The Ninety Mile Beach, Australia
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 8, 2015
There are a lot of long and straight things in Australia: a 145-km stretch of road without a turning, a 478-km stretch of dead-straight rai...
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The Morning Glory Clouds of Australia
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 28, 2015
The Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia is home to one of the world's most extraordinary meteorological phenomenon. From late Sep...
Guided Busways
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 25, 2015
Between Cambridge, Huntingdon and St Ives in the English county of Cambridgeshire, runs a special bus service over a special route that cons...
Cleft Island, Wilsons Promontory, Australia
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 10, 2015
Cleft Island, also known as Skull Rock, is a granite island located off the coast of Wilsons Promontory in the state of Victoria, in Austral...
Wycliffe Well: The UFO Capital of Australia
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 23, 2015
The self proclaimed “UFO capital of Australia” lies on Stuart Highway in Northern Territory, between the towns of Tennant Creek and Alice Sp...
Coober Pedy: An Australian Town That Lives Underground
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 20, 2015
Coober Pedy is a small town in northern South Australia, 850 kilometers north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway. On the surface, the place l...
Murphy's Haystacks
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 12, 2015
Murphy’s Haystacks are a group of ancient, wind-worn rock of pink granite located between Streaky Bay and Port Kenny on the Eyre Peninsula i...
Spiders Rain Down on Australian Town
Kaushik Patowary
May 20, 2015
While raining cats and dogs is only a metaphor, raining spiders is a reality in Australia. The latest arachnid shower took place last week i...
The Long and Lonely Eyre Highway: Australia’s Longest Straight Road
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 27, 2014
Imagine a drive, a thousand miles long with no turns or bends, across a vast featureless plain with repetitive landscape, and hundreds of ki...
Sculpture By The Sea: An Outdoor Exhibition at Bondi Beach
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 24, 2014
Sculpture by the Sea is an annual outdoor sculpture exhibition, the largest of its kind in Australia, that takes place at the beach in Sydne...
Lark Quarry Dinosaur Stampede
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 24, 2014
About 95 million years ago, a herd of two-legged dinosaurs, some as small as chickens and some about the size of emus came to drink at the m...
Karlu Karlu - The Devil's Marbles
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 20, 2014
Devil’s Marbles or Karlu Karlu, as they are known by the local Warumungu Aboriginals, are a collection of massive granite boulders strewn ac...
Lake Amadeus, Australia
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 18, 2014
Lake Amadeus is a huge salt lake located the southwest corner of Australia's Northern Territory, about 50 km north of Uluru or Ayers Roc...
Sydney's Original Doll Hospital
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 26, 2014
In this day and age when kids bring home a new toy every time they return from the supermarket, it’s hard to believe that anybody would want...
The Tangalooma Wrecks of Moreton Island
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 19, 2014
The ship wrecks of Tangalooma are located on the western side of Moreton Island near the township of Tangalooma, a former whaling station. M...
Waterfalls on Uluru: A Rare Sight
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 23, 2014
Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone rock formation in central Australia, and one of the most recognizable natural landmark...
Horse Drawn Trams of Victor Harbor
Kaushik Patowary
May 21, 2014
The town of Victor Harbor is located on the coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula, about 80 km south of Adelaide, in South Australia. Victor Harbo...
Gypsum Lakes or Birridas of Shark Bay
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 31, 2014
The most westerly point of the Australian continent, next to the Indian Ocean is called Shark Bay, an area of exceptional natural features a...
Mitchell Falls in Australia
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 11, 2014
Mitchell Falls is a beautiful four-tiered waterfall located in the remote north of the Kimberley Region in Western Australia, about 2,140 ki...
The Whispering Wall of Barossa Reservoir
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 22, 2014
The Barossa Reservoir was built between 1899 and 1902 to supply water to town of Gawler and other northern country areas in South Australia....
