The Things That Go Bang
Magic places where the stars touch the Earth
Editorial
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One for the Birds
Australia’s bird fauna is one of the richest in the world, and it is believed to be the origin for many of the bird species found elsewhere.
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Dominant Dunes
Mobile sand has taken charge of a major chunk of the Australian continent over the past 30,000 years
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Not One Redeeming Feature
How Europeans consigned the Tasmanian tiger to extinction in a little over a century
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Summertime Blues
This month David reflects on his changing experience of summer, and what this may mean going into the future.
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Victorian High Country
Where water is more valuable than gold
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The Lucky Country
How missing out on majestic mountains and landscapes has ensured a stable and prosperous nation
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The Grand Scheme
The Ord River has supported life for millennia, but has the attempt to control it for agriculture been worth the effort?
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Magic Mangroves
Australia's northern coast is dominated by 'muddy' mangroves which play crucial roles in ecosystems
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Trailblazers
In a time before modern-day luxuries, great Aussie drovers transported cattle across the harsh outback, carving many of our 4Wd tracks
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The Big Dry: How Competition For Water is Killing Our River Systems
We recently addressed the issue of the dying (or dead) Darling River and how it related to cotton farming. Now, we take a look at the broader issue...
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The Dying Rivers of Western New South Wales
Water use in cotton farming and one of the worst droughts in recent history are combining to quickly drain the Darling River of its last drops. the...
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The Great Barrier Reef: A Navigational Nightmare
Camper recounts the navigational hell the Great Barrier Reef put Captain Cook’s Endeavour through. Perhaps he would’ve been better off hitching up ...
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The History of Cape York
Camper Tips you off on the long, fabled history of the Cape York Peninsula.
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Ancient Australia
We take a look at Australia’s long-term geological trajectory, from a partly submerged continent, to one big snowball, to the mineral-rich continen...
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Australia’s Volcanoes
Who knew that Australia had its own share of volcanic activity? Cooky takes a look at the magma madness going on below us at every moment.
