landscape Archives

Heard Island: The unchanging magnificence

A voyage to volatile Heard Island by Antarctic veteran Grahame Budd stirs memories of adventures past and raises concerns of challenges to come.

Reader Photos

Blushing Barn Bluff

Sunset over Barn Bluff colours the landscape in shades of pink

Destinations

Fraser Island: A place to experience

Twenty years ago, the world’s largest sand island was inscribed on the World Heritage List, turning this local secret into one of Australia’s must-sees.

Destinations

Gallery: Mungo National Park

At Mungo, in far south-western NSW, you’ll find undulating sandplains, ancient lakebeds, spectacular dunes and abundant fossils.

Reader Photos

Colurful Claustral Canyon

This week’s reader photo of a canyon in the Blue Mountains, NSW depicts an almost other-wordly scene

Reader Photos

Reader photo: Stony Creek sunrise

A stunning sunrise over the sea shore is this week’s reader photo.

Destinations

Gallery: The Pilbara landscape of stone-etched stories

Encompassing 200,000sq.km of some of Earth’s most ancient rocks, this remote part of WA is covered in stories carved in time. Read the full story in Australian Geographic magazine #120.