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The article presents information on the butterflies at the Cape York Peninsula's Iron Range National Park (NP) in Queensland. The butterfly Graphium agamemnon can be found in rainforest sometimes resting on flowers to feed daintily, wings vibrating in the sunlight. The Monarch Danaus plexippus butterfly was crowned with its common name because of its size. Euploea core species is also called the oleander butterfly, for its tendency to lay eggs on the underside of oleander leaves.

Features the cane-crushing company Mossman Central Mill in Queensland. Effect of losing the mill on the area; Information on a formula for sustainable cane production according to Douglas Shire mayor Mike Berwick; Reason behind the preference of canefarmers of growing an underperforming crop.

Focuses on the impact of increases in sea temperature on the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland. Factors that contribute to the occurrence of coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef; Criticism against the refusal of Australia to ratify the Kyoto Protocol which would institute limits to emission of greenhouse gases; Efforts of the Australian Institute of Marine Science to investigate the impact of pollution on the reef.

Features Queensland School for Travelling Show Children students. Reason behind the creation of the school; Conditions of show kids; Background on the education of show kids; Improvement in the carnival; Description of the relationship among show people.

Recounts the re-enactment of the car journey of Dundas Gore in the outback of Queensland. Preparation of the journey in 1913; Accounts of the journey; Route of the expedition.

The article offers travels tips for Windorah, Central West Queensland and includes recommendations for shopping, Yabby races and excursions.

Presents information on Abbotsleigh Citrus, a citrus farm in southern Queensland. Use of European farming methods in the Australian environment; Pest management; Comment from managing director Ray Whear on their approach to citrus farming; Varieties of fruit produced.

The article offers information on the disappearance of powerful owls in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. It mentions that the bird's diet is composed of ringtail possums. It mentions that the urban owls eat rainbow lorikeets, cockatoos and channel-billed cuckoos. It mentions that the owls can carry the prey which is two-third of their bodyweight.

The article presents information on several discoveries that are taking place in Australia, to explore the medicinal properties of biological compounds. It mentions that Kirsten Benkendorff, lecturer at Flinders University, is exploring the anti-cancer and muscle relaxing properties of Dicathis orbita, a whelk found in temperate sea water. It informs about the Nature Bank, launched by the Griffith University, Queensland, that collects more than 40,000 biologicals. It also mentions about the increase in bioprospecting in Australia, pushing the government to impose legislation to control bioprospecting. It also presents an example of biopiracy in Australia in 1980, wherein the U.S. National Cancer Institute, used the aboriginal knowledge of the Nyungar people and did not pay them for it.