When a long-held dream river run becomes a reality, it’s never without some hard work involved, as Travis Frenay finds on this canoe-borne exploration of the Upper Shoalhaven River. The post Take a long line: An Upper Shoalhaven River canoe adventure...
As the Indian Pacific rumbled across Australia's vast, seemingly lifeless Nullarbor Plain, a massive green wave erupted from the desert, waking the passengers from their ‘Nullarbor trance’. The post The day the Nullarbor awoke appeared first on Austr...
A historic Caribou aircraft, once a symbol of courage and resilience and a stalwart of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), has been given new life and a new home in South East Queensland. The post New life for history-making RAAF Caribou A4-179 ai...
Authorities are warning that one of Australian’s most popular pets - the rose-ringed parakeet - could become our next “extreme” pest. The post Bird flu ‘panic’: Dire advice to pet owners not to release exotic birds into Aussie bush appeared first on...
The arrival of Father Christmas each December was a yearly highlight for children living along the Trans-Australian Railway. The post When Santa rode the railway appeared first on Australian Geographic.
Rudolph the red-necked wallaby? Deck the halls with boughs of hakea? Well, why not? The post A very Aussie Christmas appeared first on Australian Geographic.
It’s been 100 years since the last Cobb & Co coach ran in Australia, between the tiny towns of Surat and Yuleba in South West Queensland. The post Hail the coach: Celebrating the centenary of Cobb & Co’s last run appeared first on Australian...
One of the many mysteries of Stonehenge – where its Altar Stone came from – has recently been solved by Australian scientists. The post A Stonehenge puzzle solved appeared first on Australian Geographic.
Lunar animal research is receiving the technological and methodological breakthroughs necessary for the next wave of intriguing findings. The post Moonstruck: how lunar light influences animal behaviour appeared first on Australian Geographic.
Ask almost anyone which planet has rings around it, and you’ll get the answer “Saturn”, especially if they’ve ever viewed it through a telescope. But not many people know that the other gas giants in our Solar System – Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune – a...