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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Unexpected start to the day when we found this little #joey tangled by her foot in a fence. Popped her in a pouch made out of an old jumper. The #wildlifecarer took her to the vet and there was no major damage. Fingers crossed. 🫰 Happy she's in good hands. #Australianwildlife #kangaroos

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

While setting up my book stall for the Aust Mammal Society conference a friend asked if I'd mind selling these gorgeous Team Kowari socks as well. Happy to support a great cause. Only later discovered that the socks were designed by my youngest daughter!🤯 #AusWildlife #nonfiction #conservation

Book stall with natural history books and socks for sale

Red socks decorated with small brushtailed kowari marsupials on a checked bakground

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

How about a very undignified wedgetailed eagle capture (literally)? Rescued from a failed chicken run raid. Male - the larger female watched on unimpressed. He's fine.

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Day off today. Converted the former TV nook into more shelving for the (now) craft room. Toss up between fabric storage and book stock - books won. Plus stuffed toys for school visits.

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Hsppy to see The Enigmatic Echidna featured in the Australian's Big Books of 2026. Out in May. #newbook #comingsoon #enigmaticechidna

Book cover of The Enigmatic Echidna with a picture of an echidna on the cover and a brief descriptive text underneath. From the Australian newspaper.

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Happy place! Was gifted a kayak/paddleboard by a friend. Just perfect for tootling around on the dam.

Person in an orange kayak paddling across a small dam in bushland. Border collie looks on from shore.

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Fun kayaking around the mangroves at Garden Island. Magical place.

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 14/30

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 12/30

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 12/30

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 11/30

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 10/30

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 9/30

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 8/30

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 7/30

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 6/30

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 5/30

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 4/30

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 3/30

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 2/30

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 1/30

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

It's always exciting to do the final #coverreveal of a new #book, but this one is a real corker. I think it really captures the essence of the book, and #echidnas. With many thanks to WA #wildlife artist #CatherineScartaccini for permission to use her beautiful #drawing.#wildlifeart #naturewriting

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Devoted dog - to the last sausage.

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

A great week with Christele Maizonniaux in Hobart presenting school sessions on French explorers and developing materials to support students learning French. With many thanks to our hosts at The Friends, Fahan, Lambert. Bellerive and Taroona Schools and to @createsa_ for funding the trip.

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Thrilled to see this big fat #platypus (check out that tail) foraging in #Hobart Rivulet. Wildlife in cities is a wonderful thing - we need to make all cities more #wildlife friendly (as well as protecting large areas of intact #native bush). Yay for #monotremes! #naturewriting #australianwildlife

Platypus swimming near the surface of the water next to rocks.

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Newly hatched kookaburra chicks in the specially designed kookaburra nest box. Been waiting five years for this! What gorgeous little monsters. #australianbirds #australianwildlife #wildlife #birds

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Save the date #AusArts day is coming up! So many fabulous creative arts activities worthy of support - including the ASA backing book creators. Check them out on the wwe.creative.gov.au/ausartday (search for literature). And Save the Date - 23 October - for making your donations. #writers #arts

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

A lovely Adelaide launch for Grace Notes by Jennifer Liston. Bringing to life the famed Irish Pirate Queen Gráinne Mhaol, reconnecting oral and written histories with poetry, song, and resolute rigour. A master class in literary historical reconstruction.

Blue book cover on blue background with shells and model ship.

Jennifer Liston reading from her book in front of bookshelves.

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

So happy to see these epicormic shoots emerging from the trunks of some Mt Lofty cup gums. This tiny forest of gums form a tiny forest was badly impacted by the long dry spell last summer. These buds are a drought (and fire) adaptation. A relief to see them appear. #naturewriting #inspiration

Reddish leaf shoots sprout from an old grey tree trunk with grass trees and eucalypts in background.

Tiny red bumps of early leaf shoots on a smooth grey tree trunk. About the size of a tack head compared to the finger providing scale.

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Wonderful readings last night to celebrate the new issue of Coastlines literary magazine. Pretty happy to be included in this great line-up. coastlinesjournal.com/issue-10 #writing #writingcommunity #nonfiction #booksky

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Wild sky this morning. Red in all directions. #sunrise #redsky #weather

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Pretty delighted about how the writing hut has turned out. Pretty impressive upgrade from the open, leaky, dirt-floored shed by the dam.

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Enjoyed Dawkin's latest Book of the Dead. Reviewing a book well is not always easy so it's also nice to have that work appreciated.

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Amazing encounter with a cassowary at Etty Bay. They've become more common here in recent years. Saw another two on the road out. Never saw them when I lived here. Incredible birds, if a bit intimidating. #auswildlife #ausbirds

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Great speed reads night at Bibliotheca Bar for the #StoryandtheSelf conference in Adelaide with #iaba and #asal. Great venue, fab readers and appreciative audience.

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Love the charactersitic knobbly #gumnuts on Southern Bluegums. Don't often see the #blossoms high up on these tall straight trees, but some helpful cockies had been pruning this one. #plants #australiannatives #eucalypts

Gum leaves and blossom on white background

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Crafty activity for a session on echidnas at the Junior Naturalist's tonight. What are the 10 coolest things you know about echidnas? There are just so many to chose from!

Echidna made out of a raffia and wool pompom with googly eyes and a long pink tongue following a trail of ants.

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

The great wedgetailed eagle release. Perhaps not the most dignified but a relief for all of us. #Australianwildlife #nature #eagle #rurallife

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Celebrating the Adelaide launch of James Bradley's new #crime novel Landfall. In conversation via jenga with the esteemed Lisa Bennett at the Howling Owl. #booksinbars supported by Dymocks Adelaide. "A thrilling read".

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Distracted during an online meeting by eagles flying low over the house. Completely inadequate photos but wedgies are such speccy birds!

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Just back from a wonderful week at a writing workshop with @charlottewood.bsky.social. With a lovely group of amazing writers exploring some really inspiring techniques and approaches. Learnt so much! #writing #creativity #lifelonglearning

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Nothing like going somewhere completely different for opening up new paths in your writing. Plus some inspired/ing workshops from Charlotte Wood and my wonderful fellow participants.

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Complete change of pace this morning. Arrived in Bali late last night. Sunrise on Sanur Beach then off to Ubud for a week of writing.

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Another dry day for the driest year on record in the driest state on the driest inhabited continent. Trees dying, tanks empty, dams dried to dust (not ours tho). Waiting for summer to break, the fire season to end and to breathe a sigh of relief. Chance of a spot of rain today apparently🤞.

Morning view and blue sky over Southern Australian hills and bush with dry grass in foreground.

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Beautiful light this morning. Hard to drag myself away but Writers Week beckons.

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Watching trees die in the forest due to summer drought. We haven't had any significant rain (more than 10mm) since November and only 6 days of any rain at all in the last three months. Less than half our summer average. And nothing in sight yet. Not good.

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