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Australia's Wild Habitats
A natural history and exploration of Australian ecosystems, based on recent publications and presented by the authors.
  Introduction to habitats
A quick sweep across the continent to see how the regional geology and climatic factors interact to shape the great diversity of wild Australian habitats.

  Deserts
Austraila's desert heart - red but not dead
We may cling to a green rim around the edge of our continent but Australia is a land of deserts, Yet our red heart is not a dead heart - it's teaming with life, all of which is wonderfully adapted to the very difficult conditions.

  Gorges and Canyons
Gorges and/or Canyons
By either name they're still the same spectacular features of rocky regions scuptured over eons by rushing waters.

  Salt Lakes of Australia
Boom or bust - the salt lake way
Lake Eyre is one of the largest salt lakes in the world and it's only one of a vast Australian network.

  Ecosystem shaping with natural disasters

  Our southern seashores
Museaum Victoria's series on the extraordinary diversity of marine life forms that make sci fi and alien fiction tame by comparison.

An introduction to marine life
Dr Mark Norman introduces Museum Victoria's series of field guides that aim to demystify the world of marine life.
Barnacles
All the action is underwater for these unusual relatives of prawns and crabs


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