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🌳 The Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe: Synevyr – Strymba

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🪨 Pilbara Region

Earth Sciences Australia

The Pilbara Region is a geological area in northwestern Western Australia that preserves some of Earth's oldest known rocks and the earliest widely ac…

🌿 Gondwana Rainforests of Australia: Lamington National Park

Parks Squares Hills & Mountains Australia

UNESCO World Heritage Site…

🌊 Milford Sound

Earth Sciences & Nature New Zealand

Milford Sound is a fjord in Fiordland National Park on the southwestern coast of New Zealand's South Island that is characterized by towering cliffs, …

🥾 Larapinta Trail

Roads Bridges Trails & Transportation Australia

The Larapinta Trail is a long-distance walking route in central Australia that traverses the MacDonnell Ranges west and east of Alice Springs in the N…

🏝️ Barron Island

Parks, Hills & Mountains Australia

UNESCO World Heritage Site…

🌴 Wet Tropics of Queensland

Earth Sciences & Nature Australia

UNESCO World Heritage Site…

🐧 Penguin Place

Science & Technology New Zealand

Penguin Place is a private conservation reserve in Otago Peninsula, New Zealand, that protects the Yellow-eyed Penguin (Hoiho), a species found nowher…

🌌 Saving the night sky: New Zealand's craziest experiment yet?

Science & Technology New Zealand

New Zealand is a country in Oceania that is pursuing designation as the world's first dark sky nation through a comprehensive national initiative. The…

🛣️ Tamani Track

Adventures & Experiences Australia

The Tamani Track is an unsealed outback route in remote interior Australia that traverses vast semi-arid terrain connecting scattered settlements acro…

🌳 Te Urewera: New Zealand's 'living' rainforest

Parks, Hills & Mountains New Zealand

Te Urewera is a rainforest in New Zealand's North Island that holds the distinction of being the first natural entity in the world granted legal perso…

🌿 Gondwana Rainforests of Australia

Parks, Squares, Hills, & Mountains Australia

New England National Park, nestled in the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, is a breathtaking testament to nature's grandeur and a …

🌋 Whakarewarewa

Earth Sciences & Nature New Zealand

Whakarewarewa is a geothermal valley in Rotorua, New Zealand, that contains the country's most frequently and reliably active geysers. The valley sits…

🏝️ Whitsunday Islands

Earth Sciences & Nature Australia

The Whitsunday Islands are an archipelago of 74 islands situated off the coast of Queensland in northeastern Australia that form part of the Great Bar…

🥾 Hump Ridge Track

Adventures & Experiences New Zealand

Hump Ridge Track is a three-day loop walking trail in Fiordland National Park on New Zealand's South Island that traverses native forests, subalpine t…

🎭 Sydney Opera House

Arts & Architecture Australia

The Sydney Opera House, located in Sydney, Australia, is a multi-venue performing arts center and one of the 20th century's most distinctive buildin…

🌿 Gondwana Rainforests of Australia

Parks, Squares, Hills, & Mountains Australia

Barrington Tops National Park, situated in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia, is a remarkable natural sanctuary recognized as p…

🛣️ Eyre Highway

Roads Bridges Trails & Transportation Australia

The Eyre Highway is a sealed transcontinental route in southern Australia that connects Western Australia to South Australia across the Nullarbor Plai…

🌊 Palolo Deep Marine Reserve

Parks, Hills & Mountains Samoa

Palolo Deep Marine Reserve is a marine protected area off the coast of Upolu, Samoa, that preserves a deep-sea trench ecosystem of biological and scie…

🌳 Gondwana Rainforests of Australia

Parks, Squares, Hills, & Mountains Australia

Dorrigo National Park, nestled in the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, is a treasured component of the Gondwana Rainforests of Aus…

🏢 STH BNK by Beulah

Arts & Architecture Australia

STH BNK by Beulah is an ambitious mixed-use development under construction in Melbourne that combines residential, commercial, and hospitality spaces …

🌊 Lagoons of New Caledonia – Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems: Grand Lagon Sud

Earth Sciences & Nature France

UNESCO World Heritage Site…

🎨 Australia's Aboriginal Rock Art Sites

Archaeology & Antiquity Australia

Australia's Aboriginal rock art is a body of visual works created across the continent by Indigenous peoples over tens of thousands of years. The vast…

⛰️ Chambers Pillar

Parks Squares Hills & Mountains Australia

Chambers Pillar is a sandstone rock formation in central Australia that rises as an isolated outcrop from flat desert terrain south of Alice Springs. …

🌬️ Penong, Australia

Adventures & Experiences Australia

Penong is a small settlement in far-west South Australia positioned along the Eyre Highway just before the vast, treeless expanse of the Nullarbor Pla…

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