Australian Geographic — May-June 2017

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The size of Anna Creek Station in South Australia. This cattle farm is the biggest in the world and at its current size is large ...

PHOTO CREDIT, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: SHUTTERSTOCK; WIKIMEDIA; JIM BENSON / WIKIMEDIA; OPPOSITE: STEVE WILSON THE TOWN OF Karumba – ...

This little lizard survives its time in the sun by operating at the very limit of thermal tolerance for a vertebrate. Life on th ...

24 Australian Geographic PHOTO CREDIT: BRIAN CASSEY ...

May. June 25 Andy Ridley Reef crowd-puller A childhood fantasy turns into a global initiative as the citizens of the world join ...

TOP 10 Oldest continuously living things in Australia The average human life span of 82 years is a mere blip in time compared wi ...

ORANGE ROUGHY Hoplostethus atlanticus 140 years These deep-water dwellers, which spawn around seamounts off southern Australia, ...

The f inal junk yard ...where a floating space debris problem is growing. M ORE THAN 50 YEARS of human space exploration has res ...

buzz Do you recognise this iconic street pictured in 1940 and 2015? Clue: It’s in the heart of Australia. Turn to page 129 for t ...

H OT ON THE HEELS of our story in AG 137 about the slowdown of Earth’s rotation comes another discovery about cosmic spin – but ...

At Coral Expeditions, we have built our reputation over 34 years by taking our guests on voyages focused on nature, history and ...

32 Australian Geographic THERE ARE MORE than 600 coral species in the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) Marine Park, which covers 344,400 ...

May. June 33 nature watch ORGAN PIPE CORAL Tubipora musica Size: Up to 1m across Most soft corals have limestone spicules that p ...

Wild Australia MAY . JUNE 2017 Essential wildlife highlights that can’t be missed ...

May. June 35 Wild Australia with John Pickrell Rain response “These exquisite, short-lived life-forms appeared after heavy rain, ...

After the first rains in early May, bioluminescent ghost fungi (Omphalotus nidiformis) begin fruiting. The species occurs across ...

As winter grips the continent’s south and Australia’s upland regions become blanketed by snow, our alpine plants and animals rel ...

38 Australian Geographic Sur vival dance Seen in their natural habitat, Australia’s rif lebirds are among the world’s most stunn ...

May. June 39 Among birds-of-paradise, looks can be deceiving. Young males like this paradise rifl ebird at Mount Glorious may lo ...