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Gallery: Life after Warrumbungles bushfire

A photographer captured Warrumbungle National Park after it was devastated by bushfire, and found life among the ashes.

The woody scent of joss sticks, exotic balms and Chanel Noº5 may soon come – not from the Orient – but from Kununurra.

Only trees in North America and Borneo rival the size of our native eucalypts, some almost 100m tall.

They may not be able to run away as a defence from predators, but plants have developed poisons as their weapon.

Intrepid botanist brothers Matt and Russell Barrett fly into our most remote regions to find new plant species.

Burke and Wills’ expedition is known more as a tragedy, but new light is being shed on its unknown success.

New research into macadamias might produce an easier nut to crack and expand this lucrative Aussie industry.

Ecologist Dr Matt Prescott describes how native plants can be harbingers for extreme weather events.