A "possibly unparalleled" desert, an archipelago with oceans "virtually free" from human exploitation and resting places for royals of old are among sites given world heritage status.
Cable-car debate set for reignition amid review of managment of Hobart's mountain and park
Hobart's kunanyi/Mt Wellington attracts more than 400,000 visitors per year, most who drive up a winding road to reach its summit. A review of transport options and the park's management will soon kick off — and will likely include talk of a cable-car.
Photo shows A couple stand on a boardwalk taking a pic with a selfie stick with Hobart landscape behindGen Z unplugging on the Bendigo Creek
Jessie and Kai took on the challenge to disconnect from their devices and get into nature.
Photo shows Two young people sit together smiling with life jackets on. There is long grass, a fence and a stump in the background.Has Video Duration: 1 minute 25 seconds.Students switch off the tech to connect with country in WA
A program designed to reawaken the connection between children and nature is getting primary school students away from technology and into the bush.
Photo shows A student looking through binocularsEPA slaps council with remedial notices over asbestos mulch fears
The environmental regulator has slapped a local council with two remedial notices after worries over asbestos-contaminated mulch in parks.
Photo shows A yellow sign at a park says 'Asbestos: caution'.Dune rehabilitation example
Wanagarren Nature Reserve near Wedge Island, WA.
Has Video Duration: 1 minute 1 second.Grand Cliff Top Walk in the Blue Mountains now open to the public
For many, the Blue Mountains is renowned for its hiking trails and as a much-loved weekend getaway. Now, the 19km Grand Cliff Top Walk provides a new reason to witness the spectacular scenery of the area.
Photo shows Grand Cliff Top Walk, Blue Mountains: Three sisters photographed in the daylight.Has Video Duration: 1 minute 39 seconds.Growing this endangered butterfly's home in the Wimmera
The endangered golden-rayed blue butterfly is only found around the salt lakes in the Wimmera and is reliant on a single plant species for its survival.
Has Video Duration: 3 minutes 10 seconds.There's an almost 100-year-old castle in a Queensland rainforest. How did it get there?
Mark and Judy Evans purchased a dilapidated tourist spot with its very own castle 30 years ago. They say its success is due to the park's 100-year history.
Photo shows A photo of a castle at night in a forest, with everything all lit up by lights.Bathing in hot springs is an ancient tradition worldwide and it could be outback Queensland's next tourism boom
Emerging naturally due to pressure from the Great Artesian Basin, bathing in steaming hot springs dates back thousands of years. As the fifth-most popular tourist experience worldwide, could it be the next outback drawcard?
Photo shows Two people look over the edge of a pool ledge.Council to reconsider location of controversial Harry Potter Forbidden Forest Experience
Mornington Peninsula Shire will re-evaluate holding an event at The Briars nature reserve in Mount Martha after community backlash.
Photo shows Two grown men playing with a children's light installationRare dolphin, only photographed six times, believed spotted in Australian waters
Researchers believe they have recorded one of the world's most unusually coloured dolphins for the first time in Australian waters.
Photo shows A speckled dolphin.Perfect conditions trigger rare 'cloud waterfall' in WA
Take a climb up a peak in the early hours of the morning and you might be able to see a huge wave of white fog streaming down a cliff face. What causes these "cloud waterfalls" and how do you catch them?
Photo shows cloud over mountainRoad closures hamper annual waterfall chase, frustrating locals and eager tourists
Waterfall season in the East Kimberley is an indescribable joy for many residents, and they want better road access to visit some of the best falls when they are "pumping".
Photo shows A man sits in a pool among a few small waterfallsMajor rebuild underway at Kimberley national park, after Fitzroy River floods altered the landscape forever
Danggu Geikie Gorge National Park is expected to reopen to visitors just in time for the 2024 dry season after being all but washed away by last year's once-in-a-century floods.
Photo shows A boat cruising along the Fitzroy River, with the backdrop of red dirt cliffs and bushland'Is that a dinosaur?': One of Australia's rarest reptiles found in regional WA years after relocation program
A WA wildlife carer says she nearly "wet her pants" with excitement, after an endangered western swamp tortoise was found on a dirt track near her home town of Northcliffe.
Photo shows Western Swamp tortoise againHimalayan glaciers are cooling down, potentially slowing down effects of climate change
The research shows that the glaciers have been cooling and drying in recent decades.
Photo shows A bird flies over a mountain.'Surprise': Three lemurs born out of the blue as search for mystery father begins
The black-and-white ruffed lemur triplets will undergo DNA testing after zookeepers at Altina Wildlife Park in southern NSW were caught "very unaware" by their arrival.
Photo shows Lemur babies 2Perth man takes on the Munda Biddi bike trail beating world record by about five hours
A cyclist has endured 39C heat and howling winds to break a world record for fastest time to complete Western Australia's Munda Biddi Trail.
Photo shows WA cyclist completes journeyWildlife carers inundated with baby birds as RSPCA warns good Samaritans against 'kidnapping' chicks
Queensland wildlife volunteers say young birds that are not sick or injured, but have been found on the ground while learning to fly, are being "rescued" unnecessarily.
Photo shows A group of baby birds sitting on a towel in a blue basket'Miniature kangaroos' start a new life chapter — free of feral predators
Twenty little rufous bettongs, bred in captivity, are released into a feral-free zone but they will still have to fend for themselves.
Photo shows A rufous bettong, kangaroo-like creature in the bush.