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The Australian ghost story with its own festival
An annual festival now celebrates the story of Frederick Fisher’s ghost.
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The baffling boulders of Black Mountain
The way ahead is blocked by an imposing jumble of jet-black boulders precariously stacked on each other. Beneath this is an eerie underworld of secret chambers where giant pythons and carnivorous ghost bats lurk.
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‘Bombala’s World War II tank traps are no myth’
When I first heard about the relic World War II tank traps hidden away in the forests of south-east New South Wales, I thought someone was pulling my leg. It was only after I discovered my informant was a rural firefighter who’d seen the timber obstacles marked on an old map, that I took the claims seriously.
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The curse of the Alkimos shipwreck
Australia’s thousands of kilometres of rocky coastline and shallow reefs harbour the rusting relics of more than 8000 ships.
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The man buried three times
By definition, a final resting place is final, isn’t it? Well, not always, it seems.
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A tale of mistaken identity and whalebone picnics
For more than 20 years, the jawbone of a whale lay on the grass just behind the golden sands of Long Beach, near Batemans Bay on the South Coast of New South Wales.
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The eccentric Aussie bushranger you’ve never heard of
Ned Kelly, Ben Hall and Captain Thunderbolt – the criminal exploits of these notorious bushrangers are forever etched into our national psyche. But what about the Birdman of the Coorong?
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The man who lived in a log
It’s the dream of every child who loves the outdoors – build a secret bush cubby, a retreat from the prying eyes of parents and an opportunity to let the imagination run wild in a make-believe world of fairies, goblins and other magical creatures.
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Settling squabbles over Australia’s deepest caves
School camps are great fun, aren’t they? They’re a chance for students to step away from the classroom, appreciate the outdoors and be physically challenged. However, you may think differently if you suffer from claustrophobia and were compelled to endure three days crawling through a labyrinth of dark chambers!
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Gravity hills can be explained by spirit levels, not spiritual forces
Gravity hills, spook hills, magnetic hills, mystery hills, or anti-gravity hills… whatever you choose to call them, there’s a simple explanation behind these national and global phenomena.