Category: Australia
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Bathurst, Australia
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In the sleepy blush of an autumn afternoon, Bathurst’s Macquarie River glinted beneath coppery gums and willows. Dr. Rhiannon Williams—curator of the Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum on George Street—wandered its banks with pen and sketchbook in hand. Ever since she’d returned to her hometown after years in Sydney, she…
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Armidale, Australia
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Under a sky the color of burnished copper, Armidale stirred to life on a crisp May morning. The city, perched high on New South Wales’ Northern Tablelands, wore autumn’s cloak in fiery hues: the liquidambars lining the Boulevard shimmered like torches, while the ancient eucalypts on the University of New…
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Albury, Australia
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A pale gold horizon stretched across the great Murray River as dawn broke over Albury. Mist curled like restless spirits above the water, dissipating under the gentle warmth of a New South Wales sunrise. The river breathed with measured calm, its surface mirroring the skeletal silhouettes of river red gums…
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Sydney, Australia
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In the cool predawn haze of a Sydney morning, when the first tang of salt air drifted in from the Tasman Sea, Amelia Hart stepped off the ferry at Circular Quay. Her feet, clad in weathered leather boots, found steady purchase on the cobblestones of The Rocks, that storied precinct…