Australian Geographic

HERE AT AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, we’re committed to making a positive impact and creating real and lasting change. We do this by bringing you stories of hope that celebrate, promote and protect the wonder and diversity of our country, our people, and o

PHOTOGRAPHER RICHARD FREEMAN said that being asked to photograph the platypus reintroduction program for the University of New South Wales was an “amazing assignment”. “I felt privileged to be able to document the incredible and valuable work that re

EDITOR Karen McGhee CREATIVE DIRECTOR Aleksandra Beare GROUP PICTURE EDITOR Nicky Catley CHIEF SUB-EDITOR Maggie Cooper SENIOR DESIGNER Mel Tiyce STAFF WRITER AND SUB-EDITOR Esme Mathis DIRECTOR OF CARTOGRAPHY Will Pringle PROOFREADER Karin Cox AUSTR

AS A RETIRED journo one sometimes feels one writes in a vacuum. But the content in your Kelpie issue (AG 174) was fabulous for me. I used to visit a dear friend and his wife at Theodore (Aussie Towns) when I worked for nearby Taroom Shire Council (ni

SCIENTISTS FROM Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and the Western Australian Museum have discovered two new planigale species in the Pilbara region of north west WA. Planigales are Australia’s smallest carnivorous marsupials: the two newly id

SCHOOL CAMPS ARE great fun, aren’t they? They’re a chance for students to step away from the classroom, appreciate the outdoors and be physically challenged. However, you may think differently if you suffer from claustrophobia and were compelled to e

You may know that stars exist in clusters. But did you know that on the Universe’s largest scale, galaxies, including our Milky Way, also occur in ‘groups’. High in the southern evening sky are the two brightest members of the ‘Local Group’ – the Mag

Thursday 22 February 2024, 7–9pm. Du Cane Brewery & Dining Hall 60–64 Elizabeth St, Launceston TAS 7250. Meet this year’s AG Young Adventurer of the Year, Lewi Taylor, and our 2018 Spirit of Adventure winner, Paul Pritchard. Hear their incredible sto

Australian Geographic Society news and events November • December 2023 IT’S THAT TIME of year when we honour our heroes and shine a light on their achievements in the fields of conservation and adventure. Our cohort of high achievers possess qualitie

HABITAT SAVES KOALAS, and planting trees creates habitat, which is why Bangalow Koalas is striving to plant 500,000 trees by the end of 2025. We’d like to help them. The NSW community group has planted 338,000 trees in four years, an achievement that

THIS IS A QUAINT old Aussie expression that is dying out – but our parents and grand-parents knew it well. The Australian National Dictionary says Mrs Kafoops (or Kerfoops) is a ‘jocular name’. So, it was always a bit tongue-in-cheek. When I was a sm

1. Forest bathe in Kings Park and Botanic Garden – Mindful in Nature, mindfulforestbathing.com.au 2. Explore the other-worldly landscape of the Pinnacles, Nambung NP – Lumineer Adventure Tours, lumineertours.com.au 3. Count the stars and satellites a

THE PACKERS’ GHOST TREK centres on a small but prosperous corner of an almost-state that was sought not long after colonisation by British politician Harold Finch-Hatton. He spent eight years in the colonies of Queensland, New South Wales and Victori

• Before European settlement, the area was home to the Wajarri First Nations people. • Gold was discovered at Cue in 1892. Within days, 400 miners had arrived in the area. • The town of Cue was gazetted in 1893. • In 1894 Premier John Forrest visited