Category: Environment & Ecology
Alex Leemon from Currently Speaking offers a slightly contrarian take on Australia's energy transition.
Some timeless observations of Macquarie Island's wildlife from Antarctic explorer George F. Ainsworth (1878 - 1950).
Today on The Unravel we ask the question; Did 19th century sealers suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome?
To unravel the myth of the 'aggressive' snake we have to look at the world from their perspective.
When Amy and I visited Hawaii we discovered that, even on an island, surf is never guaranteed.
On a rocky stretch of coastline on Hawaii’s Big Island a group of marine biologists are studying the lifecycle of the octopus - a creature that lives fast and dies young.
I knew it was going to be bad. I'd read all the one and two star reviews and looked at the pictures of weird murals and overgrown gardens but I kept circling back to the listing every time I looked for accommodation on Kauai.
I knew that Hawaii was part of America but I still didn't expect it to be so American.
Tasmania's southern coastline is one of the most wild and remote parts of Australia
The Tongariro Alpine Crossing on New Zealand's north island has a reputation as one of the most dangerous hikes in the country. On a good day it's a hard slog across 20km of rock and scree taking you up onto the desolate but spectacular plateau that forms the base of Mt Ngauruhoe.
Despite the spectacular views on offer around Mt Howitt it's clear from the map that early European explorers had a rough time surveying the region.
Earlier this year I tagged along with the Australian/International off-pissed ski team to the slopes of Myokokogen. Matt chose Myoko because the guidebook gave it four and half snowflakes out of five in the 'powder' category. Also because our plan called for us to go from there to Kyoto and then onto Tokyo and we wanted to make sure our itinerary doubled as a tongue twister.
Huashan is a mountain located about 120 kilometres east of Xi'an- China's old capital. It's home to some very dicey walking tracks, a really spectacular set of cable cars, a tea house perched on a cliff face and a photo studio with some genuine occupational health and safety issues.
The entry point for my brief tour of China was the southern Province of Sichuan-famed for its incredibly spicy food and baffling theatrical performances. I flew into the capital Chengdu at the start of October and explored the city between bouts of rain before venturing out into the nearby mountains.
On South Africa's western cape we visited the coastal towns of Kalkbaai, Hermanus and Gaansbai.
In South Africa, the saying goes, 'wildlife must pay its way'. It's not enough to be endangered you have to generate revenue to be conserved.
Another bleary-eyed morning spent rock-hopping in the pre-dawn light to get to a vantage point before sunrise.
Between Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth we spent a few days exploring the great Drakensburg Escarpment that cleaves its way way along the eastern cape and forms the border of South Africa and Lesotho.
Some photos from our guided tour of the Teck Smelter in Trail, BC.
After months of deliberation the Royal Commission report into the 2009 bushfires has been released and its findings have been made public.