Wildlife
Battle of the water dragons
Photographer Cameron Hines was at the right place at the right time to capture these two water dragons battling it out at Warriewood Wetlands on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.
Tag: sydney
Wildlife
Urban birdwatching guide to Sydney
Sydney may be known for bin-scrounging ibis and bobble-headed pigeons, but there’s more diverse birdlife in this metropolis than many probably realise.
Wildlife
Amazing photos show lace monitor raiding a brush turkey’s mound
AG wildlife photographer Gerry Pearce captured this dramatic photo series in Garigal National Park near Sydney.
Adventure
Blisters and bonding
Completing five Trailwalkers makes you a Legend, but it’s no easy task.
Wildlife
The smelly canary in our cities
Usually the butt of jokes and objects of revulsion, it’s time we started listening to the message of the Australian white ibis.
History & Culture
GALLERY: Jonathan Jones’s barrangal dyara
In 1882, a three-year-old palace at Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden was destroyed by fire – and with it, thousands of Indigenous artefacts. The new barrangal dyara (skin and bones) installation is a reminder of what was lost. Read more about the Garden Palace fire and Jonathan’s artwork here.
History & Culture
“The best Olympic Games ever”: moments that made the 2000 Sydney Olympics
We look back at why the 2000 Sydney Olympics are remembered so fondly.
History & Culture
End of the line
Funeral trains no longer steam through Sydney, but Mortuary Station remains a haunting reminder of times past.
News
‘World’s biggest rhino’ heading to Sydney
Two artists plan to build the world’s biggest rhino sculpture for Sydney’s Sculpture by the Sea to raise awareness and funds for the threatened mammals.
On This Day
A history of Sydney’s Mardi Gras
This year is the 40th anniversary of Sydney’s annual Mardi Gras and follows on from the official legalisation of marriage equality in Australia.