The Flying Pieman

IT'S ONE OF THOSE yarns you hear sitting around a pub on a Friday evening and accept with a grain or two of salt.

5 EPIC DRIVES IN NORTH QUEENSLAND

From the river crossings and corrugations of a Cape York adventure or the red sands and gorge country of the Outback, to an island exploration or driving from reef to rain-forest, North Queensland serves up the very best of Aussie road trips, where the drive is just as important as the destination.

The devil's advocates

Get up close and personal with the world's largest marsupial carnivore on Aussie Ark's Australian Geographic Expedition.

A BIT OF EVERYTHING

Mildura, on the banks of the mighty Murray River, is in the middle of nowhere and the centre of everywhere,

High seas safeguard

For the first time, oceans beyond national water boundaries have been officially recognised for protection.

LEAVE ONLY FOOTPRINTS

More Australians want to reduce their environmental impact and travel with purpose. But working out how sustainable your holiday might be is far from easy.

Blade trees

TIM THE YOWIE MAN

JUST ADD WATER

Australia’s wetlands are pulsing with life after three years of above‑average rainfall, fuelled by La Niña weather patterns

A CAMEL ODYSSEY COMPLETE

We return to Sophie Matterson’s solo crossing of Australia, where highways replace deserts and new challenges arise.

HOME FOR WILDLIFE ART RECEIVES A BOOST

The Wildlife Art Museum of Australia has been awarded funds by the Victorian state government that move it closer towards its goal of becoming Australia’s first national repository of art inspired by nature

KELPIE COUNTRY

Warrock in western Victoria is the birthplace of Australia’s beloved working dog, the kelpie

THE TREES THAT WEPT CIDER

The battle is on to save what’s left of one of Tasmania’s most endangered and intriguing eucalypts

STINSON CRASH REMEMBERED

A gruelling mountain trek pays homage to the victims of a tragic air crash and honours its heroes

FROM OUTBACK TO OCEAN

A river safari o ers two contrasting stages of the River Murray in South Australia, delivering a delightful immersion in its historic, natural and cultural values

Barbara Shaw

Kaytetye, Arrernte, Warlpiri and Warumungu, Northern Territory

Weld Angel

Matthew Newton’s haunting image became a potent symbol of the anti-logging movement that helped save Tasmania’s Weld Valley forest

A KIMBERLEY CORNUCOPIA

A rich diversity of snails in north-west Western Australia is sublime evidence of evolution in action.

THE ENCHANTED ISLES

Long isolated, undiscovered and uninhabited, the Galápagos offers a rare window into a time when nature reigned supreme.

FREEDOM IN THE DEEP

As participation in freediving reaches new levels, we look at what's driving the sport's growing popularity.

DOWN-UNDER ORIGIN FOR ALL MODERN MAMMALS

In new Australian research that challenges hundreds of years of scientific dogma, mammal evolution began in the Southern, not Northern, Hemisphere.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

Join us on the bitumen and backroads for the second part of our adventure along the old Hume Highway, as we travel from Gundagai to Melbourne and beyond.

SAILING THE STRZELECKI

Sailing the deep lakes that occasionally form in Australia’s arid outback might not bring the same glory as the Sydney to Hobart, but it has its own challenges and joys for the sailors who chase these ephemeral water bodies.

CONNECTING WITH CULTURE ON THE CAPE

The towering sandstone escarpments, vast savannah, extensive rock-art sites and culturally significant spaces of Far North Queensland are best explored with Traditional Owners.

TACKLING TORTOISESHELL TRAFFICKING

A new DNA database that can link tortoiseshell products to their geographic origin will become a powerful new tool in fighting the poaching of this critically endangered species.

LEARNING TO LIVE WITH A CARNIVORE

Not so long ago saltwater crocodiles were considered vermin in Australia and shot on sight. Now the reptiles are appreciated as a valuable commodity in the country's far north...and they're thriving.

ACCIDENTAL ACTIVISTS

What makes a person fight for a cause? Meet a surfer, a miner and a farmer who've all gone rogue – with reason.

LIVING THE GOOD LIFE

Margaret River pulls back its velvet curtain to reveal a surprising and inspiring commitment to eco-conscious survival and it's working.

BOGS OF BOUNTY

High in the Victorian Alps, the earthy depths of a pristine wetland ecosystem survive unaffected by bushfires and shielded from invasive species.

SOUNDTRACK TO A NEW LIFE

Dulcie Holland is best known for her books on music theory. But in a career spanning nearly 70 years, she also composed music for documentaries promoting Australia's postwar immigration strategy.

MILES FRANKLIN'S MOUNTAIN COUNTRY

The landscapes and wildlife of the Brindabellas, west of our national capital, provided inspiration for renowned Australian writer Miles Franklin.