Search

Byline: NATSUMI PENBERTHY IN 1985, ABORIGINAL photographer Ricky Maynard bundled up his camera and took it home to Tasmania's Furneaux Archipelago. There he captured intimate images - not of a [...]

The article offers information about the Wings Over Illawarra airshow to be held at the lllawarra Airport in Sydney from May 6-7, 2017 which will showcase several vintage and military aircraft.

The article discusses the Morton National Park at New South Wales in Australia and includes recommendations for camping sites around the park, description of different sites for such as uplands of Bundanoon for cycling and a tourist map of the park is presented with information on nearby locations.

The aricle discusses the adoption of drones by researchers and conservationists for monitoring wildlife populations, such as researchers on Macquarie Island located between Australia and Antarctica. Topics include doctor Lian Pin Koh of the University of Adelaide who co-founded Conservation Dones, a not-for-profit organisation, ecologist Jarrod Hodgson who completed a trial of drones for wildlife monitoring, and Chris Anderson, co-founder of drone firm 3D Robotics.

The article offers information on the Nullarbor Plain limestone karst landscape located in southern coast of Australia. Topics discussed include the Old Homestead Cave, the longest cave in the region that comprises tunnels and chambers, the interest of adventurer Andrew Wight in cave exploration, and the karst geomorphologist Ian Lewis' description of the Nullarbor as among the places in the world where the limestone maintains its natural shape.

The article offers information on the Murray River, British Columbia which is considered as the longest river of Australia and a major source of irrigation in the region. Various aspects related to the river that are discussed includes survival of trees in the river inspite of drought conditions, widest distribution of eucalyptus camaldulensis in the river and a list of attractions in the region.

The article presents author's views regarding eating insects and its growing popularity. Topics discussed include insect meals offered by Stanley Street Merchants, a bustling pop-up restaurant in the inner-city suburb of Darlinghurst in Sydney, Australia, services by Noma, the Copenhagen-based restaurant and a report titled "Edible Insects: Future Prospects for Food and Feed Security" by United Nations.

The article discusses photographer Dr Jürgen Otto's finding on Australian peacock spiders' courtship dances. Topics include peacock spiders waving their legs to get the female's attention, rotation of appendages tailed spinnerets and vibration of abdomens during courtship dance, and Jürgen's videos shown at the Museum of Contemporarv Art in Sydney, New South Wales.

The article presents several photographs of shortlisted images from the 2014 Australian Geographic ANZANG Nature Photographer of the Year competition which includes photography by David Rennie, Jesse McCoullough, and Kah Kit Yoong.

The article focuses on the 93% decline in the numbers of the aggregation of cuttlefish in South Australia in 2013 from 180,000 to 13,500. Topics include the ability of cuttlefish to disguise their colour and shape by moulding their tentacles to mimic the pattern and texture of a rock, the statement of Alex Schnell, a marine ecologist at Macquarie University, on the mating and short lives of cuttlefish, and the study of doctor Roger Hanlon on sexual selection and breeding of cuttlefish.

The article presents information related to bicycle enthusiast James MacDonald in Queensland. It is noted that a canary yellow, 8-year-old Moulton is favored by James for his daily ride. According to James, a vacuum in institutional interest in historical bikes is created. It is mentioned that to accommodate a large garage where he hoists and repairs new acquisitions, James lifted his house by 2.5m

The article focuses on the motorcycle sports race, Speed Week held at the salt flat of Lake Gairdner in South Australia. It mentions that the volunteers from the Dry Lakes Racers Australia (DLRA) organize the event. It offers information on performance of motorcyclist, Brett De Stoop in the race. It presents information on Lake Gairdner National Park which is visited rarely. INSET: International land speed records.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience on a scientific expedition.

The article informs that the 10th scientific expedition of the Australian Geographic (AG) Society brought together field biologists, volunteers and AG staff to make a stand against the cane toad in east Kimberley of the Western Australia (WA). It has been stated that cane toads have spread across northern and eastern Australia since 1935 and it had a significant impact on species such as monitor lizards and crocodiles.

