Author: Katrina O'Brien Publisher: Woodslane Press ISBN: 9781925403831 Category : Languages : en Pages : 64
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This new Australian Geographic guide, full of vibrant photography, and accompanied by a concise but fascinating commentary, is an indispensable souvenir for international and Australian visitors to this very special place. Armchair travellers and children will pick it up time and again to whet their appetites and perhaps to plan their own visits.
Author: Chris Munn Publisher: Woodslane Press ISBN: 9781925868050 Category : Great Ocean Road (Vic.) Languages : en Pages : 64
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The fifth title in the new series of photographic souvenir guides to the iconic places of Australia from Australian Geographic and Woodslane Press. This 64-page large format book is full of vibrant photography, and is accompanied by a concise but fascinating commentary. Australian Geographic Great Ocean Road is an indispensable reminder and souvenir for both international and Australian visitors to this very special place. Armchair travellers and children will pick it up time and again to whet their appetites and perhaps to plan their own visits. Includes sections on geography, wildlife and culture, the shipwreck coast, Torquay and Bells Beach, Lorne and Wye River, Apollo Bay, Cape Otway and the Great Otway National Park, Aire River, Moonlight Head and Wreck Beach, and the of course the Twelve Apostles.
Author: John Pickrell Publisher: Columbia University Press ISBN: 0231543395 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 359
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“A tour de force…highlights the odd reptiles that roamed all corners of the earth millions of years ago.”—Sydney Morning Herald From the outback of Australia to the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and the savanna of Madagascar, the award-winning science writer and dinosaur enthusiast John Pickrell embarks on a world tour of new finds, meeting the fossil hunters who work at the frontier of discovery. He reveals the dwarf dinosaurs unearthed by an eccentric Transylvanian baron; an aquatic, crocodile-snouted carnivore bigger than T. rex that once lurked in North African waterways; a Chinese dinosaur with wings like a bat; and a Patagonian sauropod so enormous it weighed more than two commercial jet airliners. Other surprising discoveries hail from Alaska, Siberia, Canada, Burma, and South Africa. Why did dinosaurs grow so huge? How did they spread across the world? Did they all have feathers? What do sauropods have in common with 1950s vacuum cleaners? The stuff of adventure movies and scientific revolutions, Weird Dinosaurs examines the latest breakthroughs and new technologies that are radically transforming our understanding of the distant past. “This history of the discovery of some of the most outlandish creatures that ever lived, and the excitement of paleontological research, will be sure to both entertain and instruct.”—Spencer Lucas, author of Dinosaurs: The Textbook, Sixth Edition “Fascinating.... Readers learn of beautiful opalised dinosaur bones from Australia and a crested dinosaur found approximately 13,000 feet up Antarctica's Mt. Kirkpatrick, demonstrating that dinosaurs were widely distributed across the globe.”—Publishers Weekly
Author: Scott Forbes Publisher: Discovery Books ISBN: 9781563319327 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 228
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A guide to the arid bush of the Australian interior to the lush rain forests of Queensland and the vibrant sea life of the Great Barrier Reef.
Author: Katrina O'Brien Publisher: Woodslane Press ISBN: 9781925403923 Category : Languages : en Pages : 64
Book Description
This new 64-page Australian Geographic souvenir guide is full of vibrant photography and accompanied by a concise, fascinating commentary. It is an indispensable reminder and souvenir for both international and Australian visitors to this very special place. Includes sections on geography, history, wildlife and culture.
Author: George Hangay Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING ISBN: 1486302106 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 435
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Most Australian stag beetles live secretive lives, spending the majority of their life cycle inside decaying timber or under logs sunken in the soil. Yet these active recyclers of the forest are admired by beetle-loving people worldwide. Their aesthetic appeal and the rarity of some species make them of great value to collectors: the beetles in the subfamily Lampriminae are splendidly colourful, while others show an amazing variety in male mandible size and structure. A Guide to Stag Beetles of Australia is a comprehensive account of the 95 lucanid species found in Australia. This book reveals their diversity and beauty, looks in detail at their morphology, habitats and ecology, and explains how to collect, keep and preserve them. Natural history enthusiasts and professional and amateur coleopterists alike will benefit from the use of this guide. The book features some stunning images from entomologist and photographer Paul Zborowski. Paul has over 40 years' experience of field-based study of insects and related creatures in habitats all over the world.
Author: Leonard Cronin Publisher: Allen & Unwin ISBN: 1925576582 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 55
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Come on a journey into the world of Australia's wildlife, exploring all the different habitats, from parched deserts to lush rainforests. DISCOVER the mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and insects that live there. SEARCH for the animals hidden in each habitat scene. FIND OUT about the fish that walks; the sixth sense of the platypus; the deadly venom of the desert death adder; the strange table manners of the sea star. This environmental atlas of Australian animals by an expert team is full of fascinating facts and superb illustrations.
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