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HAT DOES it feel like to sail solo around the
world? Or to spend three years crossing Central
Asia by horse, with a dog as your only compan-
ion? How about painstakingly re-creating Shackleton’s
heroic Antarctic expedition? Meet Australia’s most famous
and inspiring explorers in an exciting program of 21
Trailblazer Talks, and hear their tales of endurance and
bravery. For the full list and to book, go to: http://www.australian-
museum.net.au/trailblazers-australias-50-greatest-explorers or
call the Australian Museum ticket desk on 02 9320 6225.

Trailblazer Talks

presented by Australian Geographc

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February–July 2016

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HE NATION’S foremost nature photography

competition opens on Wednesday 6 January.

Entrants have until Friday 26 February 2016 to

submit their images, and will have the chance to win

more than $20,000 in cash prizes and an amazing voyage

of discovery to the Subantarctic Islands with Heritage

Expeditions. There are nine categories, plus a portfolio

prize and a junior section. See page 108 for a full list of

categories and visit our website to find the entry costs,

see previous winning entries and to enter your photos

in this prestigious competition. For more information,

visit: http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/ANZANG

JOIN TIM FAULKNER, the AG Society’s 2015

Conservationist of the Year (see page 23), as he

interacts with a menagerie of Australian animals.

Tagging platypuses, wrestling crocs and saving

the Tassie devil is all in a day’s work for the

wildlife expert and general manager of the

Australian Reptile Park and Devil Ark.

Visit Enter

2016 Australian Geographic

ANZANG Nature

Photographer of the Year

List

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The

Season 1, DVD set, $19.99

The Trailblazers: Australia’s 50 Greatest
Explorers exhibition is at the Australian
Museum, Sydney, until 18 July.

Pullman Sydney Hyde Park has partnered with the Australian
Museum to offer exclusive accommodation and ticket packages
for AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC readers. Prices start from $357 and
include accommodation, a buffet breakfast for two and a double
pass to the Trailblazers exhibition. For details visit:
http://www.pullmansydneyhydepark.com.au/ausgeo

TRAILBLAZERS ACCOMMODATION OFFERS

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: COURTESY GREG MORTIMER; RICK NASH /

Falco longipennis

; COURTESY TIM FAULKNER

The Wild Life of Tim Faulkner

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