The article offers information on the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) located in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Topics discussed include the role of media officer Glen Nagle for monitoring the CDSCC, the benefits of the deep space stations for tracking spacecrafts in solar system, and the obligation of U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration(NASA) for operation of deep space stations.

The article features the South Australian town of Penola as the spiritual birthplace of Mary MacKillop, Australia's only saint, and the hometown of polar explorer John Rymill. It cites the life and work of MacKillop since she arrived in the town in 1860, her decision to become a nun, her establishment of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart with a priest, and her canonization in 2010. It also notes the expedition led by Rymill in 1934 which mapped the Antarctic Peninsula.

The article offers information on Tolga Bat Hospital located near Atherton, Queensland. Topics discussed include the growth of the said bat hospital which was founded by Jenny Maclean, the volunteers at the hospital, and global reputation earned by the hospital that was featured in many magazines and documentaries.

The article offers information on eight wax cylinders recorded with Aboriginal Tasmanian Fanny Cochrane Smith in 1899 and 1903 which contain the only audible link to Tasmania's lost Aboriginal languages. It mentions that Fanny leans towards the horn of the latest in recording technology and mentions that the need to bolster the connection of Tasmanian Aboriginals have to their heritage, the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) in Hobart began a language revitalisation program in the 1990s.

The article offers suggestions for tourism activities for forest canopies of Australia that includes the provision of zipline services at the Cape Tribulation canopy, description of temperate forests of the Otway Fly Treetop Walk at Victoria and illustration of fire lookouts of Pemberton.

The article reviews several hotels and bars in Australia including the Prairie Hotel located in Parachilna, South Australia, Nindigully Pub in Queensland, and Whim Creek Hotel.

The article offers information on the marsupial gliders in Australia which include sugar glider, yellow-bellied glider, and squirrel glider.

The article focuses on a photograph of a group of writers, mountaineers, and photographers during their promotion of Milford Track, a hiking route in New Zealand, to Australian travellers including Tom Fyfe, Malcolm Ross, and Forrest Ross.

The article focuses on the iconic-reel-and-line device crafted by Lyster Ormsby in 1907 which was displayed at a Bondi lifesaving carnival held in the late 1950s. Topics discussed include the miniature device by Ormsby which became the model for surfing reel used across Australia, professor Sean Brawley at Macquarie University who distinguished Aussie lifesavers from Americans, and several technologies in 1993, which include inflatable surf boats, rescue boards and tubes.

The article discusses the contribution of U.S. cartographers Marie Tharp and Bruce Heezen in revealing the contours of the ocean floor. Topics include Tharp's work revealing a 65,000 kilometer chain of mountains and mid-ocean ridges, which encircled the planet, link between seismic data and earthquakes, and production of the World Ocean Floor Map by the cartographers.

The article focuses on the Cinesound Studios in Australia. The studio introduced Australian, British and the U.S. audiences to the world's first Australian film star. Cinesound gave up movie making during World War 11, but continued to produce newsreels into the 1970s. Cinesound's parent company Greater Union Organisation P/L continues to operate cinemas in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.

The article focuses on photographs of photographer Wolfgang Sievers. Wolfgang's photos, especially the series he completed in Burnley is compared with Austrian filmmaker Fritz Lang's imagery in the 1927 movie Metropolis. The strong compositional elements and depth of field of his images were recognised in 1988.

The article presents information on the evolution in milk containers of Australia depicting technology and a change in lifestyle. In 2011, more than 2.3 billion litres of drinking milk was produced from 1.6 million dairy cows. Disposable cartons appeared in 1960s after the use of bottles. Disposable foil caps came in 1930s. Pasteurisation became a legal requirement in 1940s. Tin or glass billies were used until around the 1930s.

The article focuses on the hailstorms and their impact on the cities and towns in Australia. History accounts hailstorms for over one-third natural health hazard insurance claims between 1968 and 2005. It notes that hailstones hit Sydney, New South Wales (NSW) on April 14, 2010 causing roof damage, electrical fires, and flooding. Moreover, hails severely affected the town of Mundubbera in the North Burnett.

