Chapter 27
Winter came soft-footed, bringing mild blue-sky days, and crystalline views across the range. The forest showed a different face: muted, gentler. Gathering strength for the fertile eruption of spring. Kim had forgotten how much she loved this time of year in Tingo. Clear mornings, cool night. No more uncomfortable humidity. Leeches and ticks in abeyance, mosquitoes and flies as well.
Kim and Taj still worked together. Their passion for the job of rewilding remained, and the dingo project was proving to be a success. Since their release a month earlier, the animals remained elusive, but all indications showed they were thriving. And they weren’t just living on rabbits. Taj had shown her several kills: wallabies and a goat. Her fears for the dingoes had so far been unfounded, ye
