Oceania

It may be one of the most arid regions on earth, and yep, there’s a whole lot of nothing. But there’s still lots to discover in Australia’s Red Centre.

Which strip of sand reigns supreme in Australia? Rub some zinc on your nose and get out the cricket set…we’re going to the beach.

With over 7,000 islands to explore in the Philippines, unspoiled natural beauty is in serious surplus. Throw a dart at a map and you’re going to hit paradise.

As I look out over this barren, moon-like landscape – devoid of life, apart from a trickle of travellers, a handful of local guides and their horses – it strikes me that this is about as hellish as it gets in equatorial, jungle-clad Indonesia.

While the past 20 years have seen great progress in native title land claims, and protecting our National Parks, the future of Australia’s north is at a crossroads. We chat with Graham Tupper to find out why.

The Red Centre might be the beating heart of Australia, but Kakadu National Park is where the country goes to cool off. It’s a 20,000 square kilometer stretch of billabongs, wetlands, gorges and rivers.

We get asked a lot what a group trip in Kakadu National Park looks like. What do you see, what do you do, how many times do you get to swim in photogenic billabongs – that kind of thing…

In photography terms, a 50mm lens has a fairly narrow field of vision. So it definitely isn’t your go-to lens for shooting vast landscapes or epic natural features – the exact kind you might find in the Red Centre…

72,000 years of history mapped in the human genome? Thanks for being awesome, science.