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Wide open spaces: the pleasures of wellness in Western Australia 15 Feb, 2021 11:00 AM 5 minutes to read With one-of-a-kind experiences and uncrowded landscapes, the west of Australia offers a true escape for the mind, body and soul. Western Australia is a place of beauty and grandeur, from top to toe. From the world s last remote frontiers in the North West to the dramatic coastlines of the South West and on to the fertile farming land of the Golden Outback and vibrant riverside capital of Perth, whatever time of year you visit, you ll find warm sunshine and blue skies. While a holiday often intrinsically offers therapeutic benefits, Western Australia takes things to the next level. And with our physical and mental wellbeing being more of a precious commodity than ever right now, when the opportunity arises, it s here you ll find the perfect remedy for the world-weary soul. ....
By Julie Butters When it comes to high-risk activities, bird-watching doesn’t usually make it to the top of the list. But Professor Emeritus William “Ted” E. Davis, Jr., has faced peril more than once while observing birds for research or pleasure. In 1965, Davis (GRS’66), who was 29, and his father were stalking grassland birds in Tanzania when their vehicle was charged by a black rhinoceros. (“We had a very good driver and he raced away from it,” he says.) But the scariest confrontation happened in Australia in 1990. He was a visiting research fellow at University of New England (Australia), collecting foraging data about thornbills. While out driving one day, he spotted an eastern brown a five-foot-long creature said to be the world’s second most venomous snake, and one that is known to attack humans slithering onto the dirt road ahead of him. “I hit the brakes, but I got so close to him that I lost sight of him,” he recalls. Davis peered out the windo ....
Normal text size Very large text size A cool, gentle, creeping fire came to the bushland that surrounds the Tang Tang and Thunder swamps in central Victoria, north of Bendigo, in 2019. It burnt gently through grasslands and connected up with other fires lit on the forest floor to create a mosaic effect. This fire was lit by Dja Dja Wurrung people, including employees of Forest Fire Management Victoria, and their non-Aboriginal colleagues. It was the first cultural burn in the area in 170 years. It was a momentous day, says Trent Nelson, the chairperson of the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation. In the years since cultural burning had been used, the landscape had become degraded and sick . The region, which includes the towns of Daylesford, Bendigo and Boort, used to be cloaked in box-ironbark forests and woodlands but is now one of the most profoundly altered landscapes in Victoria, where agriculture, urban settlement and mining have left ecosystems frag ....