A Thunderstorm Called Hector
Kaushik Patowary
May 11, 2022
Nearly every afternoon, from September to March, a thunderstorm develops over the Tiwi Islands in Northern Australia. It happens so regularl...
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Gympie-Gympie: The Stinging Plant Which Can Inflict Pain For Months
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 24, 2021
Gympie-Gympie sounds adorable, but if you pay any attention to its scientific name Dendrocnide moroides , you would know its to be avoided. ...
Dog on The Tuckerbox
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 23, 2021
One of Australia’s famous pioneer monuments is located in the small town of Gundagai about half way between Melbourne and Sydney. The monume...
King’s Holly: The 43,600 Year Old Plant
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 7, 2021
Lomatia tasmanica, commonly known as King's lomatia or King’s Holly, is an unusual plant. It bears flowers, yet produces neither fruit n...
Maliwawa Figures: A Rock Art Style Like No Other
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 19, 2021
Western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, has a remarkable range and number of rock art sites, rivalling that of Europe, southern Africa and ...
The Largest War Memorial in The World is a 243 Kilometer Highway
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 11, 2021
When the First World War ended, the soldiers who had participated in it and were lucky enough to survive, returned to their homes. As in all...
Pitch Drop Experiment: The World’s Longest Running Lab Experiment
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 17, 2020
The pitch drop experiment began in 1927 when Professor Thomas Parnell of the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, set out to dem...
Henley-On-Todd: The Waterless Regatta
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 8, 2020
Every August, Alice Springs, a large town in the heart of Australia’s Northern Territory, holds an unusual boat race on Todd River, a river ...
Australia's Great Artesian Basin
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 13, 2020
Australia is dry, hot, unimaginably infertile and the most inhospitable of all inhabited continents. Yet, underneath the parched land, lies ...
The 1940 Mid-Air Collision at Brocklesby
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 2, 2020
In New South Wales, Australia, about 120 km south of Wagga Wagga, lies a small community of farmers and cattle rearers called Brocklesby. Th...
The Grain Race
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 9, 2020
By the end of the 19th century, steam-powered vessels had almost completely replaced sailing ships in the commercial shipping business. But ...
The Green-Haired Mary River Turtle
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 9, 2020
The Mary River turtle lives exclusively in the waters of the Mary River in south-east Queensland, Australia. Despite being one of Australia’...
Wiebbe Hayes Stone Fort
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 27, 2020
The Wallabi Group of islands in the Abrolhos archipelago, off the west coast of Australia, contains two distinct sets of islands. The easter...
The 6,000-Year-Old Eel Traps of Budj Bim
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 23, 2020
The Gunditjmara people of southwestern Victoria, Australia, have been living in a region of roughly 7,000 square kilometers west of Hopkins ...
Slovak Radio Building: The Inverted Pyramid
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 11, 2020
Some call it ugly. Others defend it for its architectural features. Whichever faction you side with, you can’t deny that it is an exceptiona...
The Australian Floating Hotel That Ended Up in North Korea
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 24, 2019
For little more than a year in the late 1980s, a seven-story five-star hotel floated over John Brewer Reef, about 70 km off the coast of Tow...
Australia’s Rock And Ocean Pools
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 20, 2019
A defining feature of the Australian coastline, particularly in New South Wales, are the rock pools—outdoor swimming pools carved out of the...
Port Arthur And The Convict Tramway
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 15, 2019
In the middle of the 19th century, Tasman Peninsula, on the southeast coast of Tasmania, became home to one of Australia's most dreaded ...
Where Do The World’s Oceans Meet?
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 7, 2019
Two huge ocean waves clashing. Photo credit: David Bostoc/Shutterstock.com There are five oceans on earth, and all of them are connected w...
Australia’s Mouse Plagues
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 29, 2019
Rats and mice are big problems in Australia, especially around the grain-growing regions in the south and in the east. Every few years, mous...
