Revisiting Gippsland splendour
How tourism helped protect the “cradle of the eucalypts”.
How tourism helped protect the “cradle of the eucalypts”.
Australia’s thousands of kilometres of rocky coastline and shallow reefs harbour the rusting relics of more than 8000 ships.
Move slowly and quietly in this specialist Australian arid habitat and you might be rewarded by seeing one of the world’s rarest birds.
By definition, a final resting place is final, isn’t it? Well, not always, it seems.
Amazingly, some people can manufacture alcohol inside their body from the food they eat – carbohydrates, to be specific. Some do it so well, they can raise their blood alcohol level to eight times the legal driving limit!
For more than 20 years, the jawbone of a whale lay on the grass just behind the golden sands of Long Beach, near Batemans Bay on the South Coast of New South Wales.
Electricity and agriculture is not an ‘either/or situation’, argues Dr Karl.
Ned Kelly, Ben Hall and Captain Thunderbolt – the criminal exploits of these notorious bushrangers are forever etched into our national psyche. But what about the Birdman of the Coorong?
In November 2023, SpaceX launched its second Starship rocket test flight. This was the heaviest, tallest and most powerful rocket ever built and – not unexpectedly – it didn’t work.
It’s the dream of every child who loves the outdoors – build a secret bush cubby, a retreat from the prying eyes of parents and an opportunity to let the imagination run wild in a make-believe world of fairies, goblins and other magical creatures.