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Stories about Oceania
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Ten responsible places to watch for whales from shore
These ten coasts put people on paths, platforms, dunes and cliff tops while whales follow their own routes offshore. Pick the right season, stay on land and accept the essential uncertainty: even in peak months, the sea may hold no whale in view.
From Hobart to Bruny Island: Farms, Small Towns and the Southern Ocean
A short ferry crossing from Kettering leads to a very different scale of Tasmania: oyster lines in the channel, sheep paddocks on North Bruny, a sand neck between two islands, and dolerite cliffs above the Southern Ocean. The road also follows Nuenonne Country, a coastline shaped by palawa history, European shipping and generations of island work.
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The 10 Cities Best Understood from the Water
A fine skyline is not enough. In these ten cities, a ferry or small boat reveals how trade, terrain, buildings and daily travel grew around a river, canal or bay.
Beyond the Twelve Apostles: west along the Shipwreck Coast
West of the Twelve Apostles, the Great Ocean Road follows limestone coves and scattered sea stacks through Port Campbell and Peterborough, then reaches the wider coast around Warrnambool and the working river harbour at Port Fairy.
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Before Breakfast at Adelaide Central Market
Behind the brick frontage on Grote Street, Adelaide Central Market starts with goods in motion. Counters fill, traders cross the covered lanes, and food from South Australian orchards, coasts and family kitchens enters the city’s daily trade.
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Kakadu in Stone and Water: Ubirr, Burrungkuy and the Wetlands
At Ubirr, painted fish show bones and organs beneath their outlines, while hand stencils and later contact art share the sandstone walls. Beyond the shelters, the Nadab floodplain stretches below the rock, placing the paintings among the waters and food grounds that inform them.
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Across the Daintree River to Cape Tribulation
The ferry crosses Julaymba, the Daintree River, and lands beneath the forested Alexandra Range. From the northern bank, Cape Tribulation Road runs through rainforest to a coast where the Wet Tropics and the Great Barrier Reef sit side by side.
Line 96: East Brunswick to St Kilda by tram
Tram 96 runs from Blyth Street in East Brunswick to Belford Street on Acland Street in St Kilda, linking the inner north, Bourke Street’s retail core and Port Phillip Bay without a change. The full run usually takes about 55 to 60 minutes.
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West from Alice Springs: Three Gorges in Tjoritja
Larapinta Drive heads west from Alice Springs beside the long rock ridges of Tjoritja, the West MacDonnell Ranges. Water has cut through weak points in these ancient ranges, leaving gaps, sheltered creek beds and waterholes along the road.
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From Fremantle Prison to Victoria Quay on Foot
Fremantle Prison stands above the old commercial streets, while ships, trains and ferries move through the harbour below. This walk follows the ground between them: from a convict-built prison down to the streets that served maritime trade, then across the railway to the working waterfront.
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Bondi to Coogee, Beach by Beach
At South Bondi, swimmers trade the open surf for saltwater lanes cut into the rock below Bondi Icebergs. From there, a paved coastal path follows sandstone headlands, small beaches and swimming bays for six kilometres to Coogee.
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Cycling Wadjemup, from Thomson Bay to the limestone coast
Thomson Bay provides the landing point for a day on Wadjemup/Rottnest Island: white sand, moored boats and a compact settlement sit beside the Main Jetty. From there, a bicycle reaches reef-ringed swimming coves, salt lakes, a lighthouse climb and the exposed western coast.