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Rottnest Island: Perth’s playground

Just 18km off the coast of Western Australia, Rottnest Island is a much-loved summer retreat for the residents of Perth.

Could the government have the 2013 addition to the Tasmanian World Heritage Area revoked, asks John Pickrell.

Travellers have trekked the Australian Alps for centuries, taking refuge in historic huts and enjoying the mountain scenery.

A picture really is worth a thousand words when it’s underpinned by rigorous research and crafted with skill.

The record-breaking aviator’s life, and why he was mourned around the world after his mysterious disappearance.

Every year, a festival in country NSW pays tribute to spring and attempts to heal the rifts of war.

The French territory of New Caledonia is home to scores of plants and animals found nowhere else in the world.

Get an insight into the inner-workings of Canberra’s Parliament House, which turns 25 this year.

To celebrate 30 years of the marine reserve at Port Stephens, Justin Gilligan snapped some of its weirdest inhabitants.

An Australian-led project has partnered with Google to record changing reef environments in 3D.