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Arundhati Banerjee giving a dance recital

Arundhati Banerjee: Dancing to make a difference

8th March 201914th March 2019 Editorial Team australia, dancing, Indian Classical Dance

Arundhati Banerjee is a budding young artiste who has won prestigious dance competitions. At 16, she is founder member of AIDA-Bharatanatyaved, a dance academy in South Australia

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Octopus Stinkhorn Mushroom looks like an octopus and stinks like rotting flesh

19th January 201819th January 2018 Editorial Team australia, fungus, mushrooms, New Zealand, octopus

The Octopus Stinkhorn Mushroom looks like an octopus and stinks like rotting flesh to attract flies that spread its spores, ensuring that its species spreads.

Giant fluorescent pink slug (Triboniophorus aff. graeffei)

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Giant fluorescent pink slug lives on an extinct volcano

22nd August 201722nd August 2017 Editorial Team australia, Gondwana, Mount Kaputar, slug, Triboniophorus aff. graeffei, volcano

The giant fluorescent pink slug (Triboniophorus aff. graeffei) that only lives on an extinct volcano in Australia is under severe threat of global warming.

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The finest opal ever unearthed

21st September 2016 Editorial Team australia, gemstones, opals

The Virgin Rainbow opal is worth more than $1 million and is regarded as the finest opal ever unearthed. Just over 6 cms long, it weighs 72 carats and features brilliant colours, from orange through to violet.

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The oldest continuous coal fire in the world

18th June 201621st June 2016 Editorial Team australia, world's oldest

Mount Wingen in New South Wales, Australia, has been smoldering for 6000 years without stop. At around 100 feet below

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