Destinations Best dives sites in Australia …southern Australia, diving with leafy sea dragons or sea lions … [or they may find it] in the Whitsundays or in Ningaloo, right off the beach,” Eric says. Here are…
News Introduce elephants to Aussie bush, says scientist …far to control individual feral plants and animals, David is proposing a more holistic approach. This looks to introduce large animals – such as elephants, rhinos and Komodo dragons –…
Nature & Wildlife Private conservation protects Aussie species …claim is a prerequisite for protecting remaining populations of native species and later returning them to places where they are locally extinct. Bearded dragons (Pogona sp.) are among the many…
Destinations 10 weekend adventures: Hobart …places for spotting weedy seadragons. Fuel stop: Take to the land at Blackmans Bay for a feed at the Beach Restaurant. www.parks.tas.gov.au 7. KETTERING 45 min / 30 km /…
Destinations Climbing Southeast Asia's highest mountain …the dead and, just for good measure, inhabited by dragons. Low eventually managed to persuade some locals to help his team of 42 climb the mountain, but they had to…
Destinations Top snorkelling spots in Australia …includes a great variety of marine life, such as sponge gardens, kelp forests, sea dragons, fairy penguins and migrating whales. These reefs differ greatly from those of northern Australia because…
Destinations Purnululu: A fragile icon …reach the area where the outstretched tributaries, called “The Fingers”, stretch towards the plateau on top of the range. Military dragons scuttle across the rocks, and long-tailed Mertens monitors wiggle…
History & Culture The Chinese community deep in rural Australia …in 1969 and when he made his first appearance in 1970 he was one of the world’s longest imperial dragons, measuring 60 m from snout to tail. In 1976, when…
News Dance moves help lizards stand out in a crowd …but bad for another; the result is a compromise,” says Terry. Dr Devi Stuart-Fox, biologist from the University of Melbourne whose research interests include dragons, agrees these displays increase the…
Adventure Escaping to the Sapphire Coast …goannas, snakes and green water dragons. Exploring a canyon arm of the dam, Dave points out the distinctive deua gums. “A botanist visited here in the ’70s and came away…
