Australia - Natural History Links

Weather

• Bureau of Meteorology and its Australian satellite page.
• Tropical weather, cyclones, photos and predictions.
• Australian weather from Australian Broadcasting Company news.
• Margaret River Weather

Natural History

• Shark Bay, Western Australia is home to the living stromatolites.
• Plants and animals of Western Australia from Nature Base.
• Museum of Western Australia has paleontology as well as floral and faunal databases for their region.
• Frogs and Snakes from the Queensland Museum.
• Perth Zoo. Their Quokkas, Wallabies and the Koalas are fed shortly after 3 p.m. every day. Penguins feed at 11 and it's only short drive over the bridge in Perth and has parking.
• Australia Zoo is 45 minutes north of Brisbane and features 550 animals on 20 acres as well as being the home base of Steve and Terri Irwin.
• Koala conservation center is located between Brisbane and Redland Bay in the best remaining koala habitat.
• Fraser Island on the Brisbane side.
• Australian slang A-Z.
• Drover's Boy site.

Western Australia

• About Western Australia You need a map to make sense of it, but good pictures and descriptions of the various areas and no obvious commercials make this a good starting place.
• Western Australia Net, very nice, maps, overview, holiday info and good photos.
• South-east Western Australia personal travel page.
• South-west Western Australia personal travel page.
• Mid-west Western Australia personal travel page.
• Ravensthorpe area.
• Wave Rock and the community around it.
• Northern Beaches National Parks reviewed include Yanchep, Neerabup, and Nambung.
• Nambung National Park with the Pinnacles in limestone.
• Yanchep National Park with Koalas and caves 50 km north of Perth.
• Neerabup National Park reminds me of Joshua Tree with only walking trails.

Geology

• Geology map of Australia from USGS.
• Geology maps of Australia from Grasslinks.
• Make your own geological map of Australia. Requires a fast link or patience, but is worth it.
• Geological Survey of Western Australia has simplified tectonics, maps and descriptions and a historical geology account.
• Western Australian Museum of Geology at the University in Perth.
• Western Australian Speleology has geology and geomorphology of the Leeuwin-Naturaliste formation and others.
• Australian stress map shows tectonics in action.
• Rock Landforms of Australia and New Zealand.
• Broken Hill Geology
• Geology of South Australia
• Northern Territory Geological Overview
• Northern Territory Plate Tectonics
• Caves and Karst of Victoria
• Lachlan Fold Belt Geology, SW Lachlan Fold Belt Broken Hill

Fossils and Dinosaurs

• Australia through time from their national museum.
• Fossil history of Australia.
• Riversleigh Fossil Centre - Queensland - a World Heritage fossil locality.
• Flinders Range National Park is where the Ediacarans are found.
• Opal fossils of South Australia from the South Australian Museum.
• Australian Dinosaurs is the best overview on the subject today on the web.
• Dinosaurs of Queensland is aimed at a younger audience from the Queensland Museum.
• Muttaburrasaurus a dinosaur named after the town in which it was found.
• Formation of opalescent fossils

Maps

• Australian map catalog
• Gold Coast map for the area near Brisbane.

Reptiles and Amphibians

• Queensland Herpetological Society
• Reptiles Down Under is both the site name and what it is.