Wildlife
Leeches: Little bloody marvels
The bane of bushwalkers, leeches are a microsurgical miracle.
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Wildlife
Guard dogs: Fur protects feathers
Italian sheepdogs are keeping foxes away from a Victorian penguin colony.
Destinations
T Dimboola: outback town for better, for worse
THE DRY RIVERBED THAT that borders Riverside, Denis Elliott’s “host” farm, is sandy beneath our feet. It’s littered with driftwood and mussel shells. A bilious-green waterhole supports a few die-hard European carp. A family of wood ducks parades among exposed tree roots. “Water is only two-thirds of a river,” says farmer-turned-tourist operator Denis. “The big trees,… View Article