8 Australian Geographic
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Photographer Drew Hopper’s
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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
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114 The beating heart of Australia