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.

Making a difference

Seedlings of hope

Submerged in the wild

Australian Geographic

Knockout kelpie issue

Kanga cuddle

El Niño returns

Zan is hiking 40,000km for Fred

ChirpOMatic arrives Down Under

Placenames

Meet the planigales new to science

War on feral cats

Fossilised teeth fill 30-million-year gap

Desert dreaming

Wild Diary

A natural photographer

The Australian Geographic Book Club • Latest releases from Australian Geographic and our retail partner, QBD Books

Sleeping with champions • Legendary trainer Tommy Woodcock’s affinity with horses is captured before the 1977 Melbourne Cup.

Deep caves

Talking Australia • Subscribe and never miss an episode of our entertaining podcast.

Age pension introduced • 1908: Legislation pledges financial support for elderly or infirm Australians.

MUMMIES DOWN UNDER • The epic Ramses II exhibition arrives in Sydney for its only stop in the Southern Hemisphere.

Getting the Murray–Darling Basin Plan back on track • Will improvements in management of the MDB be enough to return this critical water system to health?

Ocean avalanches

Mrs Kafoops

Exploring the Solar System’s beauty spots

Looking up

Australian Geographic Awards Roadshow

Saluting our heroes • The 2023 Australian Geographic Society Awards

Seedlings of hope

Conservation meets machine learning • Artificial intelligence is opening an exciting world of possibilities for saving species.

Saving species with AI conservation • From biosecurity surveillance to reforesting with drones, conservation projects based on AI and machine-learning algorithms are saving species by collecting and crunching data more quickly and accurately than ever before.

SEEING IT HEAD ON

Spoil a loved one this Christmas with a subscription to Australian Geographic • Choose either the gorgeous lifelike platypus puppet from Hansa that will enthral your entire family, or prepare for 2024 with the Australian Geographic A5 desk diary, bundled with our flora or fauna playing cards. You decide!

BE INSPIRED • The elite band of Australian Geographic Society Award winners for 2023 range from a wombat whisperer to a cyclist who is set on crossing Antarctica on two wheels. Each has drawn on personal strength and determination to achieve their goals.

WEST SIDE STORY • Western Australia’s Coral Coast is a nature-lover’s Eden. This 1200km road trip is a masterclass in how to do it right.

Coral coasting • Top 10 things to do on WA’s Coral Coast

HOW TO REBUILD A PLATYPUS POPULATION • An innovative collaboration between field biologists and zoo vets could be the saviour of one of Australia’s most recognisable mammals.

LITTLE LIVES LOST • When tropical reefs bleach due to ocean warming caused by climate change, it’s not only coral and large fish that are affected.

BRAYING FOR LOVE • Come chase the ghosts of ‘gun packers’ across the rugged hinterland west of Cairns on Australia’s only commercial donkey trek.

Australia’s seventh state • A strong separatist thread winds through the earliest pages of Queensland history.

PACKERS’ GHOST TREK ROUTE

TIN-MINING TOWNS

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

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