News
Skinks cooperate to build ‘mansions’
Unlike any other known lizards, the great desert burrowing skink collaborates with family to build elaborate homes.
Tag: outback
Reader Photos
AG Flickr photo: Finke River crossing
This high dynamic range (HDR) shot of crossing the flooded Finke River is this week’s contributor photo.
Adventure
Desert channels: heart of Australia
The desert channel country of western Queensland is a region of historical geography and great beauty.
Reader Photos
Flickr photo of the week: fence silhouette
A sunset silhouette of a barbed-wire fence with whisps of horse hair is this week’s AG Flickr photo.
News
Adventurers to push rail car across Australia
A team of adventurers plan to break a Guiness World Record by pushing a rail car across Australia.
History & Culture
Retracing Lawson’s historic path
Two brothers walk in footsteps of Henry Lawson’s 1893 summer trek from Hungerford to Bourke and back.
News
Vast area of Nullarbor Plain protected
Nearly a million hectares of this stark and iconic wilderness have been protected from mining and development.
News
Raging bushfires started 60 million years ago
Bushfires may have been a dominant feature of the Australian outback for much longer than experts thought.
Reader Photos
AG Flickr photo of the week: dusty muster
In the thick of a cattle muster in outback Queensland, the rays of light shine through, in this week’s reader shot.
Wildlife
Rabbits: from pest to plate
Australia has a love-hate relationship with rabbits, but now some innovative chefs are putting them to good use.