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Galapagos: ultimate nature adventure, day 3
AG editor Ian Connellan heads to the volcanic island Bartolomé, with some close animal encounters.
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Galapagos: ultimate nature adventure, day 4
Tortoise numbers in the Galapagos are on the rise, thanks to breeding programs, finds the AG editor.
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Galapagos: ultimate nature adventure, day 5
On day 5, expeditioners head to Isla San Cristóbal, home to masses of sea lions and white, sandy beaches.
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Galapagos: ultimate nature adventure, day 6
Expeditioners head to Gardner Island, the oldest in the archipelago, where wildlife abounds.
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Galapagos: ultimate nature adventure, day 7
Watching penguins and snorkelling with rays and huge schools of fish is the order of the day.
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Galapagos: ultimate nature adventure, day 8
The last day of the trip delivers more spectacular displays of wildlife.
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2011: International Year of the Forest
This year, the UN is asking us to think about and visit our forests, home to so many of the world’ species.
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Word of 2010: Googleganger
Borrowing heavily from popular culture, these new words have made it into the Macquarie Dictionary for 2010.
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Black Saturday: before and after
Photographer Andrew Quilty covered the Black Saturday bushfires – two years later, he documents the regrowth.
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Streaming into the Age of Aquarius
Anomalous stars zipping across the Milky Way are the ‘fossils’ of a remnant galaxy, says Fred Watson.