News 5 beautiful places in Australia not to be missed …sites. And that is just the appetizer. This trip will showcase the seductive coastlines and shimmering seas from the azure aquarium that is the Great Barrier Reef, to the Wet…
Wildlife Australia was once full of flamingos …for years in dry lake beds as durable eggs, spores or cells. When flamingos exited the stage, the aquatic life in Australia’s salt lakes could prosper during the wet times without…
Gear Test Huski Nimbus jacket …suit almost anyone: yellow, pink, dove grey, coral, navy, glacier, aqua, aubergine and black. Australian company Huski has been around for a long time – since 1956 – and those…
Wildlife Skate, jump and slide: These bugs are nature's own water skiers Water striders are the most conspicuous element of the semi-aquatic bug fauna of Australia. Belonging to the family Gerridae, they are adapted to their life on the water surface due…
Destinations Fraser Island: A place to experience …a towering white dune that’s been patterned by the wind and is topped by a lone she-oak. The water is a stunningly clear aquamarine pool, with green turtles just metres…
Destinations Skeleton Coast: Namibia's strange desert dwellers …favourite of the superbly camouflaged Namaqua chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis), which changes its colour and hunts prey in a surprisingly quick dash across the sand, catching victims in a flick of…
Destinations Roxby Downs: Living in an outback mining town …down the Murray.” Aside from the aquaculture and fishing industries’ fears about the effect such a plant could have on water quality in Spencer Gulf, environmentalists have expressed concerns over…
Destinations Mt Warning: Early warning …along Australia’s east coast, heading back to nature. They found it deep in the forests of Terania Creek. They weren’t alone. The Aquarius Festival a year earlier in the nearby…
Gear Test Rapid Drypack …you’d choose if you could? Everyone always picks flying. Boring. Me, I’d rather be able to explore the life aquatic than flounce around up in the clouds. What are you…
Sponsorship Finding Nemo's personality The anemone fish, one of the most popular aquarium fishes, is to be subjected to psychological analysis…