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The Elephants' Graveyard: undiscovered riches or a charming jungle myth?

An elderly Sri Lankan male elephant … en route to the Elephant’s Graveyard? Having been an aficionado of Tarzan when I was a boy, the...

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Bolts from the blue: lightning and forest fires

Lightning arcing through a conifer tree in Arizona, USA (photo sent to me by Phil Cheney) Like most people, lightning both scares and...

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My favourite bushfire: a good news story from the wandoo forest

Wandoo forest in the Helena River Catchment of Western Australia Anyone with a lifetime involvement with bushfires can recall a horror...

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Dick Sproge - legendary axeman of the karri country

Dick Sproge in the crown of the Diamond Tree, 50 m from the ground, in 1941 Although he died in 1957, I never met Dick Sproge. Our times...

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