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: Hollow wood star • MAY – JUNE 2025

Geobits: Bite-sized news and events

Snapshot: Gillard’s legacy • Fifteen years after she came into office it’s clear Julia Gillard, Australia’s first female prime minister, has left an indelible mark.

Tim the Yowie Man: Outback UFOs

Treading Lightly: Solving snake stigma • Let’s extend an olive branch to Australia’s most often misunderstood reptiles and correct misconceptions about them.

Defining Moments: Ongoing campaign to abolish nuclear weapons

Need to Know with Dr Karl Kruszelnicki: The truth about cat and dog years

Space: Celebrating Tidbinbilla

Earthview: Time to plug holes in species conservation • To prevent extinctions, we need to start addressing the big gaps in our national threatened species list.

Australia Portrait: Embracing all life • Driven by tragedy, philosopher Danielle Celermajer champions radical kindness for the earth and its creatures.

Your Society

Sense of Place: A breath of fresh air • On a purpose-built farm in Victoria’s High Country, families dealing with autism find a place of therapy and respite.

Come Hither • The NSW Central Coast hinterland beckons with its eco-certified blend of nature, heritage and gourmet experiences.

Boobialla and the butterfly • It has the ring of a fairytale, but an endangered butterfly’s survival in Western Victoria isn’t the stuff of magic but rather a story of dedicated habitat restoration.

A land shaped by fire • Discover the timeless beauty of Tasmania’s ancient landscapes on a 10-day cruising and hiking adventure of the state’s southern coastal areas.

Spotting leopard sharks once again • Australian shark experts and aquariums are supporting a world-first conservation project to save the elusive leopard shark in Southeast Asia.

The memory of Melba • Australia’s first A-list celebrity was Dame Nellie Melba, a gifted opera singer with legions of adoring fans across the globe.

It’s not easy being green • As well as suffering the same range of threats facing animals worldwide, our frogs continue to battle a deadly fungal disease.

Australia’s oldest export • Dive into the realm of the sea cucumber, an unassuming creature that helped shape Australia’s pre-European culture.

On the snail trail • In Western Australia’s Esperance region, an Estonian migrant is solving an age-old pest problem in farming.

Cleaning up toxic war relics • Australian maritime archaeologists are helping to decontaminate rusty war shipwrecks in the Pacific, preventing billions of litres of oil and other pollutants from leaking into the ocean.

Plastic measures • Aussie researchers are at the vanguard of scientists worldwide solving the global environmental crisis created by plastic pollution.

Save the whales save the world • If you’re looking for signs the earth could bounce back from its presently beleaguered state, witness the increasing number of humpback whale blows along Australia’s coastlines.

Unique experiences with our trusted travel partners

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

Aussie Towns: Junee NSW • The spine-tingling ghost stories associated with this 19th-century town are world famous.

Traces: Farina SA