John Büsst: Bohemian artist and saviour of reef and rainforest

A rich biography of artist-turned-environmental campaigner John Bu¨ sst. Known to his enemies as ' The Bingil Bay Bastard' , John Bu¨ sst, a Bendigo-born Melbourne bohemian artist, moved to tropical Bedarra Island in North Queensland and underwent an extraordinary transformation to become one of Australia' s most successful conservationists. In the 1960s and early 70s Bu¨ sst led campaigns to protect two of Australia' s most important and endangered environments — saving lowland rainforests...