The Nullarbor is riddled with wombat and rabbit warrens. How do we know where these semi-subterranean creatures live, and how many there are? The answers come from the sky.
In a world-first, scientists have unearthed the genetic secrets of Australia’s elusive southern marsupial mole.
As the Indian Pacific rumbled across Australia’s vast, seemingly lifeless Nullarbor Plain, a massive green wave erupted from the desert, waking the passengers from their ‘Nullarbor trance’.
The arrival of Father Christmas each December was a yearly highlight for children living along the Trans-Australian Railway.
It’s been 100 years since the last Cobb & Co coach ran in Australia, between the tiny towns of Surat and Yuleba in South West Queensland.
When it came to assigning a writer to cover the final Broken Heel festival, Jack Marx seemed the perfect choice.
Outback thriller Wake in Fright upset local audiences when it was released in the 1970s. But it became a classic, brought Broken Hill to the silver screen and had a profound impact on Australian cinema.
Hiding beneath scrap metal and abandoned cars in the Australian desert, you can find an ordinary-looking species of gecko that has an extraordinary biological trait: they don’t have sex.
The beauty of Western Australia’s wildflowers runs deep. These plants have an important ecological role and a cultural heritage.
The Kimberley is beautiful any time of year, but from March to May – waterfall season – it is even more spectacular.