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Australian Geographic January–February 2016

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Contents

6 Australian Geographic

Bottles and Chinese

porcelain were among

the artefacts brought

up from the shipwreck

of the Sydney Cove.

Numbat force

A group of numbat lovers has come to the rare

marsupial’s rescue in a pocket of south-western WA.

Hidden Nullarbor

Within the world’s largest limestone karst landscape

are the enigmatic caves of the Nullarbor Plain, the long-

est and most beautiful of which still puzzle geologists.

Above the Centre

Long-time AG photographer Andrew Gregory heads

into Australia’s heart to explore it from a whole new

perspective with his camera drone.

Australian Geographic’s

30 conser vation heroes

Meet the champions who’ve had the greatest influence

on protecting Australia’s creatures and environments.

Where the wild horses are

Historic icon, convenient resource or environmental

vandal – brumbies are both revered and reviled.

Every picture tells a story

Our skilled photographers are normally hidden behind

the lens. For our 30th anniversary edition, we invited

them to nominate their favourite pictures.

Preservation spirit

The wrecking of one of the first merchant vessels to

arrive after the First Fleet led to a remarkable tale of

survival on Tasmania’s Furneaux Islands.

29 National Treasure

Historic WWI doll

30 Nature Watch

State floral emblems

32 Wild Australia

Essential wildlife highlights

35 Nature

Mass whale strandings

36 Snapshot

Bondi lifesavers

38 Space

Water on Mars

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12 Your Say
Mailbag and readers’ photos

14 Big Picture
Wave riders

16 Fabulous frogs’ feet

19 Record-breaking feats

20 Lightning Ridge expedition
23 Portrait
Tim Faulkner
24 Top 10
Biggest cyclones

Geobuzz & reg ulars

Caver Katie Keophilaphet

explores a Nullarbor cavern.

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: ALAN PRYKE; JASON EDWARDS; HEIDI WILLIS; DEAN SAFFRON;

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