Nature Scribe

Nature is home, even if we live in cities. I'm a Tasmanian-based writer who loves learning and writing about the natural world, from the smallest bugs to the broadest landscapes. That passion led me to co-found the Wildcare Tasmania Nature Writing Prize, and to write the book "Habitat Garden". I also write a quarterly column, "The Patch", for 40 South magazine. © All material in this blog copyright Peter Grant (unless otherwise stated)

Monday, 26 May 2025

The Not-So-Plain Plains: Part 4

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I’ll start with a confession. I am not the speediest of bushwalkers, not only in terms of actual walking pace, but also in terms of how quic...
Monday, 19 May 2025

The Not-So-Plain Plains: Part 3

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There’s a problem trying to have a grandpa nap when your bushwalking companions are so darned interesting! As I lie in my tent after our lon...
Tuesday, 13 May 2025

The Not-So-Plain Plains: Part 2

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It’s blissful being horizontal at last, snug in my sleeping bag. The quiet of the forest is a balm, and as sleep hovers at my door, I turn o...
Thursday, 24 April 2025

The Not-So-Plain Plains: Part 1

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How do I describe this place? I could try starting with the sound, or the seeming lack of it. Not that the forest is silent. Even in the dea...
Tuesday, 18 February 2025

Return December?

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[ This post was originally published in Forty South Tasmania , Issue 115, Summer 2025. I wrote it before the summer of 2024/25, but reprodu...
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As Australian poet, Les Murray, put it "I am only interested in everything." That has lead me to study Earth Science, Theology and Education; and travel widely, especially on foot and by bicycle. I'm married, and have 3 adult children and 10 grandchildren. After a career in education and communication - the last 24 with Tasmania Parks & Wildlife Service - I'm now concentrating on writing about nature here and in magazines like 40 South Tasmania. My wife and I live in the foothills of kunanyi/Mt Wellington, near Hobart, Tasmania.
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