#139 July/August 2017

Nature photographer Justin Gilligan explores the cooler, little-known cousin of the Great Barrier Reef- the Great Southern Reef, which he finds is just as important and just as much in need of our attention as the reef faces challenges from a combination of unprecedented population growth on the adjacent coast and global environmental change. PLUS: Dancing with fire, King Island kelp, the Kimberley by water and – on the cover – the secret life of bees.