Australian Geographic Magazine
AROUND AUSTRALIA IN 44 DAYS
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first aerial circumnavigation of Australia. Aviator Michael Smith retraces the flight in his unique amphibious flying boat, Southern Sun, starting and finishing at RAAF Base Point Cook, on Melbourne's Port Phillip, taking in 15,000km of vast, diverse and stunning coastline in between.
10+ min |
July - August 2024
Cosmos
INTO THE FOURTH DIMENSION
An Australian institute is designing and printing objects that can shapeshift after they're made. Forget next-gen - Denise Cullen reports from the next dimension.
8 min |
Issue 103
Cosmos
CRISPR-Cas genome editing might one day be used to cure HIV
Is a functional HIV cure on the horizon?
1 min |
Issue 103
Cosmos
Sustainable sodium
Advanced materials scientist Maria Forsyth is trying to build the battery of the future.
3 min |
Issue 103
Cosmos
MIRROR WORLDS
Can digital twins save humanity?
10+ min |
Issue 103
Australian Geographic Magazine
BACK FOR THE FUTURE
Bathurst is one of several regional inland cities holding historic-trades fairs, tapping into growing enthusiasm for a slower, more sustainable way of living and of making things..
7 min |
March - April 2024
Australian Geographic Magazine
THE BREAKFAST CLUB
For six days last autumn, a ragtag band of walkers came together to tackle the famed Overland Track and explore central Tasmania's spectacular flora, from the tiniest fungus to its towering King Billy pines.
5 min |
March - April 2024
Australian Geographic Magazine
THE PATRIOT CONVICTS
A little-known group of political prisoners, transported from Canada to the Australian colonies, had far-reaching effects.
7 min |
March - April 2024
Australian Geographic Magazine
COMMEMORATING BROTHERS IN ARMS ON COUNTRY
The military service of two First Nations World War II soldiers, long overlooked by history, is celebrated annually on an outback pilgrimage by an Aussie music legend.
10 min |
March - April 2024
Australian Geographic Magazine
UNEXPECTED PACIFIC PARADISE
Visiting Micronesia's islands and atolls offers an unexpected rare glimpse into remote communities steeped in centuries-old cultural traditions.
8 min |
March - April 2024
Australian Geographic Magazine
NEW SPACES FOR OCEAN LIFE
In an alliance between Australian marine ecologists and industrial designers, science and art meet to restore ecological function at some of the world's most altered coastal landscapes.
5 min |
March - April 2024
Australian Geographic Magazine
A NEW BROOME
New experiences with First Nations people on Country are transforming \"flop-and-drop\" tourism in this tropical getaway.
10+ min |
March - April 2024
Australian Geographic Magazine
IMMERSED IN NATURE
A wild, free childhood in coastal Sydney proved to be perfect grounding for this internationally acclaimed, multi-award-winning natural-history filmmaker.
6 min |
March - April 2024
Australian Geographic Magazine
RESCUING AN EMBLEM
Nothing says an Aussie Easter quite like the bilby, but this symbol of the outback is facing a tough struggle for survival.
5 min |
March - April 2024
Australian Geographic Magazine
HELPING HANDS
These bizarre, shy fish that walk instead of swim face a precarious future in the waters of southern Australia.
6 min |
March - April 2024
Australian Geographic Magazine
DESERT DELIGHT
The Great Victoria Desert, Australia's largest, defies expectations. Visibly rich in biodiversity, it challenges preconceptions about how a desert should look.
10+ min |
March - April 2024
Australian Geographic Magazine
A Curious Mind
Could this brilliant South Australian physicist be Australia's next Nobel Prize winner?
7 min |
January-February 2024
Australian Geographic Magazine
A Continent in Crisis
Even the most remote place on Earth is beginning to crumble as the planet’s warming woes continue.
10+ min |
January-February 2024
Australian Geographic Magazine
Australia's Unsung Hero
Australian George Hubert Wilkins was highly regarded in the USA, where he was famous for his brave exploits, but he’s still largely unknown in his home country.
10+ min |
January-February 2024
Australian Geographic Magazine
The Bigger They Come
Sure, Egypt has the Great Sphinx of Giza and the Pyramid of Cheops, but Australia has giant prawns.
10+ min |
January-February 2024
Australian Geographic Magazine
Is the truth still out there?
A detailed analysis of more than 1200 sightings suggests the Tasmanian tiger survived until the 1980s, and that there's a slim chance a few are still around.
8 min |
January-February 2024
Australian Geographic Magazine
PEOPLE POWER OFFENSIVE
Each year, experts and citizen scientists come together in the Walpole Wilderness BioBlitz to survey the natural wonders of the South West region of Western Australia.
10+ min |
January-February 2024
Australian Geographic Magazine
Victoria Settlement NT
BEFORE PALMERSTON (modern-day Darwin) was founded in 1869, the British made four failed attempts to create a settlement on New Holland’s “unclaimed” northern coastline. The largest of these was Victoria Settlement, located about 200km northeast of Darwin at Port Essington on the Cobourg Peninsula.
2 min |
January-February 2024
Australian Geographic Magazine
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.
2 min |
January-February 2024
Australian Geographic Magazine
Recalling the inferno
There's no better motivation for leaving fossil fuels in the ground than the scars left by Black Summer.
2 min |
January-February 2024
Australian Geographic Magazine
UP AND AWAY
California’s famous Pacific Airshow landed – for the first time – on the Gold Coast in August 2023, for three days of non-stop, sky-high thrills.
10+ min |
January-February 2024
Australian Geographic Magazine
RESCUING THE GODDESS OF THE GRASSLANDS
An unlikely collaboration between Queensland pastoralists and conservationists is helping save one of our prettiest and rarest parrots.
6 min |
January-February 2024
Australian Geographic Magazine
SHORT ON TREES, BIG ON STORY
Gold was once the reward for digging at Kosciuszko National Park's Long Plain. Now a rich history awaits, just below the surface.
5 min |
January-February 2024
Australian Geographic Magazine
Kailu George Jr
A continuation in the series of interviews between First Nations advocate Thomas Mayo (An invitation to listen, AG 170) and the Indigenous community leaders he has met since he toured Australia in 2019 with the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
5 min |
July - August 2023
Australian Geographic Magazine
CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAINS
Inspired by the Scottish Munros, peak baggers in Australia can now add the 158 Tasmanian Abels to their list of must-climb mountains.
10+ min |