Australian Geographic

Australian Geographic, Australia’s premier geographic journal, brings you the best of the country from those who know it best. Discover Australia’s rich cultural heritage, its beautiful landscapes, its unique and diverse plants and wildlife, and explore outback towns and the true-blue characters who call them home.

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Big Picture: Pontoon protest • Climate protestors assemble at Horseshoe Beach in Newcastle to blockade the world’s largest coal port.

Geobits: Bite-sized news and events

Snapshot: Vietnam’s deep scars • Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War officially ended 50 years ago, but the consequences have cut through our population for three generations.

Tim the Yowie Man: Qz’s best known ghost story

Treading Lightly: Why protect Ningaloo? • Famed for whale sharks, Ningaloo is also a safe nursery forlactating humpback whales and their newborn calves.

Earth View Doing the right thing • With waste piling up and ecosystems under threat, Australia’s waste crisis demands bold leadership.

Need to Know with Dr Karl Kruszelnicki: Magpie mafia

Defining Moments: The Rum Hospital opens

Space: Alien Volcanos

Australia Portrait: Standing Tall • The lure of wild and remote landscapes ignited the passion of this farmer, ringer, agriculture graduate and advocate for people with disabilities.

Your Society

Sense of Place: A Place of Mists and Shadows • Central to the identities of First Nations peoples and modern Melburnians, the Yarra River (Birrarung) is now legally recognised as a ‘living entity’.

Outback Entrepeneur • Red dust, remote bush and thousand-kilometre journeys now form a quintessential travel experience for millions of international visitors to Australia. For that we can thank Bill King.

Tasmania’s Forgotten Chinese History • The story of Chinese migrants in North East Tasmania is best explored on the Trail of the Tin Dragon.

Homeward Bound • Bush stone-curlews are being reintroduced across the south-east of Australia in a bid to restore this eye-catching bird to its historical range.

Confessions of a Citizen Scientist • Budding conservationists can have a meaningful impact on local biodiversity by recording their wildlife observations on iNaturalist.

The Forever Chemical Reality • What’s all the fuss about PFAS? And how did these manufactured menaces – known as ‘forever chemicals’ – manage to infiltrate global water sources so extensively before anyone realised?

Off the Beaten Track • The Binns Track is a perfect gateway for 4WD enthusiaststo lesser-known attractions in the Northern Territory.

Bunya Nut Boom • Bunya pines are culturally significant for First Nations peoples in South East Queensland, and their nuts are now a trending superfood. But the story of this prehistoric plant begins way back in the Jurassic period.

Big Bush Corridor • One of the world’s largest land rehabilitation projects is transforming paddocks into natural paradises in the south-west of Western Australia.

Wars Lingering Shadow • Fifty years after the conflict in Vietnam, the Australian soldiers who fought still bear the scars – as do their children and grandchildren.

Unique experiences with our trusted travel partners • Unique expeditions and experiences from Australian Geographic and our trusted travel partners.

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

Aussie Towns: Barcaldine Qld • Known as the Garden City of the West, this true-blue Queensland town is the birthplace of Australia’s labour movement.

Traces: Cooktowns Chinese Community