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Vale Glenn Holmes

To: Tom Tarrant <>
Subject: Vale Glenn Holmes
From: Denise Goodfellow <>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 23:47:50 +0000
I always smile on remembering Glenn’s hunt in the Darwin Botanic Gardens for 
feral fowl!

Denise Lawungkurr  Goodfellow
PO Box 71
Darwin River, NT, Australia 0841
043 8650 835

PhD candidate, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW.

Founding Member: Ecotourism Australia
Nominated by Earthfoot for Condé Nast’s International  Ecotourism Award, 2004.

With every introduction of a plant or animal that goes feral this continent 
becomes a little less unique, a little less Australian.
















On 29 Jan 2016, at 9:06 am, Tom Tarrant <> wrote:

> Must agree with your sentiment Richard, I too was saddened to see the news
> of Glenn's passing through Mike's post yesterday. I only met him
> occasionally, but always found him a very knowledgeable and friendly person
> who will be sadly missed.
>
> Tom
>
> On 29 January 2016 at 10:26, Richard Jordan <> wrote:
>
>> I noted with sadness (via a mention by Mark Carter) that Glenn Holmes has
>> passed away. I knew that he had been ill for some time.
>> Glenn was a great birder, and he often expertly assisted me as a guide in
>> those distant days when I operated bird tours. Since then he has freely
>> given his time to guide our local 'Bellingen Birders' group when we made
>> trips into his area around Stanthorpe. He was a most knowledgeable and
>> observant man. I remember asking him how many birds he had recorded in 24
>> hours from his base in Atherton. His answer was '254', a record that I
>> imagine would be very hard to equal! My deepest sympathy to Jenny.
>>
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