Australian Geographic

Established in 1987 by Dick Smith, the Australian Geographic Society is a non-profit organization focused on promoting scientific research and nurturing a passion for Australia's natural and environmental heritage. Its mission is to inspire curiosity, encourage exploration, and share knowledge about Australia both locally and globally. The society boasts a large membership base, with thousands of Australians subscribing to the Australian Geographic magazine.

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Fossil teeth show extinct giant kangaroos were homebodies

1 week ago | australiangeographic.com.au | Candice Marshall

Large kangaroos today roam long distances across the outback, often surviving droughts by moving in mobs to find new food when pickings are slim. But not all kangaroos have been this way. In new research published today in PLOS One, we found giant kangaroos that once lived in eastern Australia were far less mobile, making them vulnerable to changes in local environmental conditions.
Why this New South Wales getaway is a must in 2025

2 weeks ago | australiangeographic.com.au | Sangeeta Kocharekar

This article is brought to you by the Narrabri Region. Narrabri is a hidden gem in northern New South Wales that sits halfway between Sydney and Brisbane. It’s a 6.5-hour drive from both capital cities. For local resident Jo Hannaford, the best part about visiting Narrabri is seeing Mt Kaputar – not from one viewpoint, but throughout the region. The summit of Mt Kaputar stands 1510m above sea level, more than five times the height of Sydney’s tallest skyscraper, Crown Sydney.
Celebrating Tidbinbilla

3 weeks ago | australiangeographic.com.au | Fred Watson

Contributor Fred Watson Contributor Fred Watson Fred Watson is Australia’s Astronomer-at-Large.
Reaching the summit: how Australia united to save the bilby

4 weeks ago | australiangeographic.com.au | Chrissie Goldrick

It’s almost Easter and Kevin Bradley is trapped on high ground surrounded by slow-moving floodwaters in Currawinya National Park in remote southwestern Queensland. The inundation has, in part, resulted from Cyclone Alfred. This once-in-a-generation weather event hit the Queensland and northern NSW coasts a month earlier during the first week of March 2025.
A place of mists and shadows - Australian Geographic

1 month ago | australiangeographic.com.au | Candice Marshall

Beginning with the smallest of soaks atop Mount Baw Baw high in the Victorian Alps, the Yarra River flows through pristine forests, national park, farming land and residential areas before famously winding through the city of Melbourne and into the mudflats of Port Phillip Bay, some 242km from its genesis. The river provides Melbourne with 70 per cent of its drinking water and supports productive agriculture.
4 nature walks in Narrabri

1 month ago | australiangeographic.com.au | Sangeeta Kocharekar

This article is brought to you by the Narrabri Region. NSW isn’t short on national parks and, within them, nature walks. What is rare are the stunning geological sites you can walk alongside, carved by flowing lava from a volcano active 18 million years ago. Today, the volcano is extinct, and its remnants form Mount Kaputar National Park, home to about a dozen nature walks.
Reef revival - Australian Geographic

1 month ago | australiangeographic.com.au | Narelle Bouveng

The water shimmers in myriad shades of blue. It shifts from sapphire to jade and iridescent turquoise as sunlight illuminates the surface, sending beams flickering like strobe lights across the coral gardens below. Schools of fish flutter in synchrony. A green turtle drifts by. And beyond the coral shelf, a giant manta ray glides like an apparition through the ocean’s inky depths.
Defining Moments in Australian History: the Petrov affair

1 month ago | australiangeographic.com.au | Candice Marshall

This Cold War saga and the information the couple passed to local authorities had global implications, identifying spy networks around the world and affecting Australia’s political balance of power for decades. An intense post-World War II rivalry between the USA and its allies (including Australia), and the Soviet Union and its satellite states, the Cold War pitted democratic capitalism against single-party communism. Much of the world aligned with either side.
Torres Strait, Arnhem Land and Cape York

1 month ago | australiangeographic.com.au | Kate Bettes

This article is brought to you by the Coral Expeditions. Hoarse honks of magpie geese echo across wetlands, while jabirus clack their beaks overhead. Saltwater crocodiles glide through tidal creeks. On a lonely beach, a green turtle hauls herself ashore to lay eggs by the light of the moon, before slipping back into the teal-blue sea like it never happened. Welcome to the Torres Strait, Arnhem Land and Cape York. This is northern Australia at its most untouched.
Big bush corridor - Australian Geographic

1 month ago | australiangeographic.com.au | Victoria Laurie

It’s a cloudless day as our vehicle heads across a hillside incised with deep furrows. The bare paddock is tinged with grey stubble, remnants of the last cereal crop to grow on this land. A wide sweep of the eye takes in two dozen figures walking each furrow with dangling bags of native shrub and tree seedlings. At 5m intervals, they insert a plant into the soil and move on.