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Bathurst Island: A Tiwi tour of an ancient culture
Diana Balham finds that artwork is one way we can learn more about the history of the Aboriginal people.

Northern Territory: The big dry
Greg Dixon reels under the magnificent scenery and cruel sun of Australia's Red Centre.

Woman ignores snake bite to bake cake
An Australian woman decided cake was the order of the day after mistaking a serious snake bite for a simple scratch.

Darwin: Chasing barra on the billabong
Waterways team with wildlife on a day's fishing excursion, writes Heather Ramsay.

Endangered animals sold to hunting safari
300 animals - including some that are extinct in the wild - were sold to a Northern Territory hunting safari.

Northern Territory: The big somewhere
Greg Dixon walks... and walks... and discovers the landscape of Australia's Larapinta trail is not the empty canvas it first appears.

Walk with the animals
American scientist and animal lover Marc Bekoff, who visits Auckland this week, believes animals don’t just have emotions but are moral beings, just like us.

Northern Territory: Thrashing about
Pamela Wade finds five ways to court crocs in the Northern Territory.

Grieving daughter evicted after dad's death
Only 5 days after Rachel Pazos' father died, authorities in Darwin, Australia arrived at the home he had shared with his 14-year-old daughter and kicked her out.

Australia: White linen service in the red centre
Greg Ansley finds The Ghan offers luxury in unforgiving wilderness.