Where the ancient European forests survive
These beautiful and lush ancient forests once covered most of southern Europe. So how did they survive on just these tiny Atlantic islands?
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This is nothing like my university dorm
It seems an odd place for a bunch of university students to live – an 11th century heritage-listed castle. But somehow it works!
Swimming with turtles
At the southernmost point of the Great Barrier Reef, some of the best water and coral life is around Lady Elliot Island. See for yourself!
The land before our time
The rainforests in this part of the world are just how scientists believe the supercontinent Gondwana would have looked – in a time when dinosaurs ruled!
A home among the gumtrees
After so long travelling overseas, it’s sometimes a surprise to realise there are world-class sites so close to where I grew up.
Paintings from a lost mysterious race
The mysterious Etruscans is one of the greatest races that never was… yet we know so little of them.