About the Author

Donald Henry "Don" Goodsir OAM (21 May 1937 - 6 October 2010) was an Australian teacher, school administrator, author and environmentalist. He was a leading activist in the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust which has preserved large areas of bushland on the harbour foreshores, as well as a life member of the Gould league of NSW and a Fellow of the Australian College of Education. Tony Oliver is a well-known children's book illustrator who has won several awards for his work. Sadly he passed away in 2005. Nicola Oram is a renowned botanical and wildlife illustrator who worked as a botanical illustrator for the Royal Botanical Gardens for nine years. Her drawings feature regularly in pages of Gardening Australia magazine.