After protracted negotiations with a pastoral family in far northern New South Wales, the state government has bought more than 430,000ha of iconic Australian “outback” to be managed as national park.
The newest addition to Australia’s national park inventory, the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, boasts both extraordinary human and natural histories.
Dramatic gorges, forested valleys and a rich pastoral history shape this spectacular four-day, hut-to-hut walk in Oxley Wild Rivers National Park.
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.
The ultimate guide to the Australian road trip with the people in the know
The fern–eucalypt association is the Dandenong’s signature. Every track or mountain road swooping down the flanks of the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria, seems to reveal another lavish, frond-filled gully. Among them, Sherbrooke Forest is one of the prime strongholds of temperate rainforest, a haven of mountain ash, mountain grey gums, silver wattle, soft tree ferns, blackwood and southern sassafras. Far from the nearest road, the only sounds in the valley stillness are the distant screeches of sulphur-crested cockatoos and the gurgle of water from the creek below.
The lush and much-loved mountains of Victoria’s Dandenong Ranges are an easily reached backyard haven for almost 1/4 of Australia’s population
Sweeping vistas, pristine wilderness, varied terrain and iconic sights
This marvelous Australian landmark wasn’t discovered until 1983