The article focuses on the Finke Police District officers as the world's largest beat. It discusses the wartime lessons learnt in the Middle East that included deflating the vehicles' tyres and the construction of the Lasseter Highway. The officials of Finke Police District also performed the duty of wildlife control, stock inspection and community welfare.

The article offers information on broadcaster Robyn Williams who is awarded with 2016 Lifetime Award of Conservation by the periodical and involvement of Williams in different services for environment protection with description of food wastage as serious concern.

The article offers information on welcome to country ceremonies being conducted by several aboriginal people around the world through singing, speaking, and dancing. It mentions that the ceremony became popular even among the non-Aboriginal society following the 1976 Perth International Arts Festival where musician and writer Richard Walley introduce the ceremony and educate visitors about the Nyoongar culture of Australia. It discusses the life and career of Walley along with his achievement.

The article presents the author's insights on the infestation of prickly pear in an inland property in Chinchilla, Queensland. Topics discussed include the charge obtained by Captain Arthur Phillip for the creation of a source for the blood-red dye, and the scientists sent by the infant federal government of the country for the discovery of a biological control method.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience staying at one of the heritage huts in Australian Alps.

The article reports on shark watching in the waters of the Neptune Islands Group Marine Park, 60km south-east of Port Lincoln in South Australia.

The article reports on Amelia Telford, who raised funds to create the Seed Indigenous Youth Climate Network, an organisation that supports Aboriginal people in Australia, in 2013.

The article informs that twitcher David Stowe has won the Australian Geographic ANZANG Nature Photographer of the Year Competition.

The article focuses on the efforts of the Australian Geographic Society (AGS) for the approval of grants to support adventure and conservation in Australia. It mentions the recipient of funds from AGS include adventurer Lloyd Godson for Nature School pilot program, to build a flight aviary for injured or orphaned birds of prey and development of smartphone app guide to the flora of south-western Australia created by John Charles Ryan at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western Australia.

The article focuses of the efforts of the Australian Geographic Society (AGS) by raising funds for the conservation of hairy-nosed wombat with the contribution of Alan Horsup and his team. It mentions that setting remote cameras to monitor activity and the recruitment of volunteers. It also mentions that the safeguards of wombats against disease and natural disaster and the vulnerablity for the human impact.

The article offers information on the 25zero campaign initiated by Tim Jarvis, adventurer from the Australian Geographic Society (AGS) which aims at providing information on 25 equatorial mountains of the world that supports glaciers.

The article reports that the Naree station, 130 km north-west of Bourke with floodplains. The swamp is a one of 20 or so supporting 40per cent of our waterbird population.Heavy rains brought to Queensland by ex-tropical cyclone Oswald have sent water barrelling down the Murray-Darling rivers to Naree.

The article presents information related to the America's Cup yacht race. It is noted that the New York Yacht Club (NYYC) won every race between 1851 and 1983. It is mentioned that international and U.S. teams won the Cup since 1987. It is stated that an almost unrecognizable pair of carbon-fibre catamarans will be hosted by the September 2013 event.

The article offers information about small wooden boats in Sydney, New South Wales' Darling Harbour. They were originally named the Kofuku Maru and were used to rescue allied civilians from besieged Singapore in 1942. They were later renamed the Krait, it was eventually commandeered by Great Britain and Australian special operations units.

The article offers information on an experiment conducted by Thomas Parnell of the University of Queensland in which a pitch tar drips at a rate of one drop every nine years to show that a substance can be both liquid and brittle.

The article reports on the cultivation of the hottest chilli in the world named Trinidad Scorpion Butch Taylor by chilli grower Marcel de Wit in Hunter Valley, New South Wales (NSW).

The article reports on explorers, Francis Birtles and Syd Ferguson, who crossed the Australian continent by car in 1912 in 28 days, one hour, and 52 minutes.