Adventure
Gallery: Year in the wilderness
Claire Dunn left the city life to spend a year in the wilderness, surviving without modern luxuries – even matches.
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Adventure
My year without matches
Claire Dunn left behind her comfortable life as a writer to make a home in the Australian bush for one year.
Destinations
Gallery: Landscapes of Wollemi National Park
Explore rugged and beautiful canyons, raging rivers, towering cliffs and much more in the largest expanse of wilderness in NSW. Just 80km north-west of Sydney, Wollemi National Park covers more than 500,000sq.km and is home to 235 bird species, 46 mammals and 55 butterflies. Though much of it’s impenetrable to all but the most intrepid bushwalkers and climbers, there are plenty of opportunities for trekking, camping, canoeing and kayaking.
Destinations
Gallery: Daintree National Park
In Queensland’s humid expanse of the Daintree, you can get a taste of how Australia used to be.
Destinations
VIDEO: Cycling the Munda Biddi Trail
Through the jarrah and karri forests of WA, come for a ride along Australia’s 1000km, wilderness cycling trail.
Adventure
Trekking the pristine beaches of Victoria’s south coast
The Australian Geographic Adventure girls and one lucky male head south to walk the talk.
News
Tassie forests added to World Heritage Area
A further 170,000ha of Tasmanian forest have been World Heritage listed, to the delight of environmentalists.
History & Culture
Can roads have a positive effect on nature?
Roads can be good for the environment despite their bad reputation, says Professor Bill Laurance.