Australian Geographic

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A tale of a drowned drone

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Big Picture: Swan Lake • Ice surrounds two black swans on a frozen lake at Nimmitabel, in the Monaro region of New South Wales.

Geobits: Bite-sized news and events

Snapshot: Sailing to Safety • Fifty years ago, the first Vietnamese ‘boat people’ reached Australian shores.

Space: An iron ‘bar’ in the Ring Nebula

Treading Lightly: Shrew’d observations • Two distinct wildlife encounters offered a clear-cut reminder of life’s interconnectedness.

Need to Know with Dr Karl Kruszelnicki: Mass deaths from poisoned vultures

Defining moments: Conscription put to the vote • 1916–17 WWI conscription defeated in two referendums

Tim the Yowie Man: Flying over the under bridges

Think before you krill • Antarctic krill sustain the entire Southern Ocean food chain. So why are we harvesting them to stock pharmacy shelves?

The extraordinary life of the Honey Possum • Neither a true possum nor a honeyeater, everything about this minute marsupial will raise your eyebrows.

Australia Portrait: The jungle doctor • This international wildlife vet charted her own course by championing issues close to her heart. She’s now inspiring others to do the same.

Paradise found and lost • This stretch of the Eucumbene River became a second home until its destruction in the 2019–2020 bushfires.

Sense of Place: Sequins and spinifex • The fabAlice festival has helped forge a place in the outback for regional and rural LGBTQ+ communities.

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Advertising promotion: The perfect circle • This drive takes in the best of the spectacular East MacDonnell Ranges.

Triumph on K2 • Greg Child tells how he and Greg Mortimer became the first Australians to scale the world’s second-highest mountain.

Australia’s burning secret • A UNESCO-recognised WA biosphere reserve has been savaged by fire, yet the catastrophe has barely rated a national headline.

Rabbit rampage • A rabbit plague is looming as Australia’s once-successful rabbit biocontrol agents slowly lose their edge.

Freed from the rat race • Native wildlife has been thriving on Australia’s Lord Howe Island since it became the world’s largest inhabited island to eradicate feral rodents.

Food for thought • Werribee South’s market gardens, a vital source of food for Melbourne, reveal the challenges of ensuring Australia’s food security.

Island revival • Life is returning in a hurry on Australia’s latest island conservation success story – and the results are already astonishing.

River stories: Running the river dry • Australia’s longest and most productive river – the Murray – is at breaking point, and the people who love and depend on it feel like they’re running out of time.

Your Society • NEWS AND EVENTS

Unique experiences with our trusted travel partners

Aussie Towns: Irvinebank, QLD • This thoughtfully preserved tin-mining town on the Atherton Tablelands is a delight to explore.

Traces: Hotel Darwin, NT

Aus Quiz: Test your wits • How much do you really know about Australia? Test yourself!