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Surfers Paradise, Australia | benmuldersunsets

When you’re Australia and you’re technically allowed to participate in Eurovision

Down in the valley the wind ripped across the open expanse. At the top of the ridge near Mount York Teddy sat enjoying the view, basking in the sun and hoping that he wouldn’t get flung off a cliff in the high winds.

Solar Eclipse from Western Australia l Gwenaël Blanck

"The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon..."

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its dangerous to go alone. here, take these bilbies

Rainbow Lorikeets (Trichoglossus moluccanus), family Psittaculidae, QLD, Australia

Photograph by Dave Arnold Wildlife Photography

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Ground Parrot (Pezoporus wallicus), family Psittaculidae, Tasmania, Australia

photograph by Subhranil Das

Where sunsets leave you breathless.

Photos by Paul Smith

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Great Barrier Reef, Australia

The world's largest coral reef system has more than 2,900 reefs and 900 islands over a vast area of the ocean. It's home to several unique species of marine life, and is amazing to see from the sea and sky.

"Down Under, there’s a massive campaign to connect 315,000 hectares, or 750,000 acres, of coastal habitat for koalas in New South Wales into a single national park.

Now, a new logging ban to come into effect will protect 106 “hubs” across 8,400 hectares (21,000 acres) of forest where koalas in the wild are known to congregate in largest numbers.

It was a “historic step forward,” said Nature Conservation Council acting chief executive Brad Smith, describing the area as “the most important koala habitat in the world.”

The parcel is just one part, though key, of the 315,000 hectares that a coalition of conservation organizations is hoping to protect forever to ensure koalas can survive the eons.

Given the Moniker “Great Koala National Park,” the 315,000 hectares are currently split between conservation areas and state forest across an area the size of Yosemite. The GKNP would unify it all under a heavier level of protection.

Koalas need a particular kind of forest biome, one that lies close to the coast where real estate is often coveted. In this case, the 21,000 acres were saved from logging, another activity in these woods.

NSW government mapping of koala habitat confirms the GKNP proposal would protect the most important koala habitat in the region."

-via Good News Network, September 13, 2023