Headline-grabbing floods in towns like Roma, Charleville and St George have slightly obscured a massive water event that has been quietly snaking its way through far western Queensland. This week Adam Kerezsy flew over flooded Central Australia and has this report on one of the biggest ecological stories this year.
Story and pictures Adam Kerezsy […]

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By JULIA BAIRD
When I decided to move from Sydney to Manhattan three years ago, the most common response I had from my friends was; “What about the beach??” Implying of course, I was mad to leave behind the craggy coves I spent so much time in, as well as those luscious, long summer days. I […]

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Kangaroo meat is low in fat, tender and delicious (when it’s cooked right) and environmentally sustainable. But are Australians ready to stomach eating the national emblem? Greg Bearup shoots a roo to serve to some slightly apprehensive guests. First published Good Weekend magazine 9/01/10.
As we set off into the scrub, up into the back paddocks […]

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Picture and Story by Andrew Cox
As one of his last acts as Premier, Nathan Rees announced last week that the NSW Government would protect the magnificent red gum forests of the Murray River.
Some are now seeking to undo this decision, but Nathan Rees had little choice. As the last forestry region in the State to […]

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Stuart Kininmonth is a seafaring scientist - a sailor and researcher based on Magnetic Island, Queensland. Like every sector of society, yachties will be impacted  by climate change. And what hurts them, hurts us. Here is Stu’s take on the ill wind about to blow.
The light breeze fills the sails and quietly pushes me over […]

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In Copenhagen the signs of the climate change summit are everywhere, at least in the public thoroughfares. In the center of the city, around the Kongens Nytorv, the posters were going up today: two-story high images of the Alps, another says ‘France is committed!’ On the weekend the lights on the giant Christmas tree in […]

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Have you ever gotten out of a car in a country town at night and heard the silence? Sometimes the absence of something is beautiful - in architecture a large empty space can be exquisite or the stillness in a piece of music. But nothing beats getting away from the screeching tinnitus of existing in […]

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Professor Poongschtock’s piece published last week has spurred another senior expert into print on the issue of the reality of fire management in Australia. Apart from the choice of another crazy pseudonym, Dr Berris Fueller, is well worth a read before we lynch any more so-called greenies. Picture by Rick Stevens.
In south-eastern mainland Australia most […]

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The Bushfires in Victoria were a paradigm-shifting event - gripping, terrifying and devastating for dozens of communities and hundreds of families…The news was shocking in its magnitude and the disaster will have enormous consequences for land management and housing development across the nation. Professor Poongschtok is an alias for one of Real Dirt’s most informed readers. […]

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Bruce Thom was the chair of the National State of the Environment Council, a member of the esteemed Wentworth Group of Scientists and a long-time warrior for coastal protection. He wants to see determined and national action on the continent’s estuaries.
The current woeful state of the Murray River Estuary is an extreme replication of what […]

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