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Tropidonophis mairiiWE’VE GOT 10 AG Nature Photographer of
the Year packs to give away! Each includes
this year’s Australasian Nature Photography
book and a 2020 desk diary. The stunning
hardcover book features all winning,
runner-up and shortlisted images from
the 2019 AGNPY competition. The large-
format, hardcover, wiro-bound desk diary
also features the competition’s stunning
images, plus a week-to-a-page layout and
all school and public holiday dates.Enter Competition
Enter at: australiangeographic.com.au/152T
HE LAST TASMANIAN tiger died in Hobart Zoo on
7 September 1936 and in 1996, the 60th anniver-
sary of that tragedy, 7 September was declared
Australia’s National Threatened Species Day. It has since
become an annual opportunity to draw attention to the
more than 100 Australian plant and animal species that
have gone extinct during the past 200 years and the
thousands now threatened with going the same way.
Events will be underway nationally. To find those near you
and more information about species threatened in your
state or territory, go to this special site on AG’s website:
australiangeographic.com.au/threatenedspeciesdayeventsThreatened Species Day
Keeping our plants and animals from the brinkHelpE
XPLORE THE SUCCESSFUL entries from the 2019
Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the
Year competition in this prestigious exhibition at two
of Australia’s most highly regarded cultural institutions.
Packed with stunning images of the natural world,
the exhibition celebrates the unique bioregion that includes
Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea.
naturephotographeroftheyear.com.au16 August–10 November
South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA16 August–20 October
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSWVisitSeptember. October 25Photographer Nature
of the Year
Diary 2020The year’s best wildlife and landscape photosNATURE PHOTOGRAPHYAUSTRALASIANTalking Australia
Nick Gleeson
Blind since age seven, Nick
(at right with AG Ed Chrissie
Goldrick and Unity) is always
pushing the limits. He’s climbed
Mt Kilimanjaro, run the New
York Marathon, and crossed the
Simpson Desert.
Captain Gary Wilson
As well as captaining cruising
ships around Australia, Gary
sails replicas of historic boats,
such as the 17th-century
Duyfken and HMS Endeavour,
across the globe.
Michael Smith
The passionate pilot fulfilled
a lifelong dream by circum-
navigating the globe in his
“flying bathtub”.
Professor Lyndall Ryan
Lyndall has mapped the sites
of massacres of Aboriginal
people committed in the early
days of the nation.
Lisa Blair
This resilient and record-
breaking sailor circumnavigat-
ed Antarctica solo.Andrew Tink
Andrew sets the record
straight about Australia’s in-
volvement in Neil Armstrong’s
first steps on the Moon.For a full rundown on all of
our inspiring podcast guests,
including Valerie Taylor,
Terri Irwin, Tim Faulkner and
Glenn Singleman, head to
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HIS STUNNING new book will be in
bookshops from 1 October. It tells
stories of working dogs like guide
dog Unity (above right). And you’ll meet
brave heroes like Fizo the silky terrier, who
protected his owners from a brown snake,
and Rockie the English bull terrier, who
dragged his owner out of a burning house,
and many more.Awesome Aussie Dogs
True stories of 50 amazing Australian dogsRead