SILVIA TAVARES

The art of finishing (and publishing) research projects

This slide is from a presentation delivered last year by Professor Maria Raciti at the UniSC Research Conference.

As so many academics I’ve had many (many!) publications in the pipeline to be (just) finished. The main challenge is when they really just depend on me and no one is waiting for feedback or relying on it to carry on with their life plans – like when my PhD students need me to read their work, for example.

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Palm Cove Melaleuca Trees

Palm Cove is a very special place, and when I first arrived I had a discussion with a local trying to understand why is this beach so different and much more touristic than the others in Cairns. The response was: the Melaleucas! Although I am not sure if this is the dominant reason as there are so many other special things here, these are very special trees. Some of these Melaleucas are over 500 years old and very well looked after!