2020-03-01_Australian_Geographic

8 Australian Geographic

CONTENTS

ON THE COVER

Photographer Drew Hopper’s

image of a rescued koala joey was

taken while on assignment for

Unbearable loss, page 54, which

investigates the species’ precarious

hold on survival in the aft ermath

of the 2019–2020 bushfi res.

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11 From the Editor

14 Your Say

16 Big Picture

18 The butterfl y effect

21 Bird Nerd: Fire: friend and foe

22 Tr a c e s : Sugar Wharf, Port Douglas

23 Dr Karl: Easter’s timing

24 Snapshot: Front Page Hurley

26 Space

27 Smith does it again

28 Aussie Towns: Jericho, QLD

30 Defi ning Moments:

First Anzac Day

31 Tim the Yowie Man

32 Wild Australia

TRAVEL WITH US

106 Going with the fl ow

Mountain biking the

Blue Derby Trails, TAS.

114 The beating heart

of Australia

Quirky events and festivals

keep our outback towns ticking.

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18 The butterfl y effect

PHOTO CREDITS, TOP: NICK RAINS; AUSCAPE/CONTRIBUTORSCIENTIFIC NAME:

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114 The beating heart of Australia