Month: November 2022

The governor of South Australia has declared a “serious emergency” due to flooding that could inundate the region’s largest vineyards, according to the Australian news agency AAP. Last week, large-scale flooding occurred in Australia in New South Wales and along the rivers of Victoria. On Monday, South Australian Governor Peter Malinauskas officially declared the floods …

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Australia weathered severe storms over the weekend, with more than 4.2 million lightning strikes recorded across the country. The most severe storms hit Adelaide on Saturday afternoon in a devastating squall line before moving through South Australia and New South Wales to reach Sydney late Sunday morning. These storms caused significant damage to South Australia …

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Photographer Jess Woling captured an unusual pair – a southern right whale and a humpback calf. Researchers believe that an adult could have adopted a calf that lost its parents. Cathy Fanney, of the Australian Little White Whale Project, was surprised to see the footage. The woman has long studied the behavior of southern right …

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Employees at Tozer’s Bush Camp northwest of Bremer Bay in Western Australia spotted a blooming Thelymitra variegata orchid, also known as the Queen of Sheba. This species is considered one of the rarest and least studied orchids in Australia, it is found only in a few small areas in the south of Western Australia. The …

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