Photo: Cross Timbers Gazette
Whoohooo – Terri Guthrie made it, half way around the world into the Southern Hemisphere. Surprisingly, she felt good after flying 18.5 hours to Sydney. Fortunately, she slept most of the way in Delta’s beautiful new A-350/900. The flat beds and little private rooms are fabulous. Definitely the way to travel! She was so excited to explore this amazing and unique place: a country; an island and a continent!
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Just because these are remnants from history doesn’t mean they should become a thing of the past…
Source: 10 top tourist attractions that could disappear in your lifetime | OverSixty
Photo: J Sumerling
Australia’s new minister faces difficult challenges fixing laws, creating an EPA and curbing an extinction crisis…
Source: Environment to-do list: five ministerial priorities for Tanya Plibersek
Photo: Rachel Austin
A single clone of the Poseidon’s ribbon weed (Posidonia australis) in Shark Bay, Australia, is at least 4,500 years old and spans more than 180 km in fragmented, near-shore meadows.
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The massive plant is around 4,500 years old but could continue expanding indefinitely.
Source: The world’s biggest clone is a 77-square-mile ‘immortal’ meadow of seagrass
Photo: FNQ Nature Tours
Nowhere captures the ultimate travel adventure quite like Australia, especially now that it’s reopened after two years cut off from the world. Here’s how to make that trip Down Under truly epic.
Source: Amazing Australia experiences for every type of traveler
Photo: Sydney Living Museums
If you’re looking for something new to try in Sydney, check out Gabriel Jorge Gouveia’s list of the 14 best Sydney museums to visit for a historical journey.
Source: 14 Best Sydney Museums for a Historical Journey
Photo: Create Digital
The International Day for Monuments and Sites, better known as World Heritage Day, is celebrated annually on 18 April. Here is create’s pick of seven iconic heritage industrial sites from across Australia.
Source: Celebrate World Heritage Day with these heritage industrial sites across Australia
Photo: Pete Healy
There are still a few finishing touches to be made, but the official opening of the Tae Rak Aquaculture Centre at Budj Bim in south-west Victoria is another important milestone for local Indigenous people.
Source: Australian World Heritage site older than pyramids celebrates big step forward
Photo: Smithsonian Magazine
From swimming with whale sharks to soaking in the sight of surreal bubble gum pink waters, these Western Australian destinations seem out-of-this-world…
Source: 10 Otherworldly Adventures of a Lifetime in Western Australia
Photo: Peter Eve
Hundreds of millions of dollars awarded to an Australian world heritage site has been left sitting in the bank as tourism operators scream out for new facilities.
Photo: Tasmanian Greens
A damning decision by UNESCO in 2021 into the state of conservation of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area was quietly published on DPIPWE’s website.
Source: TWWHA Cultural Assessment
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Indigenous cultures, underwater worlds, and up-and-coming cities. Australia is reopening, so Wanderlust have rounded up some of the country’s top places to visit for when we return…
Source: 10 amazing places to visit in Australia in 2022
Photo: Travel Awaits
Photo: Ko Hon Chiu Vincent
Source: UNESCO Workshop considers national and regional priorities for World Heritage in the Pacific
Photo: Alamy
From historic railway day trips to trans-continental tracks, James Draven reveals the best train journeys in Australia.
Photo: Getty Images
A tremor 10 km depth was recorded west off Macquarie Island in the South Pacific Ocean, 1,600km southeast of Tasmania.
Source: Huge 6.6 magnitude earthquake strikes near an Australian island
Photo: TimeOut
This UNESCO World Heritage listed site features more than 30,000 years of Gunditjmara history can runs guided tours.
Source: Budj Bim Cultural Landscape
After the Australian government returned the land to the Kuku Yalanji people, Steven Scott delves into its cultural heritage
Source: Meet the indigenous owners of Daintree, the world’s oldest tropical rainforest
Photo: Ko Hon Chiu Vincent
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