Lish Fejer

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Lish Fejer

In a tiny climate-controlled shipping container in Canberra, researchers are trying to get a critically endangered, native mice to mate. But unlike common mice whose fecundity is renowned, smoky mice are complex social creatures and, as their declining numbers show, do not breed in plague proportions. "We don't know how many there are out there. They're very difficult to capture and to detect," said Kirstin Abicair, founder of the University of Canberra smoky mouse captive breeding program.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Lish Fejer

Perched atop a penny farthing, Simon Weir looks like he's escaped from a steampunk convention — but he's something of a local celebrity in Canberra. "Swirling" around Lake Burley Griffin, he spreads equal parts confusion and joy as he dodges dogs, cyclists, speeding scooters and pedestrians whilst playing his classical guitar. "Their mouth drops to the ground," Weir said.

Jan 31, 2025 | abc.net.au | Charlotte Gore |Lish Fejer

When Tim Ceaser's wallet flew out the window of his car as a 19-year-old, he thought it was gone forever. But 30 years later a friend sent him a stranger's Facebook post in the Queanbeyan Community Notice Board group looking to reunite the wallet with its owner. "Like a lightning bolt struck me, it took me straight back to the time living in Queanbeyan and I lost my wallet," he said.

Jan 23, 2025 | abc.net.au | Lish Fejer |Lottie Twyford

This year's Australia Day drone shows over Canberra's Lake Burley Griffin have had their start time pushed back to accommodate another flying object in the sky — bats. A camp of threatened grey-headed flying foxes live in Commonwealth Park from about October to June. Their habitat is located just along the shore from where the drones take off. Every evening, the 2,500 or so grey headed flying-foxes leave the camp at dusk and feed at night on fruit on trees in orchards and backyards.

Nov 15, 2024 | abc.net.au | Lish Fejer |Sarah Grieb

Magicians have been entertaining crowds for centuries with card tricks, escape acts and stage illusions. And while the secret behind some simple sleight of hand techniques are available to the public, magic still remains a closely guarded secret. The International Brotherhood of Magicians is one society that keeps these tricks under lock and key and they have their very own ‘ring’ of magicians in the ACT.