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Saving Forty Spotted Pardalote chicks from blood-sucking maggots!

A critical problem for Forty Spotted Pardalotes breeding is a native fly which lays its eggs inside their nests. When the eggs hatch, the maggots come...
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Let children connect to love for this land

The Headland Preservation Group has always supported the concept of bringing children to these lands, this headland in particular, to learn and unders...
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Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoos in the wind

Birds playing in wind at the neck

You quite often see birds, particularly the Pacific Gulls and the New Zealand Kelp Gulls using the wind running over the sand dune at the neck to play...
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Coast to Cradle Wild Country: Community Survey

A community survey for the Coast to Cradle working group. Have your say in how we use and protect Nature.
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Wave Crashing on Neck Beach with Fluted Cape

Why is the sand finest at the top of a beach?

When a waves come in, there is an enormous amount of energy, but it loses that energy as it sweeps up the beach, dropping heavier particles first and ...
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Coast to Cradle Wild Country Map

The wild country stretching from Penguin through to Cradle Mountain at its core includes a remarkable corridor of public land managed by the Parks and...
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Bruny Island: eastern quoll stronghold

Bruny Island is an amazingly special place. Someone once said to me that Bruny Island is a shining example of what Tasmania could be. And I just think...
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Kayak on Savage Phil Pullinger closeup

International River Grading System

The International River Grading System has been designed to provide an indication of the degree of difficulty for paddling of a rapid and/or river.
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Birds of Bruny Island

This beautiful short film by talented film-maker and wildlife photographer Marcio Conrado shows some of the incredible diversity of avian species that...
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Adrift Among Canyons of Coral

In this beautiful essay, writer Helen Cushing explores the underwater society of Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia, experiencing the immense beauty a...
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Driven to act for Nature

Lyn Goldsworthy's first connection to activism was when the New Zealand Government decided to build an aluminium plant in the South Island and flood a...
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Little penguin paradise

Bruny Island is a special habitat for so many birds, including Tasmania's 12 endemic species and the amazing little penguin, says Dr Eric Woehler. The...
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Marine wonders of Christmas Island

At twice the size of the Great Barrier Reef and more than three times the size of Great Britain, the waters around Christmas Island have been officially recognised as part of Australia’s Marine Parks. Photo: Rohan Newton

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Tasmanian Marine life

Tasmania's marine environment is globally significant, with a rich mix of ecosystems and habitats fostering marine life found nowhere else on Earth

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Bruny Island - A Photographer's Paradise

Bruny Island is an island, off an island, off an island, surrounded by islands. Image: Nick Monk

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Dusky dolphin: ocean acrobat

The dusky dolphin is one of the smaller dolphin species with a maximum weight of about 85 kilograms and a length, of just over two metres. The dusky dolphin is a social species, known for its agility and coordinated acrobatic abilities.

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Mosman Wildlife

Dozens of species of native animals frequent the remnant moist gullies and bushland of the Mosman peninsula, from the Eastern Water Dragon to Peron's Tree Frog and the endangered Powerful Owl

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Southwest National Park, Tasmania

Southwest National Park in Tasmania is a vast, mostly trackless wilderness containing ancient forests, the wildest rivers, a glaciated and mountainous landscape and a spectacular coastline with rich aboriginal history.

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Black Bluff & Winterbrook

Black Bluff and Winterbrook are two jewels on the north coast of Tasmania. 

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Zion National Park, Utah

The two thousand-foot deep red sandstone canyon through Zion National Park is a majestic masterpiece, carved out over ancient time by the Virgin River. Known for its intense seasonal colours and dramatic vistas and established in 1919, Zion is Utah's first National Park.

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Landscapes of Chitral & Gilgit-Baltistan

Mountains, valleys, alpine lakes and green pastures - the beauty of Chitral & Gilgit-Baltistan. 

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Birds of the Atlantic Forest

The Atlantic Forest is one of the most biodiverse forests in the world including almost 1000 bird species. Here are a few of these birds from photographer Marcio Conrado.

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Bruny Island Coastline

Bruny Island has an intricate, complex, beautiful and varied coastline, ranging from sheltered inlets, shallow bays, mudflats, lagoons, and grand sea-cliffs, through to long sandy ocean facing beaches.

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Woodland birds

We all need a good visual dose of the wonder of Nature sometimes, and we can't always get outside from behind the desk, to breathe it in. Here, we bring it to you, with these beautiful close-ups of our unique woodland bird species, photographed by Tasmanian bird ecologist Dr Eric Woehler (OAM). Take a moment and enjoy.

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Marine wonders of Christmas Island

At twice the size of the Great Barrier Reef and more than three times the size of Great Britain, the waters around Christmas Island have been officially recognised as part of Australia’s Marine Parks. Photo: Rohan Newton

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Duco - redemption in nature

Imagery from the life of Duco, a Brazilian environmentalist, nature and bird-guide who found redemption in nature

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The Joshua Tree

Joshua Tree National Park was once described by early explorers as a “profitless locality” and that it “shall be forever unvisited”.
A bit of time, visitation by those with a more discerning eye and the efforts of a determined woman resulted in the protection of a treasured place.

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Mosman Wildlife

Dozens of species of native animals frequent the remnant moist gullies and bushland of the Mosman peninsula, from the Eastern Water Dragon to Peron's Tree Frog and the endangered Powerful Owl

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Bruny Island Coastline

Bruny Island has an intricate, complex, beautiful and varied coastline, ranging from sheltered inlets, shallow bays, mudflats, lagoons, and grand sea-cliffs, through to long sandy ocean facing beaches.

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Black Bluff & Winterbrook

Black Bluff and Winterbrook are two jewels on the north coast of Tasmania. 

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Dark Sky Sanctuaries

The aurora australis lights the skies of Southwest Tasmania. The next Dark Sky Sanctuary? Image: Dan Broun

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Rockhopper penguins

The dramatic-looking rockhopper penguin is characterised by its red eyes, upright yellow head feathers along a supercilium stripe and a crest of black feathers on top. They are separated into three sub-species, photographer here by ecologist Dr Eric Woehler (OAM) and located around the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic zones.

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Southwest National Park, Tasmania

Southwest National Park in Tasmania is a vast, mostly trackless wilderness containing ancient forests, the wildest rivers, a glaciated and mountainous landscape and a spectacular coastline with rich aboriginal history.

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Launching in Hobart

In another successful launch event for Kuno, a big crowd turned out in Hobart on the 1st of October 2024 to hear more about the project, meet the team behind the vision, hear from inspiring speakers and network with other Nature lovers. Thank you Hobart for your support!

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The fairy tern: tiny beach nester

The fairy tern is a similar size to a hooded plover - so tiny, it would sit comfortably in the palm of your hand. They lay just two eggs, onto the beach sand. See these remarkable images from Tasmanian-based bird ecologist Dr Eric Woehler.

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Bruny Island wildlife

Bruny Island is a haven for rare and unique birds and animals, and is one of the best bird-watching spots in Australia.

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