As the gateway to the Australian Outback, Alice Springs sometimes feels like little more than a stopover for travellers eager to see Uluru or Kata Tjuta (just a lazy four-hour …
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As a kid, Andrew Fielke remembers rolling marbles in the sand on the banks of the Murray River. Only the smooth orbs he played with weren’t made of glass; they …
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We’re lucky to live in a country that has thousands of edible plant species – including some bush tucker that you can’t find anywhere else in the world.
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Visit Uluru at dusk and you might be surprised to see the ground suddenly light up in technicolour bursts. These blooming fields of vivid yellow, purple and pink are part …
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Driving along a dusty road in the dead of night, somewhere between the small country towns of Boulia and Winton in central Queensland, a glowing light might suddenly overtake you. …
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We’re lucky to have so many iconic critters as part of our landscape: kangaroos, possums, koalas, emus, crocodiles and rhinos. Wait, what? That’s right – in a world-first conservation push …