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NATIONWIDE

AUSSIE BACKYARD BIRD COUNT

Head outdoors to record the

birds you see and upload

the info to the Aussie Bird

Count app or website.

This is a chance to get to

know the birds that live

near you and contribute to

the nationwide research program.

When and where: 20–26 October

More information:

http://www.aussiebirdcount.org.au

COONABARABRAN

STARFEST

The Siding Spring Observatory is

celebrating 50 years with a blockbuster

weekend of events, including the annual

Bok Lecture, open days and the opening

of the nearby Milroy Observatory.

When and where: 3–5 October,

Siding Spring Observatory,

Coonabarabran, NSW.

More info: http://www.starfest.org.au

BRISBANE

DEEP OCEANS

Journey below the surface at this

exhibition and see strange real life

creatures. Also discover the myths and

legends surrounding the incredible

monsters of the deep.

When and where:

28 March–6 October, Queensland

Museum, Brisbane.

More info: http://www.qm.qld.gov.au

CANBERRA

FLORIADE

This is the largest fl oral festival in the

Southern Hemisphere and the city’s

biggest annual tourist event. Celebrate

the arrival of spring with events for all.

When and where:

13 September–12 October,

Commonwealth Park, Canberra.

More info: http://www.visitcanberra.com.au/

event/fl oriade

WHAT’S

ON

Adventures In The

Anthropocene: A

Journey To The Heart

Of The Planet We Made

GAIA VINCE, RANDOM

HOUSE, $37.99

The scale of our impact on

Earth has become so far-reach-

ing that its effects are now felt

in even the planet’s remotest

corners. Journalist Gaia Vince

set out across the world to

document the ingenuity of

indigenous peoples on the

front line of climate change –

those who are coming up with

novel solutions to adapt to the

rapidly changing environment.

This AG Society-sponsored

journey (AG 103) reveals the

lives of people making do in a

changing world.

Born To Fly: The

Inspiring Story Of An

Australian Teenager’s

Record-Breaking Flight

Around The World

RYAN CAMPBELL,

HARLEQUIN, $29.99

Twenty-year-old Aussie

Ryan Campbell is no stranger

to fi rsts, having been, at 15,

the youngest Australian to

earn a pilot’s licence. He tells

of his quest to become the

youngest person to fl y solo

around the world with

confi dence as his diary-style

narrative describes both his

31-stop fl ight, and the lead-up

to it. This is a classic coming-

of-age adventure tale from

Australian Geographic’s 2013

Young Adventurer of the Year.

AG’S BOOKSHELF

Summit 8000: Life And

Death With Australia’s

Greatest Mountaineer

ANDREW LOCK,

MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY

PRESS, $29.99

Andrew Lock, the only

Australian to have reached the

summit of all 14 of the world’s

8000m-plus peaks, has a few

tales to tell. Andrew, who was

the AG Adventurer of the Year

in 2009, talks frankly about his

passion for climbing in small

teams, or solo, without help or

even supplemented oxygen.

His candid fi rst-person prose

culminates in his trip to Everest

in April 2014, where he wit-

nessed the deadliest avalanche

in the peak’s history and its

effects across the community.

We have fi ve signed copies of Flying

Dinosaurs: How Fearsome Reptiles

Became BirdsBecame BirdsBecame Birds to give away. to give away.

Written by AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC

editor John Pickrell, it reveals how

dinosaurs developed fl ight and

became the birds in our backyards.

John delves into the latest discoveries

and goes beyond the science to uncover a black

market in fossils, infi ghting between dinosaur

hunters, and the controversial plan to use a chicken

to bring dinosaurs back from the dead. You can enter

by downloading the free viewa app and using your

smartphone to scan this page, or by visiting:

http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/issue122

Competition

MITCH REARDON

YOUR AG

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