Australian_Geographic_-_October_2015_

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OPPOSITE PAGE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: QUENTIN CHESTER (QC); QC /


Taeniopygia guttata


; CHRISSIE GOLDRICK;


THIS PAGE, CLOCKWISE FROM CENTRE: CATHY FINCH; HEIDI WILLIS /

Acacia leprosa

; DEAN MILLER

94 DESTINATIONS
Tropical Timor-Leste
104 LAT/LONG
Cable Beach Polo, WA
119 YOU R AG
Mailbag; Talkb@ck; Dr Karl
129 FROM THE FIELD
Behind the scenes with AG
130 REWIND
Life on Brunette Downs

OUT BACK


Shore thing. Cable
Beach, left, in Broome,
WA, is not only popular
with tourists, but also
polo fans (page 104).

Catch of the day.
Fresh seafood on
display at a market
in Dili, Timor-Leste’s
capital city (page 94).

ON THE COVER

WA T C H


COME TO LIFE!


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PAGE 58: WATCH enticing footage of
lighthouses, taken with a camera drone.
PAGE 65: SEE a video about the
koalas of St Bees Island, Queensland.
PAGE 69: ENJOY a short film about the
beautiful South Cumberland Islands.
PAGE 94: EXPLORE Timor-Leste in a clip
from our new documentary.
PAGE 113: DONATE to our quoll
conservation fundraising appeal.
PAGE 121: ENTER our competition to
win a BBC natural history DVD.

Griffiths Island Lighthouse,
on the western coast of
Victoria, is one of our most
exposed, and it has ushered
vessels to the sanctuary of
the Moyne River at Port
Fairy for 155 years.

Standout. The scar-
let blaze is our only
acacia with red
blooms (page 22).

Learn all about kangaroos
and other macropods –
such as the wallaroo, seen
here on the APY Lands – in
our poster guide FREE to
subscribers with this issue!
Free download pdf