature
5 min readOct 13, 2021

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Red-legged Pademelon joey tucked away in mum’s pouch, Atherton Tablelands. © Bronwen Scott.

For years, I had been planning a shift from inner western Melbourne to somewhere with trees and wildlife and interesting landscapes. First, I looked at Corangamite, with its salt lakes and volcanos; then at the Messmate and Mountain Ash forests of the…

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Bronwen Scott
Tea with Mother Nature

Zoologist, writer, artist, museum fan, enjoying life in the tropical rainforest of Far North Queensland. She/her. Website: bronwenscott.com