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Quote ref: TIMES-ON Board the regal Queen Elizabeth in Sydney for a journey around New Zealand’s coastal highlights before returning to the city where you’ll embark the Indian Pacific to Perth, with thrilling excursions along the way. Arrive in Sydney, Australia’s most cosmopolitan city, where you’ll take in the iconic sights of the Opera House and Harbour Bridge. Following your one-night hotel stay, you’ll embark Queen Elizabeth for a voyage to New Zealand’s coastal highlights. As ...

NASAs Perseverance rover is on Mars searching for past life … and Australia could provide clues By Genelle Weule for Catalyst © Provided by ABC NEWS A 360-degree panoramic shot of Perseverances new home. (Supplied: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Did life ever exist on Mars? What could it have looked like? Scientists say there are clues hidden in the ancient landscapes of Australia. Beneath the turquoise surface of the Great Barrier Reef lies a world bursting with colour and movement. Th...

Did life ever exist on Mars? What could it have looked like? Scientists are on a quest to find out if another planet other than our own ever hosted life. Clues to what they might find are hidden in the ancient landscapes of Australia.

  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...

Premium Content Subscriber only Ever since she was a little girl, Billie-Lee Conroy knew she wanted to be a truckie. Inspired by her driver mum Gail, it didn’t take Ms Conroy long before she turned her sights on the open road. “It’s just a thing just in you, you have a passion for trucks or you don’t,” she said. “When I was at school, the other girls would be checking out the boys but a truck would go past and I’d be looking at the truck.” Her tireless dedication and love of...

Road to nowhere: Nairn couple relive epic Mad Max-esque Oz highway adventure © Supplied by Supplied Joy and Andy Snellings adventure wouldnt have looked out of place in a scene from Mad Max. Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up It was a trip into the unknown, along a route which seemed to last forever, to a vast expanse of terrain ...

Share on Twitter The environmental impacts of eradicating dingoes from the landscape are visible from space, a new study shows. Researchers studied 32 years of satellite imagery along the dingo fence which stretches across Queensland, NSW and South Australia. They found that areas without dingoes on the south side of the fence had poorer long-term growth than vegetation in areas with dingoes. "Dingoes indirectly affect vegetation by controlling numbers of kangaroos and small mammals...

In the first of an occasional series on partners, reporter BELINDA STRAHORN talks to Susan Cantwell, wife of ACT Electoral Commissioner Damian Cantwell. THE first thing you feel when you meet Susan Cantwell, 55, is her warmth. It beams from within and fills the room. There’s her big, blissed-out smile, which makes her eyes crimple, and the way she makes conversation so easily it feels like you’re old friends.  She’s a short lady, impeccably dressed and seems fit enough to race in a mara...

PM shift towards net zero may be too little, too late February 3, 2021 — 12.05am Normal text size Credit:Cathy Wilcox Very much like an iceberg in the Arctic, Scott Morrison is slowly melting to the idea of taking some sort of climate change action (“PM shifts towards net-zero emissions”, February 2), but it has to be targeted, incremental and won’t cost the people who vote for him any money. The trouble with this approach is by the time he does anything, we’re all cooked. Chris Moe,...

Link to Share Western Australias COVID-19 scare has potentially thrown the autumn campaigns of All-Star Mile contenders Arcadia Queen and Regal Power into disarray, with both gallopers unable to trial as planned at Belmont on Monday. The discovery a security guard had returned a positive COVID-19 test resulted in protocols being put into place in Perth on Sunday, forcing Mondays trials to be cancelled along with the closure of Perths public training tracks. Owner Bob Peters said on Monday the c...