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Jan 29, 2010 – Soft tree ferns in the eucalyptus forest of Dandenong Ranges National Park, Australia – Frans Lanting / Corbis

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Dandenong Ranges National Park is in Victoria (Australia), 38 km east of Melbourne.

Because the park is located in an urban area, the park has a long history of major problems with feral and roaming animals. A cat-curfew was introduced in the entire Dandenong Ranges area some years ago, and since then the numbers and variety of lyrebirds and other native species have climbed dramatically.

Jan 15, 2010 – Dark storm clouds gather over Australia’s Lasseter Highway as it winds through the red sand desert – Theo Allofs / CORBIS

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Lasseter Highway is a fully sealed 244 kilometre highway in the Northern Territory of Australia. It connects Yulara, Kata Tjuta and Uluru east to the Stuart Highway. The highway is named after Lewis Hubert (Harold Bell) Lasseter, who claimed to have discovered a fabulously rich gold reef (Lasseter’s Reef) west of Kata Tjuta.

Dec 23, 2009 – Eroded rock formations at Roebuck bay, on the coast south of Broome, in Western Australia – Ted Mead / Photolibrary

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Broome is a pearling and tourist town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, 2200 km north of Perth. The year round population is approximately 14,436, growing to more than 45,000 per month during the tourist season. Broome International Airport provides transport to several regional and domestic towns and cities.

Aug 9, 2009 – Female and pup Australian sea lions, Southern Australia – Jeff Foott / Getty Images

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Sea lions are also known as eared seals — can you see this pup’s ears?
Learn more about these creatures
You can find all five kinds of sea lions in the Pacific Ocean.
See more sea lions
These particular sea lions live in the coastal waters of southern Australia.
Watch more Australian wildlife
Australian sea lions hang out on the southern shores of the continent.
Here’s where they live

Jul 24, 2009 – Melbourne, Australia – Jose Fuste Raga / Photolibrary

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This city’s first census (in 1836) reported 142 male citizens and only 35 female.
My, how they’ve grown
This country has remarkable, sophisticated cities. Yeah, but…
…sometimes you just want to look at the kangaroos
Meet one of the most famous musicians to come from the 1970s Melbourne music scene.
Please welcome Nick Cave
The oldest train station in Australia sits here, on the far side of the Yarra River.
Where is it?

Jun 22, 2009 – Sydney Opera House

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Sydney Opera House, Australia — Walter Bibikow / The Image Bank / Getty Images

This is the most famous landmark of one of the biggest, most expensive cities in the world.
What city is it?
The world’s smallest continent is also megadiverse — it harbors a majority of the Earth’s species.
Tour this wild wonderland
Contestants around the nation sing for a trio of snarky judges, each hoping to perform here as the first-place winner.
Sound familiar?
Danish architect Jørn Utzon designed this extraordinary building in 1957.
It still looks pretty good

Jun 11, 2009 – Great Barrier Reef

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Great Barrier Reef, between Cairns and Townsville Australia — Yann Arthus-Bertrand / Terra Standard RM / Corbis

17 kinds of sea snake, 1,500 kinds of fish, 7 kinds of sea turtles, 400 kinds of coral, 5,000 kinds of mollusks.
See what lives in the Great Barrier Reef
On this day in 1770, Captain James Cook became the first European to see the Great Barrier Reef.
He wrecked his ship on it
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is one of the world’s most popular destinations for snorkelers and scuba divers.
Watch and learn why
The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest single structure made by living organisms.
You can see it from space