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Mt Everest Trek: Day eleven
Yak-trains and spud handling are among the cultural experiences our editor encounters in the Himalayas.
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Mt Everest Trek: Day twelve
Our editor partakes in sports and snowballs with the local children of a school started by Sir Edmund Hillary.
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Aussie lingo: Willy-willy
We welcome the phrase ‘willy-willy’ to fair-dinkum Frank’s dictionary of Aussie jargon.
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Mt Everest Trek: Day thirteen
Trekking the Himalayas, our editor familiarises himself with the village Khunde, and its inhabitants, as the fields are prepared for sowing.
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Mt Everest Trek: Day fourteen
AG’s editor gets acquainted with his trekking Sherpas as they descend into warmer trails of the Himalayas.
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Mt Everest Trek: Day fifteen
The trekkers descend a newly-formed family, as journey’s end draws nearer.
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Mt Everest Trek: Day sixteen
Busy Kathmandu perfectly punctuates the final day of AG editor’s expedition.
On This Day
On this day: Sydney’s biggest hailstorm
On 14 April 1999, the most expensive natural disaster in Australian history hit Sydney.
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Audio: Attack of the wombat
An alleged wombat attack has people rethinking the reputation of this Australian native.
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How to draw natural history
We recognise excellence in one of only a handful of natural history art courses in the world.