Scientists had always been puzzled by why the Great Barrier Reef formed long after Australia had conditions suitable for reef growth. It turns out the answer might be K’gari (Fraser Island).
Australia. Land of plenty, land of spirit, land of the wild, wide-open spaces. From Tiffany-blue hued waters singing with sea creatures, to ancient rainforests dripping with life, ochre-red sands that thrum with significance, and wildlife that will hop, crawl or swim into your heart. This is Australia – start planning your next adventure now, with these ideas from AAT Kings.
Canberra, the land of the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri peoples, has a new story to tell at the National Museum of Australia. It is the story of our Great Southern Land.
Four years ago Australia’s first offshore coral nursery was planted. Now, the corals are all grown up and have spawned for the first time.
Far beyond scones and jam, the influence of the Country Women’s Association has been at the frontline of Australia’s regional communities for 100 years, supporting rural women, advancing social justice and lobbying governments.
Increasing development in Tasmania’s national parks is driving an ecotourism boom, but not everyone is happy about it.
Tuesday night (8 November) will be the last chance to see a Blood Moon in Australian skies until 2025.
Nature has been captured as a work of art in Christian Spencer’s new book, presenting his two decades of bird photography.
Fossils found in a field on a farm in New South Wales are yielding a remarkable insight into life 15 million years ago in eastern Australia.
In a find of international significance, on Norfolk Island, 1700km north-east of Sydney, scientists from the Australian Museum and University of Sydney together with a local excavation team this week unearthed axe-like tools thought to have been fashioned by Polynesian mariners hundreds of years ago.