Science & Environment
National parks are vital for protecting Australia’s endangered plants
We know very little about Australia’s most threatened plants.
Tag: National Parks
Adventure
GALLERY: Kangaroo Island’s Wilderness Trail
Kangaroo Island’s new Wilderness Trail is set to open October 1. The rugged five day 66km walk through Flinders Chase National Park hugs a coastal shoreline that’s brimming with native wildlife. Read more about the Wilderness Trail in AG#134, out now.
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Reflections at Rainbow Falls
An overcast day offers the perfect conditions to capture Rainbow Falls in Blackdown Tableland National Park, Queensland.
Destinations
GALLERY: Mount Field, Tasmania
Only an hour north-west of Hobart, Mount Field is an enduring favourite of outdoor enthusiasts, with its wallaby-tracked snow fields, lakes and tarns (lakes formed in remnant glacial cirques). In autumn, the deciduous fagus tree erupts into colour across the mountain. Read about Mount Field’s beautiful peaks and the conservation efforts to protect the 100-year-old national park in AG#132, out now.
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New England National Park, NSW
One of many Five Day Creek waterfalls along Cascades Track in New England NP.
Destinations
Savannah strolling: bushwalking in Kakadu National Park
Crisscrossed with more than 25 day walks, Kakadu National Park offers bushwalkers the chance to soak up the unique and plentiful treasures of Australia’s Top End.
Science & Environment
Should we rethink national parks?
Conservation corners or places for leisure? Ecologists are calling for a radical rethink in how we manage these special places
Destinations
Pilbara’s Karinji NP: Culture etched in stone
Encompassing 200,000sq.km of some of Earth’s most ancient rocks, Western Australia’s Pilbara region stretches from a coast harbouring ancient human art to an ochre-red inland cut by gorges and waterfalls.
Destinations
Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park
A ticket to sparkling waters, breathtaking scenery and an active weekend escape without leaving metropolitan Sydney.
Destinations
10 remote national parks you should visit
Want to really get away form the crowds? Head to these remote national parks that are worth the effort