When water from rainfall, often received hundreds of kilometres away, finally reaches the Channel Country, it spreads out, filling and spilling out of the previously dry beds of ephemeral creeks and streams and bringing life to whatever it touches.
The Australian landscape is a painter’s palette of the most splendid colours. We take a look with a bird’s-eye view.
View the epic imagery of revered Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky, which bears silent witness to the true cost of the creature comforts we take for granted in first world nations.
These are the official shortlisted images for the 2022 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year awards in the Landscape category.
Overlooking the western Victorian countryside from the top of Mt Porndon, a 278m-high volcano located 13km southeast of Camperdown. South-western Victoria is home to the third-largest volcanic plains in the world. (Related: Exploring volcanic Victoria)
Despite a mere 25km separating these two national parks – much-loved by WA’s bushwalkers, climbers and hang-gliders – their geology couldn’t be any more different. Read more about Porongurup and Stirling ranges in the March-April edition of Australian Geographic (AG#137).
An echidna roams free atop Hanson’s Peak in Cradle Mountain National Park, Tasmania.
Beyond the tranquil waters atop Zoe Falls, the Coral Sea laps Hinchinbrook Island’s east coast at Zoe Bay.
