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By now I ought to know better, but I’m always hopeful that some undreamt-of masterpiece might turn up in the Salon.

Behind your humble shaker of table salt lies a curious and industrious history

  From champagne to candy, with rose and bubblegum in between, is it any wonder we love a pink lake? With the right balance of salt, sun and some hardworking micro-organisms, here are the lakes with the hottest hues. See Also LAKE MACDONNELL, SOUTH AUSTRALIA If you want to tackle driving the Nullarbor Plain, prepare to hear stories of the 1256 kilometre-long, achingly boring drive across southern Australia. But just an hour west of Ceduna, where the plain officially starts, a left turn and...

Art expedition: five artists go bush to help endangered species We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement It seems like an age ago but in September 2019 I travelled with five artists and a film crew to Mount Zero Taravale in far north Queensland, a property owned by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC). We spent a week in the bush preparing for an exhibition that has just opened at Defiance Gallery, Mary Place in Pa...

Animal rescue groups race to save Australias bushfire-hit wildlife with nearly $200 million in donations FriFriday 26 updated FriFriday 26 Many species were added to the threatened list after the Black Summer bushfires. ( Print text only Key points: WIRES has announced a $35 million national rescue plan There is money for wildlife hospitals, ambulances and volunteers, but the task is huge As the Black Summer bushfires raged across Australia, and with reports of a terrible wildlife death toll, t...

Brain Foods top tips for making jams, pickles, chutney and relish Richard Cornish Photo: Marina Oliphant Jam and marmalade Jam jars must be spotlessly clean.  Photo: Marina Oliphant When I first arrived in London as a backpacker in the 1990s I remember being amazed at the way Australians were attracted to each other, forming raucous braying mobs in pubs and clubs. Sugar molecules, even when dissolved in liquid as they are in jams, like to form into groups - or crystals. They love a party s...