Australian Geographic

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Big Picture: Cascading clouds • The cascading clouds of the Blue Mountains phenomenon known as the ‘Phantom Falls’ is most likely to occur in spring or autumn.

Geobits: Bite-sized news and events

Snapshot: Beaconsfield Mine collapse • An underground disaster in northern Tasmania 20 years ago led to one of Australia’s most extraordinary rescues.

Advertising Promotion: Closing the loop on circular fashion • In a world-first, NZ fashion brand Kowtow is redefining what happens to clothing at the end of its life, turning plastic-free organic cotton garments into biochar that builds soil and locks away carbon.

Space: Nuclear tests and the night sky

Treading Lightly: A resin for living • Few things are more awe-inspiring than a centuries-old tree.

Need to Know with Dr Karl Kruszelnicki: Why do we kiss

Defining moments: Our forgotten war • 1964 Australian armed forces fight Indonesian troops in Borneo and on the Malay Peninsula.

Tim the Yowie Man: Weird waterfalls

Feeling the heat • Australian farmers are demanding decisive action on climate change.

Keeping Ninu on country • As bilbies retreat into small desert pockets, Indigenous rangers are managing fire, predators and monitoring to help secure their future.

Australia Portrait: The bug whisperer • This world-leading Aussie researcher, expert legal witness and media commentator is forging new frontiers in forensic science.

Plotting the oceans • Mapping our coasts is critical for the conservation of coral reefs, atolls, mangroves, islands, estuaries, seagrass beds and beaches.

Sense of Place: A place of connection • A beam of light, a father-and-son statue and a timber lifeboat each anchor the stories of service that resonate at this Melbourne monument.

A new bird order • An Aussie professor has spearheaded the creation of a global resource that’s shaking up birdwatching and research the world over.

The pip pilgrimage • One of Australia’s longest-running wildlife monitoring projects has been documenting the arrival of migratory pigeons to a northern Queensland island for more than six decades.

Reviving Australia’s first languages • The story of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages is one of loss, resilience and now renewal.

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The Anzac legend on film • Filmmakers have been exploring and capturing Australia’s connection with war since the earliest days of the Anzacs.

Lasseter’s Gold • “What good a reef worth millions? I would give it all for a loaf of bread… I am paying the penalty with my life, may it be a lesson to others.”

Feathered and flightless • Living like mammals in a land without them, Aotearoa New Zealand’s flightless birds are an evolutionary enigma.

Bird is the word • Birdwatching is experiencing a renaissance, so we’ve compiled 10 of the best locations in Australia where you can enjoy this popular pastime.

Southern Jewel • The culturally rich and extraordinarily biodiverse Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary National Park–Winaityinaityi Pangkara is one of the country’s most remarkable birdwatching locations.

River stories: Of droughts and flooding rains • In the northern Murray–Darling Basin, decades of water overextraction and environmental degradation have disrupted natural boom-bust cycles – and the impacts...