Dear Peter … Everything you have done has helped in the battle that we are all trying to wage, to prevent the despoliation of the earth & to help heal the damage we have already done. Your new as yet unpublished book on the Australian rainforest, I’m sure, will be a further help in this battle…
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ABC Insect of the Year 2026
I am thrilled to be on the expert panel for the 2026 ABC Insect of the Year. This year, my nomination is the wonderful Tortoise-shelled Ladybird (Harmonia testudinaria). Beyond their spectacular appearance, these striking but tiny (about 6...
Australian Book Fair – Sydney 2026
After such a wonderful time at Book Fair Australia in Melbourne earlier this year, I will be attending the Sydney event on the 7th and 8th November. If you are going to be there, please drop by and say Hi. I have recently started using the...
The Camera Life Podcast Interview
On Thursday 15th October, I had such a great time chatting with the great guys (Greg Cromie and Justin Castles) from The Camera Life podcast. The episode ran for a little over 2 hours and 20 minutes, and we chatted about everything from macro...
The Insect Expo at Woodend, Victoria
Well, where do I start? Gavin McGrath (ABC Ballarat) rang me to discuss this year’s Insect of the Year event (details below), and asked me if I’d be able to attend the National Insect Expo in Woodend, Victoria (around 800 kms away). I had never...
Photographing Tancho (丹頂) in Hokkaido
In February this year I went to Japan with my kids, and we travelled through the mainland's north and across to Hokkaido. It was a wonderful trip!One of my main objectives was to photograph Tancho (Red-crowned) Cranes, and Stellar's Sea-Eagles in...
CYA Conference
I am delighted to be presenting for the first time at the wonderful CYA Writers and Illustrators Conference in Brisbane (Australia) on 11th July. The Children, Young Adult, and Adult Writers’ and Illustrators’ Conference (CYA) is designed for...
Book Release – The Long Road Home
[Pre-Release announcement from publisher (Disappearing Ink)]Whitley Award-Winning Naturalist Peter Rowland Announces New Memoir: The Long Road Home Author to Appear at the Australian Book Fair, Melbourne, 21-22 February 2026 MELBOURNE, VIC -...
30 years of A Photographic Guide to Birds of Australia
Thirty years ago today, on June 26, 1995, my first book as a sole author, "A Photographic Guide To Birds of Australia," was released. It’s a moment that fills me with immense gratitude and prompts a journey back through a life shaped by the wild...
I acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waterways where I work and live, to their cultures, and to their Elders past and present. I celebrate the First Nations Peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationship to Country, and acknowledge the important role First Nations People throughout Australia have played and continue to play.