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6 Australian Geographic

AUSTR ALIAN GEOGR APHIC

NOV EMBER–DECEMBER 2015

CONTENTS

FEATUR ES

ALIEN OCEANS

Space exploration has revealed that oceans exist

on the moons of other planets in our Solar System.

But what exactly – if anything – lives beneath the

surface of these otherworldly seas?

TR AILBLAZERS

Meet Australia’s 50 greatest explorers – these

intrepid men and women have traversed the

continent, summited mountains, braved the

poles and reached for the stars.

R ED DUST, GOLD HEART

Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory is as gritty as it

is charming. And with its swag of multicultural locals

and zealous community spirit, it’s a town luring

newcomers with more than just its precious metal.

THE RIGHT STUFF

A team of record-breaking Aussie mates achieves

a 30-year dream of circumnavigating South Georgia

Island – a journey that saw them named our 2015

AG Society Adventurers of the Year.

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12 BIG PICTUR E

Unforgettable images

17 TOPOGR APHICAL

Accounting for taste

19 NATURE

Massive new Aussie dinosaur

20 INSIDE OUT

X-ray views of native mammals

23 PROFILE

Young Conservationist of the Year

24 NATURE WATCH

Colourful kingfishers

27 SPACE

Martian mysteries

28 SNAPSHOT

Building the Story Bridge

30 KEN DUNCAN

Charitable photography

35 MUSICAL SHARKS

Cage-diving near Port Lincoln

36 WILD IMPRESSIONS

Wildlife Art Museum of Australia

41 COMMENTARY

Defining death

UP FRONT

A NATUR AL BEAUTY

Lord Howe Island is a bushwalkers paradise. Its small

size means rewarding hikes through mossy forests,

close encounters with nesting seabirds and snorkelling

in a coral lagoon are all easily achievable in a day.

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YOU R

SOCIET Y

Read all about our 2015

AGS award winners. p

Lord Howe Island is a

Pacific stunner (page 88).

Jon Muir, who’s completed a

series of outback crossings, is

a top Aussie explorer (page 54).