geology Archives

Discovering Australia’s great rocks, home to wildlife aplenty

Bound by sea and shaped by the elements, Australia’s geological formations are spectacular and provide habitat for a wealth of native wildlife.

Science & Environment

The chain of ancient volcanoes that stretches from Queensland to the Victorian coast

Secrets of Earth’s geological past lie within a chain of ancient volcanoes called the Cosgrove hotspot track that stretches from Cape Hillsborough in Queensland south to the Victorian coast.

Science & Environment

Scientists can now grow flexible crystals

Despite that crystals are renowned for being hard and brittle, these scientists have found a way to make them malleable.

Destinations

VIDEO: Exploring volcanic Victoria

South-western Victoria is home to the third-largest volcanic plains in the world, with over 400 dormant volcanoes.

Destinations

Savannah caverns: Undara lava tubes

West of Atherton, in far north Queensland, lies a wonderland of geological delights – the legacies of ancient coral reefs, startling alluvial deposits and Earth’s longest volcanic lava flow.

Science & Environment

How GPS keeps up with a continent in constant motion

Australia is always on the move thanks to continental drift, which means the mapped coordinates of any place can get out of line with any GPS locating system. So what’s the plan to fix it?

News

Earthquake shakes South Australia

Geoscience Australia has reported a 3.7-magnitude earthquake struck near Murray Bridge, South Australia last night.

AustroPalaeo

All that glitters: the fossils of Lightning Ridge

Digging for opalised fossils at Lightning Ridge offers a chance to be involved in real science and get a taste for the toils of an opal miner.

Destinations

Hidden Nullarbor

Dissolved below the world’s largest limestone karst landscape are the enigmatic caves of the Nullarbor Plain, the longest and most beautiful of which still puzzle geologists.