Category: Australia outback

New Marine Fossil Found in Outback Queensland

Three amateur palaeontologists have discovered the remains of a 100-million-year-old long-necked marine reptile at an outback Queensland station. In an Australian first, the complete skeleton of an ancient plesiosaur, an extinct marine reptile, was discovered at a sprawling remote property in the McKinlay region in what has been described as the Rosetta Stone of marine…


Aussie Outback ‘Full of Life’ After Back to Back Rainy Seasons

New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife have said major bird breeding events are being observed across the Macquarie Marshes, between Dubbo and Bourke, and the Gwydir wetlands, near Moree after two seasons of widespread rainfall in Australia. Ecologist David Smith has said that at present the outback is full of incredible sights. “There’s a bit…