Terri Allen and Margaret Rowe pictured at the Wonthaggi Rifle Range Wetlands in 2022 after each received an OAM for their decades of conservation work. Photo courtesy of Kerrin Thomas, ABC Gippsland By Catherine Watson
IN THE introduction to Gippsland’s Field Naturalists, the editors quote Professor Jones of Hull University: “Research is organised play for adults.”
And so it is for the 16 noted local naturalists featured in this book: Mae Adams, Terri Allen, Beth Banks, Mary Ellis, Geoff Glare, Ken Harris, Lorraine Norden, Alison Oates, Barbara Oates, Margaret Rowe, Wendy Savage, Mike Tesch, Dave Sutton, Gary Wallis, Jack Weerts and Marja Bouman.
I’m lucky enough to have met many of them over the past decade and was fascinated to read the back story of how they came to be so involved and erudite. There is no egotism about their learning. They are generous in sharing and learning from one another.
IN THE introduction to Gippsland’s Field Naturalists, the editors quote Professor Jones of Hull University: “Research is organised play for adults.”
And so it is for the 16 noted local naturalists featured in this book: Mae Adams, Terri Allen, Beth Banks, Mary Ellis, Geoff Glare, Ken Harris, Lorraine Norden, Alison Oates, Barbara Oates, Margaret Rowe, Wendy Savage, Mike Tesch, Dave Sutton, Gary Wallis, Jack Weerts and Marja Bouman.
I’m lucky enough to have met many of them over the past decade and was fascinated to read the back story of how they came to be so involved and erudite. There is no egotism about their learning. They are generous in sharing and learning from one another.
